First Barbara Galloway Mudrak wrote about the Minerva monster 35 years ago when she was a BJ reporter.

Now she’s starring in the document titled “Minerva Monster,” based on the 1978 “sightings” that drew Bigfoot hunters and curiosity seekers into southern Stark County and wound up as a Mudrak story in 1980.

Barb, an Alliance High School teacher, former Stark County Sheriff’s Deputy James Shannon and Howe Cayton, whose family first reported the “sighting,” star in the documentary.

Move over, Hallie Berry (“Monster’s Ball”), there’s a new star in town.

It was produced by Seth Breedlove of Wadsworth, Alan Megargle of Painesville, Brandon Dale of Akron and Jesse Morgan of Mentor.

The movie premiered May 16 at a Bigfoot Convention at Salt Fork State Park. The film was part of Monster Day on Saturday in Minerva, birthplace of the monster mishmash.