Incident #991099
Clarion, Wright Cty, Iowa
Oct 1978
Account
Mrs. LeAnn Tonderum, 25, foing dishes, felt something looking at her and turned to window, 7 feet off ground, where she saw what looked like a head, down to the shoulders. Next day she and her husband and her mother Mrs. Burton Bruhl and husband, looked around and found tracks 16 to 18 inches long and .75 in. deep in the yard. Mrs. Bruhl estimated they would require 1,000 pounds weight. There were also little tracks, not described. Police chief Robert Shaw cas a depression 20 in. by 7 in. by 4 in, without toe marks, which could have been a track.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 03 1978
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Wright Cty
- Nearest Town
- Clarion
- Latitude
- 4244
- Longitude
- 9344
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 4
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
Source
- Source
- Fort Dodge, IA, Messenger, Oct 6, 1978, quoting LeAnn Tonderum and relatives, at Clarion, IA.
Creature description
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Track Condition
- poor
- Number of Toes
- 4
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýfled