Incident #991072
Southeastern Indiana, Indiana
Oct 1985
Account
Man heard barking, went to door and saw 40 feet away under yard light a large upright creature watching the chained dog. He went for a shotgun and called his girlfriend, who saw it out the kitchen window as it walked away. Art Kapa there the next day, found fresh 16-inch tracks, and also 13.5-inch tracks several days old, with four toes. He cast both sizes. Met several other people with sightilng reports from 1984 to 1985, all at night, creature 7 to 9 feet tall, white or grey. (second track 1073)
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1985
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Southeastern Indiana
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Weather and light
- Lighting
- yard light
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Co-op, Feb. 1986, Art Kapa reporting on investigation in Southeastern Indiana
Creature description
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled