Incident #991092
Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa
Jul 1978
Account
Donnette Henkins, 9, walked around a corner of a house and encountered a 5-foot, dark, hairy animal wilth deep-set eykes and long white teeth. This was the first of several sightings reported in Ottosen that summer and fall, a period when there were also a number of reports of strange screams, broken fences, stampeded cattle and mangled rabbits, cats and dogs.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 27 1978
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ottosen
- Latitude
- 4254
- Longitude
- 9423
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
Source
- Source
- Mark Hall in Minnesota Archaeologist, Feb 1979, giving newspaper sources, and Des Moines Sunday Register, Sep 25, 1978, both quoting Donnette Henkins, 9, of Ottosen, IA.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Later Movement
- made a noiseýfled
- Sound
- growl
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýfled