Incident #991081
Sioux City, Woodbury Cty, Iowa
1971
Account
Three young men drove into Stone Park, got out of car, then saw huge ape silhouetted at top of a hill. George Fetterman yelled and beat his chest, attracting its attention. It then started towards them through the trees, making a lot of noise and scaring other animals out of the woods. They got in their car and fled. Story indicates the men could tell by the sound that it was lame, and pump jockey told Gary Parker later that on the same night teenagers claimed to have hit a "man" with their car, but it got to its feet and ran off. Hit by car.
When
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- evening (light)
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Woodbury Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sioux City
- Latitude
- 4230
- Longitude
- 9624
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hill
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- UFO Report, Summer, 1975, Jerome Clark writing about Gary Parker, George Fetterman and friend.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- went down slopeýchased
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- a long way
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýfled