Incident #991096
Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa
Sep 1978
Account
Mrs. Anna Dodrill, doing dishes in farm home 3 miles Northwest of Ottosen, looked up and saw creature looking at her through the window. She was paralyzed by terror for what she estimated as three minutes, but then screamed and the creature fled.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 11 1978
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ottosen
- Latitude
- 4254
- Longitude
- 9423
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Near or/at
- farm field
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
Source
- Source
- Mark Hall in Minnesota Archaeologist, Feb 1979, giving newspaper sources, and Des Moines Sunday Register, Sep 25, 1978, both quoting Anna Dodrill, Ottosen, IA.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Shoulders
- wide
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- fled from
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeý
- Closest horizontal distance
- under 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýshouted