Bigfoot sightings are surging in northeast Ohio, with locals fearing a Sasquatch comeback and new brood. Witnesses report 17-inch footprints in Portage County, suggesting a creature over 7 feet tall. The last “Bigfoot flap” in northeast Ohio was in 1978, following a brutal winter. Bigfoot, go home! Ohioans are battening down the hatches as locals fear a not-so-friendly neighborhood Sasquatch is making a comeback after a half-century of silence — with a new brood in tow. Northeast Ohio, the gloomiest corner of the Buckeye State , has been ripe with Bigfoot sightings since March. Some residents suspect a whole family of Sasquatches is moving into the region after a particularly brutal winter, Fox 8 reported. Alleged Bigfoot sightings are spiking across northeast Ohio. FOX8 Many anonymous witnesses shared pictures of hulking footprints scattered primarily between Akron and Youngstown in Portage County.…