Incident #991082
Manchester, Delaware Cty, Iowa
Sep 1973
Account
Jerry Ewing, who then lived in Manchester, went squirrel hunting at noon, five miles North of Manchester, and saw the creature walking in a field. It went into the woods, then came out, and they looked at each other for about 5 minutes.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- noon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Delaware Cty
- Nearest Town
- Manchester
- Latitude
- 4229
- Longitude
- 9127
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- farm field
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Des Moines, IA, Sunday Register, Mar 9, 1980, quoting Jerry Ewing, Colorado.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woodsýreturnedýwatched observer
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied