Name: Kane. Last name kept private at the request of the witness.

Age: 20

Number of witnesses: 2

Location of Sighting: Hidden Acres Campground, West Salem, Ohio

Date of sighting: July of 2022

What you believe the creature was: No Idea

Message: “It was foggy and dark around midnight. I went to close up the front door for the night and I saw two bright glowing white eyes staring back at me from around 20-30 feet away. It was from 7-11 feet tall and had a rectangular like body. It had a strange S shape on the top of its head, almost like the tail of a tadpole. This is a rural area in a small trailer park.”

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