Incident #991097
Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa
Sep 1978
Account
Getting dressed for work, at the family home two miles Southeast of Ottosen, Robert Newell heard a deep whining sound, looked out in the barnyard and saw the creature go into the barn, mess around, stand around outside, and then walk south into a corn field. He thought it was looking for food.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 12 1978
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- 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
- at
- Terrain Object
- empty building
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- yard light
Source
- Source
- Mark Hall in Minnesota Archaeologist, Feb 1979, giving newspaper sources, and Des Moines Sunday Register, Sep 25, 1978, both quoting Robert Newell IV, 18. of rural Ottodsen, IA.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- stooped
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- black
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Sound
- other
- Reaction
- did not see
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeý
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied