September 4, 2025 • 9 mins
In 1981, there was a highly strange report out of Ohio that involved UFOs, Bigfoot-type creatures, and “black forms,” all of which reportedly besieged a family in Ohio during the months of June and July. Reports of Bigfoot-type creatures and UFOs being seen in the same area at or near the same time are not all that unusual, particularly in the area around Chestnut Ridge in next-door Pennsylvania, focused on by researcher Stan Gordon. However, questions remain about the Ohio case, and unfortunately, the main investigator passed away in 2022. Also, the main witness has never been identified, so following up on the story is difficult.The case was investigated by Dennis Pilichis who wrote about it in a booklet he self-published in 1982, titled Night Siege: The Northern Ohio UFO-Creature Invasion. It has a forward by Berthold Schwartz MD, who was a psychiatrist with a long-time interest in paranormal subjects, was a frequent contributor to Flying Saucer Review, and wrote about what was one of Stan Gordon’s strangest Bigfoot/UFO encounter cases in the July 1974 issue.
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A nineteen eighty one report of an Ohio family besieged
by UFOs, hairy humanoids, and black forms by Charles Lear.
In nineteen eighty one, there was a highly strange report
out of Ohio that involved UFOs, bigfoot type creatures, and
black forms, all of which reportedly besieged to family in
(00:21):
Ohio during the months of June and July. Reports of
bigfoot type creatures and UFOs being seen in the same
area at or near the same time are not all
that unusual, particularly in the area round Chestnut Ridge in
nextdoor Pennsylvania, focused on by researcher Stan Gordon. However, questions
(00:42):
remain about the Ohio case, and unfortunately the main investigator
passed away in twenty twenty two. Also, the main witness
has never been identified, so following up on the story
is difficult. The case was investigated by Dennis Pelichus, who
wrote about it in a booklet he saw published in
nineteen eighty two titled Night Siege the Northern Ohio Ufo
(01:06):
Creature Invasion. It has a foreword by Bertold Schwartz, m d.
Who was a psychiatrist with a long time interest in
paranormal subjects. Was a frequent contributor to Flying Saucer Review
and wrote about what was one of Stan Gordon's strangest
bigfoot slash UFO encounter cases in the July nineteen seventy
four issue. In his introduction, Politicius tells the reader that
(01:29):
Night Siege is the result of four months of investigation
and that the data collected includes extensive interviews and on
site recordings captured on cassette tape, and photos of ground
effects and footprints of various kinds. He says there were
more than fifteen witnesses and that he and researchers who
(01:50):
were assisting him have also seen the strange lights, the
actual creatures, and related phenomena. He insists that what he
presents the booklet is true and totally consistent with events
in other areas of the US, but explains they get
very little public attention, with many details only known to
(02:12):
researchers through private distribution. Blichus describes the scene as he
first came upon it, saying he saw two ladders up
against the family house, as well as coats of flashlight
and coffee cups up on the roof. He describes the
yard as being covered with spent shotgun shells and says
(02:33):
the family was highly agitated and stressed. He says he
introduced himself to the family as a local person who
was interested in the strange goings on, and that he
did not mention UFOs bigfoot were aliens or that he
investigated such things. He closes his intro saying that with
this report and previous data, it is obvious there is
(02:56):
a very disturbing pattern and linkage of paranormal UFO slash
bigfoot activity taking place all over the United States. According
to Policius, the activity began about a year previous with
a deer being found in the woods with its side
cut open by what seemed to have been claws. This
was followed by shots being heard where a group of
(03:17):
Amish workers were cutting wood on the property of the
main witness, called Robert s. According to Politicius, as the
Amish workers brought out a horse with its side cut open,
claw marks dug one and a half inches deeper described,
they refused to discuss it and said they had been
shooting snakes. He says they didn't return for their equipment
(03:37):
for at least a month. The first of the creature
encounters involving Robert S is described under the heading the
Encounter of June twenty fifth, nineteen eighty one. According to Policius,
Robert S and two of his sons noticed their ducks
acting up and saw a black form and all fours
with glowing red eyes going after them. As one of
(03:59):
the boys shone a light at the creature's eyes, Robert
shot it with a four to ten shot gun single shot.
The creature is said to have screamed and gone flying
down the field in a westerly direction. Another encounter is
described under the heading the Encounter of June twenty sixth,
nineteen eighty one. Robert is said to have seen a
(04:20):
creature about thirty feet away and to have used his
flashlight to get a good look at its face and chest.
This creature is described as being like a gorilla, nine
and a half feet tall, black, with luminous, glowing red
eyes the size of a hard ball, one and a
half inch fangs, and teeth like a shark's. According to Polychus,
(04:41):
Robert ran back to the house, told his boys to
get their pants on as he grabbed the same gun,
and then went with the boys to his truck politches
as they chased the creature, but lost it at the
wood line. Then as they headed back to the house,
the truck reportedly died for no apparent reason, though the
headlock light stayed on. According to Politicus, they eventually got
(05:03):
it started, went back to the house, and kept watch
all night. If the next section is to be believed,
under the heading the Encounter of June twenty eighth, nineteen
eighty one, things took a dramatic turn as the family
saw multiple black forms, one of which is said to
have been waving of blue light back and forth, as
well as multiple sets of glowing eyes. According to Polchus,
(05:27):
the family opened up with their guns and went through
two boxes of twelve cage magged shells. One creature said
to have been hit and fallen to the ground, and
when two more sets of eyes approached, the families said
to have opened up again, sending whatever was behind the
eyes running one to the east and one to the west.
