Grassman of Perry County

"**Grassman of Perry County** is the Second episode of *Mountain Monsters* Season 1 and the Second episode overall.

Residents of Perry County, Ohio have reported a 1,000 pound Grassman seen in the woods, and so the A.I.M.S team heads there to try to capture it.

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The team goes to Perry County Ohio in search of Bigfoot type creature known the Grassman. The episode starts off in Pleasants County West Virginia where Trapper Buck Huckleberry and Jeff review video sent to them by a man named Joe in Ohio. The video shows what Jeff believes to be the Ohio Grassman slinking away from deer stand Desk Based on this video and the recent number of sightings the team heads to New Straitville in Perry County Ohio to investigate the Grassman. On the trip the team discusses the Grassman and Jeff mentions it was first sighted by immigrants who settled the area in the small village of Minerva, Ohio, in August of 1978 when the grandchildren of Minerva residents Evelyn and Howe Clayton, along with their friends, ran inside screaming about a hairy monster they saw in the gravel pit outside. When the couple went out to investigate, they saw what the crying children had described. It was covered in dark matted hair, sitting in the pit and fiddling with discarded trash. It was estimated to be around 300 pounds. The Claytons fled, but this would not be their last encounter with Ohio's ape-man.

Jeff talks of the moonshining history of the area Trapper explains that the Grassman was first seen by the settlers in grassy plains thus gaining the name the Grassman. Upon arrival in Perry County, the team meets with their first eyewitness Joe who captured the Grassman on video says and friend were driving in on evening when caught glimpse of the Grassman and recorded him. Joe tells the team there are plenty of places in the forest for the Grassman to hide there is nothing but woodland around including one deep unexplored holler.

On the first night investigation, the four enter the holler and search for travel routes of the Grassman to tell them where to put the trap. Hearing knocking sounds, the team tries treeknocks which is knocking stick on tree used by bigfoots for communication. They get response but are unable to follow up extremely steep hill. Suddenly, rocks and logs are sent rolling down the hill and the team hears bellowing noise. Trapper decides for the team to make tactical retreat.

The next day, Trapper and Buck meet Willy and instructs him to dig camouflaged pit trap. Willy goes to rent digging machine while the rest of the team meets with their next eyewitness named moon. Moon says he heard scream in the woods then the Grassman charged through the brush and leapt into the Right bank. Meanwhile, Willy begins digging the pit trap down in the Heller feels something is watching him and catches several glimpses of something moving in the woods with the cameraman filming view well. Feeling on edge, Willy decides to leave and finish the trap later as the sky is getting dark.

The team then meets with their third eyewitness Tim who has some pictures of Grassman footprints. He says he found the footprints near river and took several photos of them next to his tape measure. The team compares the photo to Huckleberry's print with the photos being three times larger than Huckleberry's size fourteen feet. With this information Trapper is able to better determine the Grassman's weight, and height. Later, upon returning to Willy trap the team finds filled up with water so the team opts to use it as a quicksand/pit trap instead. They then cover in bamboo sticks and tarp and Cover with leaves and most finishing touch. Trapper sets up a trail cam to get photographic proof of the Grassman comes anywhere near

On the final night hunt, the team intends to intimidate the Grassman by banging trees with sticks and making noise to push him into the trap. The team breaks up into two groups Willy, Bill, and Buck and Trapper, Jeff, and Huckleberry. Both teams try tree knocks receive response. After walking for while, Willys team stumbles upon some tracks, and follow them. They follow the trail and after pushing through brier patch discover an old abandoned house. Willy radios Trapper about the house and Huckleberry guesses once belonged to moonshiner who operated in the Holler

Willy team enters the house and hear noises in the woods and find the houses is not as uninhabited it would seem as there are several Grassman tracks coming in and out of the entrance. Inside, Buck spots what appears to be huge nest well exit hole in the wall the whole thing smelling like sulfur. The three starts hearing loud bangs on the side of the house and radio Trapper for backup. The team regroups and enters the house again only to hear another loud crash. They hear more roars as they exit the house in pursuit of the Grassman while Jeff searches for the Bigfoot on the thermal camera to no avail. Trapper the beast break off up hill so the team chases him but lose him again. Trappers comments that been quicker could have put shot him in the leg seems lost when Jeff catches the Grassman on the thermal again and the team continues the chase right in the direction of the trap. Unfortunately when they reach the trap, the Grassman is not inside and after finding footprints they conclude went around just missing him much to their disappointment. However they were able to get picture of him on the trail cam.

Based on their sightings and photos, Trapper determines the Grassman certainly does exist in Perry County, Ohio.