The Highland County creature — a seven-foot grey entity with reversed knee joints crosses Carmel Road at night, with Fresno Nightcrawler morphological parallel.
On the night of December 12, 2014, a retired U.S. Marine — a self-described lifelong skeptic approaching sixty years old — was driving with his wife along Carmel Road in Highland County, Ohio when a seven-foot-tall gray creature ran across the road approximately ten feet in front of their truck and disappeared into the woods. The entity was described as asphalt-grey, approximately seven feet tall, with no visible arms, no discernible jawline, muscular legs that appeared to bend backward (reversed knee joints), and a forward-leaning running posture. The witness’s wife had him draw the creature immediately upon arriving home. MUFON investigator Ron McGlone was assigned the case. The couple had recently moved to the Fort Hill area of southeast Highland County and had already noticed an anomaly on their property: a perfect circle of perpetually fresh green grass in their front yard that maintained its color regardless of weather or season.
The sketch and description bear a striking resemblance to the “Fresno Nightcrawlers” — elongated, leggy, armless entities captured on video in Fresno, California and later at Yosemite National Park — suggesting a possible connection between the Ohio sighting and the California cases. The MUFON report noted interest in investigating whether similar sightings had occurred in the Highland County area. The witness’s Marine background, lifelong skepticism, and his wife’s statement that “he wouldn’t have admitted to seeing it if he hadn’t been in shock” lend the account a credibility baseline above typical anonymous reports. The perpetually green grass circle on the property introduces a secondary anomaly potentially connected to the entity sighting.
Strange ‘Gray Creature’ Spotted In Ohio
Ohio’s Highland County Press posted a story of a strange encounter on a dark and lonely road near Highland County. The article is about a MUFON report of a strange gray creature that was spotted crossing a highway. The creature was described to be around seven feet tall with lanky muscular legs. In fact, the report describes this creature as being all legs with no head or arms visible.
A resident of the Carmel community has reported seeing this strange-looking creature along Carmel Road on Friday, Dec. 12.
From Highland County Press:
A resident of the Carmel community has reported seeing a strange creature along Carmel Road on Friday, Dec. 12.
Ron McGlone, an investigator with Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), said “The witness was driving near Carmel on Dec. 12, 2014, came up over a hill and saw a 7′ tall slim, gray creature with muscular legs that walked like its knees were backwards.
“The 60-year-old former Marine (who allegedly saw the creature) also said it didn’t seem to have arms. He also included a sketch made shortly after he arrived home.
“I would like to get this information out in your area in hopes that maybe someone else has seen it – or that their giant cross-bred ostrich got loose – or something!”
“We recently bought a place in the Fort Hill area (in southeast Highland County). We first noticed after about 30 days of living here that we suddenly have a perfect circle that stays fresh green, no matter what weather, in our front yard. On Friday night (the 12th), we were driving home. After turning on Carmel Road, which leads to our road, we went around the curve by the Carmel church and then up a small incline and approximately 10 feet over the incline and in front of our truck, the ‘alien’ ran across the road and into the woods.
“My husband saw it. He is a skeptic – almost 60 years old – and a proud Marine. He wouldn’t have admitted to seeing it if he hadn’t been in shock. I had him draw it for me when we got to the house. He says it was asphalt gray (our asphalt is gray) and about 7 feet tall, no arms that he could see, but muscular in the legs area; no jawline, and its legs were bent backward and it leaned forward as it ran.”
If anyone in the Carmel area has information on what the object might be, he or she may contact McGlone at: mufonohio@columbus.rr.com or rmcglone.ohio.mufon@gmail.com.
The sketch of the creature the witness claimed to have seen cross the road looks oddly familiar. It reminds me of the other MUFON case that was dubbed the “Walking Stick Alien video” that made headlines just a few years ago. Check out the video filmed just a few years ago that was titled “The Fresno Nightcrawlers video”. There’s definitely something eerily familiar about the shape of this things compared to the Ohio incident. Coincidence?
Executive Summary: Strange Gray Creature in Ohio — The Highland County MUFON Report, Reversed Knee Joints, and the Nightcrawler Parallel
On December 12, 2014, a retired Marine observed a seven-foot-tall asphalt-gray creature with no visible arms, no jawline, backward-bending knee joints, and a forward-leaning running gait cross Carmel Road in Highland County, Ohio. MUFON investigator Ron McGlone was assigned the case. The witnesses had recently moved to the Fort Hill area and had noticed a perpetually green grass circle on their property regardless of weather. The gray creature’s description parallels the Fresno Nightcrawler phenomenon (elongated leggy entities captured on video in California). The witness’s Marine background and lifelong skepticism strengthen the report’s credibility baseline.
“He is a skeptic — almost 60 years old — and a proud Marine. He wouldn’t have admitted to seeing it if he hadn’t been in shock.”
— Witness’s wife, Highland County Press
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