Incident #991056
Lincolnville, Wabash Cty, Indiana
1970's
Account
Hunting with a friend, Ken LaFlower saw a stand of young trees broken off high up. Later saw at a distance a large, brown-haired creature standing by an abandoned car. Fired 7 shots with a varmint rifle with no effect, then left.
When
- Year
- 1970's
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Wabash Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lincolnville
- Latitude
- 4045
- Longitude
- 8542
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- empty machine
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Tim Currie, Waterloo, IN., letter quoting Ken LaFlower, owner, Big Foot Live Bait and Tackle, Butler, IN.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- a long way
- Action on sighting
- shot