Incident #991114
Independence, Montgomery Cty, Kansas
Nov 1977
Account
John Breeze jogging at night, heard bushes rustling, then saw sasquatch running along the road. It went over a barbed-wire fence without much effort and disappeared into a field. Next morning Deputy Dwight Posey found one imprint in gravel alongside the road resembling a foot, 18 in. by 7 in., where Posey could not make any imprint.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 21 1977
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Kansas
- County
- Montgomery Cty
- Nearest Town
- Independence
- Latitude
- 3713
- Longitude
- 9542
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- farm field
- Super Human Action
- Cleared barbed wire fence without much effort
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
Source
- Source
- Independence, KS, Daily Reporter, Nov 25, 1977, quoting John Mark Breeze, 15, Independence.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- turnedýcrossed fenceýwent in field
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Material Tracks Made in
- gravel
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- jogging
- Action on sighting
- stayed still