The Ohio Flap - The 2026 Bigfoot Surge

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In March 2026, the woods of Portage County, Ohio, became the center of a cryptozoological phenomenon. In a span of just five days, at least six independent witnesses reported seeing massive, eight-foot-tall figures moving along the Mahoning River. Dubbed the "Ohio Flap of 2026," this sudden uptick in activity has researchers and locals wondering if a changing climate is pushing these legends out of the shadows.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:13.2	Welcome to True Crime to Go. What can I get for you?
0:16.9	You're going to think this is crazy. Did you see that over in the woods?
0:21.8	Something, man, Bigfoot was over there.
0:24.0	I swear I saw Bigfoot.
0:25.4	Pull up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:32.8	Welcome to True Crime to Go.
0:35.0	I'm John here with Jamie.
0:36.7	She didn't ask any follow-up questions.
0:39.1	Well, that's because you were looking at a mirror, John.
0:41.2	Oh, that's a gag on it. Got him. Man, you know, sometimes I do get scared. I look in the rearview mirror.
0:47.0	I'm like, oh. It's just me. Big foot behind the wheel. Man, this is not necessarily crime related,
0:57.0	but it is something I want to talk to you about. It could be if there's some fraud involved, which a lot of people think there may be.
1:00.9	You just came back from the state of Ohio, and I'm not going to say it's while you were there,
1:05.2	but a lot of Bigfoot sightings.
1:07.2	Well, you're not wrong.
1:09.4	Apparently, there has been a pretty big uptick in Bigfoot siding, specifically in Ohio.
1:17.8	So let's talk about that tonight. And then we can also kind of, I don't know, we can discuss was this fraudulent or is there something to it.
1:27.3	And to be clear, this comes like CNN has covered this, local syndicates.
1:32.7	The Bigfoot Society has been all over this.
1:35.3	I've listened to a few podcasts about their conversation about it.
1:39.1	It started in early March of this year and there was a cluster of sightings,
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