Incident #991090
Pella, Marion Cty, Iowa
Feb 1978
Account
Matt Ver Steeg investigated a report that the boy had seen Bigfoot near the old Pella Bridge across the Des Moines River. He followed tracks into the woods, but they were too filled with snow to identify.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 25 1978
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- winter
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Marion Cty
- Nearest Town
- Pella
- Latitude
- 4125
- Longitude
- 9255
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bridge or wharf
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Des Moines, IA, Sunday Register, Nov 12, 1998, quotling Matt Ver Steeg quoting a 10 or 11-year old boy from Pella, IA.
Creature description
- Later Movement
- watched observerýentered woods