(05:48):
Polychus tells the reader that at this point the family
felt they were under siege, ran back to the house
and for the rest of the night occasionally saw forms
running on the wood line. Politicius, as he went into
the fields with Roberts and his family and found three
towed footprints in a field that the creature that was
reportedly shot reportedly ran through. This was apparently on July first,
(06:13):
as this is when casts of two footprints shown in
photos are said to have been made prior to Pelichus.
On June twenty ninth, officers from the Ashtabula Sheriff Department
came out at five a m. And eleven a m.
And Politicius includes transcripts of the police reports. They sum
up what was told to the officers, and the first
(06:33):
report described some finding prints but being told by the
game warden that nothing could be done unless a clear
print could be obtained. The next account, under the heading
encounters the night of July first, nineteen eighty one, is
where the UFOs come into the story. According to Politicus,
the family had been keeping nightly watches on the roof,
(06:55):
and on the night of July first, two family members
saw four objects slash lights shaped like huge oil tanks
somewhat square in box like along the wood line that
were changing color from blue to yellow to something that
looked like black. One of them is said to have
shone a light on to the ground that lit the
(07:16):
area up like it was day. Politches says, screams like
that of a woman were heard, the lights went out.
The forms were then seen running near the tree line,
and there was more shooting as before, but this time
the forms screamed. He says. A bright light appeared over
the cornfield across the street, and one family member said
he felt the light from it hit him in the head.
(07:39):
According to Polyitch's this person felt like he was losing
consciousness as he almost fell off the roof and had
a headache for the rest of the day. The light
is said to have gone out after another person up
there shot at it. Another light, described as something like
a red hot coal but bigger in size, is said
to have landed in a tree. According to Politches, when
(08:01):
this light was shot at, it jumped down a branch
and turned into something like an owl, and as the
shooting continued, it fell on to the ground, got up
and ran down to the woodline on all fours. The
last object, described as smaller in size and shaped like
a cigar box with blue lights around it and a
(08:21):
brighter red one in the middle, is said to have
flown over the house at two hundred feet. The father,
Robert s is said to have at one of his
sons brace his feet, and then to have shot, aiming
at the red light. According to Politch's the man hit it,
and as he heard what sounded like a bullet hitting glass,
it went out. Next week, Politches and other investigators witnessed
(08:44):
some of the strangeness first hand, and some recent thoughts
on the validity of the report from researchers profiled in
the Small Town Monsters, Mysteries and Monsters episode Sasquatch Night Siege.
Charles Lear is the author of The Flying Saucer Investigators,
available in its second edition at Amazon dot com.
A nineteen eighty one report of an Ohio family besieged
by UFOs, hairy humanoids, and black forms by Charles Lear.
In nineteen eighty one, there was a highly strange report
out of Ohio that involved UFOs, bigfoot type creatures, and
black forms, all of which reportedly besieged to family in
(00:21):
Ohio during the months of June and July. Reports of
bigfoot type creatures and UFOs being seen in the same
area at or near the same time are not all
that unusual, particularly in the area round Chestnut Ridge in
nextdoor Pennsylvania, focused on by researcher Stan Gordon. However, questions
(00:42):
remain about the Ohio case, and unfortunately the main investigator
passed away in twenty twenty two. Also, the main witness
has never been identified, so following up on the story
is difficult. The case was investigated by Dennis Pelichus, who
wrote about it in a booklet he saw published in
nineteen eighty two titled Night Siege the Northern Ohio Ufo
(01:06):
Creature Invasion. It has a foreword by Bertold Schwartz, m d.
