Incident #991098
Dean, Appanoose Cty, Iowa
Aug 1978
Account
Tim Houser and and John Fitzwater driving on old dirt road 1.5 miles West of Dean, just West of the Charlton River, saw large apelike creature walking away down the road. When lights hit it it dashed into the ditch then into heavy brush. Jerry Guinn went back with them, and they found where something had gone through the brush, and tracks with mud oozed up through the toe spaces.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 27 1978
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Appanoose Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dean
- Latitude
- 4038
- Longitude
- 9243
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 4
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Centerville, IA, Iowegian & Citizen, Oct 6, 1978, quoting Tim Houser and John Fitzwater, high school students, and teacher Jerry Guinn, 32.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- fledýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 5.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- kept going