#ohio cryptids

[gerdyart]

Painting these Ohio Cryptids have been therapy this spring and summer. Covid had me losing my bearings and losing my beloved Mom made this shitty year the perfect storm. Gotta keep working.

[yancy-pancy]

Wow Ohio has so many terrifying legends and cryptids

The scariest of them all is Mark Fischbach *shudders*

[curiouscryptids]

Orange Eyes

In March of 1959 three teenagers went out onto an old country road nicknamed lover’s lane in Mansfield, Ohio. What they went there for one can only assume but their night didn’t go as expected. The three teens fled the area when an 11 foot tall, 1,000 pound creature with large glowing orange eyes emerged from the forest. Therefore the area of Mansfield and Charles Mill Lake birthed a local legend.

The decades that followed gave many other individuals the opportunity to see this mysterious creature. On one occasion a group even armed themselves and headed out into the forest and country roads to kill the creature. One night in 1968 a group of pre-teens reportedly chased after the orange eye’d beast with baseball bats and rope intending to capture the creature but it managed to escape. In 1991 Orange Eyes was spotted for its final time by two fishermen. The creature eventually faded into local legend and was never seen again.

Some described the animal as being ape-like similar to Bigfoot. Others believe that Orange Eyes is an alien that was trapped on Earth. In October of 1973 a UFO was spotted over Mansfield which emitted a green beam of light coming from the craft down to the ground. Many locals all saw it from different parts of town, and people began to correlate Orange Eyes with UFOs. What exactly Orange Eyes is we will never know, It hasn’t made in appearance in 26 years and presumably isn’t coming back.

[dinofur]

Cryptids in Ohio

Okay so I did some research and these are the Cryptids I’ve found that live in Ohio. Keep in mind that all of the information I found about these were found online.

Bigfoot He’s everywhere, I swear

Grassman It’s Bigfoot but with long hair. Totally different

Loveland Frogman Most likely the most popular cryptid here aside from Bigfoot and Mothman

Mothman Yet another very popular one

ABC’s (Alien Big Cats) They’re just big cats in weird places

Bessie It’s like Nessie but more snake-like and in Lake Eerie. I live three blocks away from a giant adorable snake monster this is amazing

Orange Eyes It’s hairless and huge and lives in Cleveland I am not safe

Green Clawed Beast It’s the God damn creature from the black lagoon

Wendigo It may be one of my favorite cryptids but this thing is going to come eat me help

Ohio Dogman You know those weird animal masks? Imagine that but real

Ohio Werewolf What’s up with canine people here?

Thunderbirds Badass monster sized birds

Lizard People They’re real guys they’re coming for our government. I’m guessing John Kasich is just the start (Fun Fact: We are family friends of one of his wives)

Melonheads They’re regular people but with huge heads it’s weird