Incident #991104
Manchester, Delaware Cty, Iowa
Jan 1980
Account
Cyril O'Brien, on regular run for Illinois Central Gulf railroad, saw 4.5 miles East of Manchester a creature near the tracks eating an animal carcass. It was bigger than any dog and had a flat face and no tail. He radioed the crew in the caboose, who saw it too.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 15 1980
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Delaware Cty
- Nearest Town
- Manchester
- Latitude
- 4229
- Longitude
- 9127
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- railroad
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- The Waterloo, IA, Courier, Feb 24, 1980, quoting Cyril O'Brien, 62, Waterloo, IA, railroad engineer.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- all fours
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Object Handled
- animal
- Eating
- small animal
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on train
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going