Here is the Pressure Life countdown for the top five monsters or unexplained creatures that stalk the O-hi-O. Any missing that you’d like to see on the list, let us know in the comments section below!

5) The Ohio Dogmen– On August 27, 2005 a truck driver called into fringe phenomena and conspiracy radio show, Coast to Coast, to report sighting a creature along the side of the road eating a dead deer. The monster was said to have the head of a feral dog with the body of an apish-wolf. A few years later, several reports came from the nearby Silver Creek Metroparks of bipedal creatures with black shaggy hair chasing after deer.

4) The Charles Mill Lake Monster– Not the catchiest name, this aquatic monster may want a better agent. This monster, a cross between Swamp Thing and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, only armless, was first seen in Mansfield in 1959 by three teens. It is said to have risen from the Mill Lake and to have towered over seven feet tall with bulbous, green iridescent eyes. Upon investigating, local authorities confirmed something very large with webbed feet had made land but have yet to identify the prints.

3) The Ohio Grassman– First spotted by workers in the tall grasses outside of a Goodyear plant in Akron during the seventies, the Grassman is Ohio’s own regional specific Sasquatch, but far from the only one. Northeast Ohio ranks third in Bigfoot sightings nationally, behind only the Pacific Northwest and the Florida Everglades.

2) The Lake Erie Monster– Also known as Bessie, the Lake’s resident monster has been plumbing the lake’s depth since the late 19th century. It is said to stretch 40 feet long and resemble a sea serpent. Despite inspiring a minor league hockey team, Bessie is thought to only be an incredibly large sturgeon, which has been recorded upwards of seven feet long.

1) The Mothman– Described as a ten-foot tall winged man with long gray hair and red eyes, in 1966, he was spotted flying after a speeding car on route 7 near Cheshire, as well as by pilots who described him as a giant flying bird. Thirteen separate sightings occurred that year, culminating at his appearance at the Silver Bridge, which connected Gallipolis to Point Plesant, West Virginia. Shortly after his sighting there the bridge mysteriously collapsed, bringing forty-four people to their death. The Mothman was not seen again.