Buckeye Beasts: Historical Accounts of "Gorillas," "Wild Men," and Other Hairy Monsters in Ohio

by Tyler Houck

Throughout the 19th and early 20th Centuries, encounters of "wild men" were commonly reported in newspapers around Ohio. Many cryptozoology researchers think these reports of wild men, "gorillas," "hairy men," and "anthropoids" could be historical accounts of Bigfoot-like creatures. In this book, author Tyler Houck examines these reports spanning from 1869 to 1950. Many are presented as they originally appeared and are then compared to modern Bigfoot reports, and other historical and contemporary reports of strange, man-like cryptids from around the world. Is this all something to do with mythology and folklore, hoaxes on slow news days or misidentifications, or is there something else behind the stories?

Tyler Houck is also author of the book Cryptid U.S. and is co-director of the CFZ's Next Generation Initiative. He can be contacted on his blog at tylerscryptozoo.blogspot.com

104 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 26, 2018