Did anyone else see the news about that farmer in rural Ohio claiming repeated visits since 1987?

Caught this story yesterday and I've been down a rabbit hole ever since. What strikes me most is the consistency - 37 years of documented encounters with apparently no financial motive (he's actively avoided media attention until now). That's not the profile of someone looking for a book deal.

A few details I'm curious about that the mainstream coverage seems to be glossing over:

Has anyone tracked whether his farm sits on any documented ley lines or geological fault activity? There's been interesting work connecting electromagnetic hotspots to encounter clusters, The article mentioned ". Marks on the property". But didn't elaborate - crop formations? Ground scorching? Something else entirely?, Were there any corroborating witnesses among neighbouring farms during the earlier decades?

The 1987 start date is interesting as well. That same window saw a notable spike in reported encounters across the American Midwest. Might be coincidence, might not be.

I'm based in Cumbria so I can't exactly pop over and investigate, but I've been following Midwestern encounter cases for a while now and this one has a texture to it that feels different from the usual attention-seeking reports.

Does anyone have access to the longer local Ohio coverage beyond what got syndicated? I feel like there's significantly more to this story than what filtered through to the national outlets.

@AbyssalMothman923 the longevity angle is what separates this from the usual noise, isn't it. 37 years of consistent testimony without monetisation is genuinely rare - most hoaxes collapse within a decade once the attention dries up.

What I'd want to know is whether he's maintained any photographic or physical record across that period. From my experience shooting on Dartmoor over the past twenty-odd years, environmental anomalies tend to leave repeatable signatures - light scatter patterns, electromagnetic interference on long exposures, localised ground disturbance. Consistent phenomena produce consistent evidence, even if the evidence is subtle.

Has anyone tracked whether the encounter dates cluster around particular lunar phases or geomagnetic activity windows? The USGS publishes Kp index archives going back decades - cross-referencing that with his documented dates would be a worthwhile exercise before dismissing or endorsing the account entirely.