Who was a psychiatrist with a long time interest in
paranormal subjects. Was a frequent contributor to Flying Saucer Review
and wrote about what was one of Stan Gordon's strangest
bigfoot slash UFO encounter cases in the July nineteen seventy
four issue. In his introduction, Politicius tells the reader that
(01:29):
Night Siege is the result of four months of investigation
and that the data collected includes extensive interviews and on
site recordings captured on cassette tape, and photos of ground
effects and footprints of various kinds. He says there were
more than fifteen witnesses and that he and researchers who
(01:50):
were assisting him have also seen the strange lights, the
actual creatures, and related phenomena. He insists that what he
presents the booklet is true and totally consistent with events
in other areas of the US, but explains they get
very little public attention, with many details only known to
(02:12):
researchers through private distribution. Blichus describes the scene as he
first came upon it, saying he saw two ladders up
against the family house, as well as coats of flashlight
and coffee cups up on the roof. He describes the
yard as being covered with spent shotgun shells and says
(02:33):
the family was highly agitated and stressed. He says he
introduced himself to the family as a local person who
was interested in the strange goings on, and that he
did not mention UFOs bigfoot were aliens or that he
investigated such things. He closes his intro saying that with
this report and previous data, it is obvious there is
(02:56):
a very disturbing pattern and linkage of paranormal UFO slash
bigfoot activity taking place all over the United States. According
to Policius, the activity began about a year previous with
a deer being found in the woods with its side
cut open by what seemed to have been claws. This
was followed by shots being heard where a group of
(03:17):
Amish workers were cutting wood on the property of the
main witness, called Robert s. According to Politicius, as the
Amish workers brought out a horse with its side cut open,
claw marks dug one and a half inches deeper described,
they refused to discuss it and said they had been
shooting snakes. He says they didn't return for their equipment
(03:37):
for at least a month. The first of the creature
encounters involving Robert S is described under the heading the
Encounter of June twenty fifth, nineteen eighty one. According to Policius,
Robert S and two of his sons noticed their ducks
acting up and saw a black form and all fours
with glowing red eyes going after them. As one of
(03:59):
the boys shone a light at the creature's eyes, Robert
shot it with a four to ten shot gun single shot.
The creature is said to have screamed and gone flying
down the field in a westerly direction. Another encounter is
described under the heading the Encounter of June twenty sixth,
nineteen eighty one. Robert is said to have seen a
(04:20):
creature about thirty feet away and to have used his
flashlight to get a good look at its face and chest.
This creature is described as being like a gorilla, nine
and a half feet tall, black, with luminous, glowing red
eyes the size of a hard ball, one and a
half inch fangs, and teeth like a shark's. According to Polychus,
(04:41):
Robert ran back to the house, told his boys to
get their pants on as he grabbed the same gun,
and then went with the boys to his truck politches
as they chased the creature, but lost it at the
wood line. Then as they headed back to the house,
the truck reportedly died for no apparent reason, though the
headlock light stayed on. According to Politicus, they eventually got
(05:03):
it started, went back to the house, and kept watch
all night. If the next section is to be believed,
under the heading the Encounter of June twenty eighth, nineteen
eighty one, things took a dramatic turn as the family
saw multiple black forms, one of which is said to
have been waving of blue light back and forth, as
well as multiple sets of glowing eyes. According to Polchus,
(05:27):
the family opened up with their guns and went through
two boxes of twelve cage magged shells. One creature said
to have been hit and fallen to the ground, and
when two more sets of eyes approached, the families said
to have opened up again, sending whatever was behind the
eyes running one to the east and one to the west.
(05:48):
Polychus tells the reader that at this point the family
felt they were under siege, ran back to the house
and for the rest of the night occasionally saw forms
running on the wood line. Politicius, as he went into
the fields with Roberts and his family and found three
towed footprints in a field that the creature that was
reportedly shot reportedly ran through. This was apparently on July first,
(06:13):
as this is when casts of two footprints shown in
photos are said to have been made prior to Pelichus.
On June twenty ninth, officers from the Ashtabula Sheriff Department
came out at five a m. And eleven a m.
And Politicius includes transcripts of the police reports. They sum
up what was told to the officers, and the first
(06:33):
report described some finding prints but being told by the
game warden that nothing could be done unless a clear
print could be obtained. The next account, under the heading
encounters the night of July first, nineteen eighty one, is
where the UFOs come into the story. According to Politicus,
the family had been keeping nightly watches on the roof,
(06:55):
and on the night of July first, two family members
saw four objects slash lights shaped like huge oil tanks
somewhat square in box like along the wood line that
were changing color from blue to yellow to something that
looked like black. One of them is said to have
shone a light on to the ground that lit the
(07:16):
area up like it was day. Politches says, screams like
that of a woman were heard, the lights went out.
The forms were then seen running near the tree line,
and there was more shooting as before, but this time
the forms screamed. He says. A bright light appeared over
the cornfield across the street, and one family member said
he felt the light from it hit him in the head.
(07:39):
According to Polyitch's this person felt like he was losing
consciousness as he almost fell off the roof and had
a headache for the rest of the day. The light
is said to have gone out after another person up
there shot at it. Another light, described as something like
a red hot coal but bigger in size, is said
to have landed in a tree. According to Politches, when
(08:01):
this light was shot at, it jumped down a branch
and turned into something like an owl, and as the
shooting continued, it fell on to the ground, got up
and ran down to the woodline on all fours. The
last object, described as smaller in size and shaped like
a cigar box with blue lights around it and a
(08:21):
brighter red one in the middle, is said to have
flown over the house at two hundred feet. The father,
Robert s is said to have at one of his
sons brace his feet, and then to have shot, aiming
at the red light. According to Politch's the man hit it,
and as he heard what sounded like a bullet hitting glass,
it went out. Next week, Politches and other investigators witnessed
(08:44):
some of the strangeness first hand, and some recent thoughts
on the validity of the report from researchers profiled in
the Small Town Monsters, Mysteries and Monsters episode Sasquatch Night Siege.
Charles Lear is the author of The Flying Saucer Investigators,
available in its second edition at Amazon dot com.
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