This took place in late 2018.

It started in deep fall and continued into late December.

I live in northeastern Ohio and my dogs were going ballistic every night for over two months in late 2018.

I had seen signs of the presence of something but was unsure of what it was,

and to be honest, I really wasn't paying attention,

and it didn't occur to me at the time what I was seeing.

I was mowing the grass in the very late fall of 2018 when I passed a large matted down spot in the

tall grass. It was probably about 15 feet in diameter. I didn't see any tracks or trails leading

into or out of it so I brushed it off as deer habitat. Every single night, within five minutes of the lights getting turned off,

my German shepherds would go to the door and peer out and growl and start barking.

That went on for what seemed like it was going to be an eternity,

and I didn't think I was ever going to get any sleep.

I never heard any sounds, and I don't have a sense of

smell. It's a hereditary thing. My grandfather couldn't smell and my brother's daughter can't either.

So I didn't smell anything and winter was kicking in. It was getting cold. The dogs still

weren't letting up and during the daytime I kept a pretty good eye on them because we have had a bunch of missing cats and dogs in this area recently.

The same thing happened back in the 80s and a couple of guys were caught stealing people's pets and selling them on the market for animal food and all kinds of nasty stuff.

So that's what I figured was going on.

I was very watchful and I would call them in several times throughout the day and in the

evening just to keep an eye on them.

Then I saw a video where a man's dog became the target of a saskatch because the dog was

constantly giving away its position.

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