Incident #991086
Dumont, Franklin Cty, Iowa
Aug 1976
Account
Driving to his other farm Melvin Dreier noticed footprints on the edge of the road. Stopping to examine them he found they were too large and had too long a stride to be human. A neightbour, his wife, and a newspaper reporter among those who saw them. Tracks much deeper than his, size 10, 230 pounds. Tracks seen 7.30 a.m., stretches wiped out by traffic, but went more than half a mile. West Fork Cedar River is quite close to where they could last be seen.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 10 1976
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Franklin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dumont
- Latitude
- 4245
- Longitude
- 9258
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- farm field
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Melvin E. Dreier, Dumont, IA, letter to Grover Krantz
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 12.5
- Greates Width
- 5.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Material Tracks Made in
- gravel