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Bigfoot investigator shares sightings

WARREN — An area Bigfoot investigator shared her findings at a recent library presentation.

Amy Bue of Youngstown and of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO), which investigates Sasquatch sightings in the United States, spoke recently at the main Warren-Trumbull County Public Library

Bue described her own sightings as well as the experiences of others who have reported spotting Bigfoot in Ohio and other states. She said some from the investigative teams go into the woods, while others stay at a home base.

“There was once a team that went to Kentucky. There was an area where there was a large embankment, and you could hear a noise of something coming from there. We could hear something coming toward us, so we were all seated like you do when you have a tornado drill,” she said.

Bue said they had flashlights ready to see what was coming. Then, a large log was thrown landing about 5 feet from where they was sitting.

“We did not see what it was, but somehow the log was there,” she said.

Bue, a certified volunteer naturalist, said expeditions have taken her to southern Ohio and into Kentucky.

She said Ohio has the fifth-most Bigfoot sightings in the nation, but most sightings are reported in the Pacific Northwest.

Some of the sound recordings taken by Bue and others have been given to sound or nature experts who try to determine their origin.

“You feel like Sherlock Holmes trying to figure out what kind of animal or machinery that made the sound,” she said.

Some sounds were found to come from bears, coyotes or motor vehicles, while others, like one coming from a Kentucky expedition, have been undetermined.

“It was a whooping-noise sound that kept changing. What kind of animal do we have around here that could make that sound?” she said.

Bue said they have used thermal imaging equipment which picks up heat from objects, including wildlife.

“We had a large thermal image of something big. It seemed big, but you had nothing to compare it to except trees. It moved down an embankment further into the ravine. This was at night so it was not easy for us to go down there. I wanted to go to know what it was,” she said.

Bue said the thermal image had a Christmas tree shape and was walking.

Bue is co-founder of Project Zoobook, a group that includes zoologists and scientists, who have studied gorilla, snow monkeys, apes and other primates. The group also studies anything related to Bigfoot.

Bue said it was from a Zoo Book experience where she saw something about 100 yards away at Meander Reservoir that she suspected was Bigfoot.

“That changed my life. I saw something large walking on two legs,” Bue said.

bcoupland@tribtoday.com

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