Incident #991083
Sioux City, Woodbury Cty, Iowa
Jan 1974
Account
Jim Britton heard screams, looked out window and saw 100 feet away what looked like a big gorilla. He went out with a 30-30, and saw the creature down on all fours in a slight draw near his barn. When he got closer it stood on its hind legs, hands hanging below knees. He shot it and it went over backwards then sped over a hill on all fours before he could shoot again. By morning horses had trampled any tracks.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- 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
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Super Human Action
- Ran faster than any human.
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Snow Condition
- snow
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
Source
- Source
- Mutual UFO Network questionnaire, Lawrence Lacey interview with James H. Britton.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Arms
- long
- Later Movement
- got upýfled
- Sound
- scream
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- ex fast
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- approachedýshot