Case file · Cryptid
Minerva Monster
In August 1978 the Cayton family and neighbours near Minerva, Ohio, reported a large hairy creature with glowing eyes and a foul smell near their home over several nights.
1978 CE · 40.73, -81.10 · status: account
The account
Sheriff's deputies investigated. The case was the subject of the 2015 documentary Minerva Monster.
The sceptical view
No photographs or physical evidence were obtained.