Incident #991209
Bagley, Clearwater Cty, Minnesota
Oct 1960
Account
Hunter saw a 7-foot creature, est. 400 pounds, covered with brown hair, sitting on a log eating a fish. When it saw him it screeched, jumped up and ran off, dropping the fish, and leaving 15-inch tracks. It had a foot-long penis. He followed, but in a short distance ran out of snow. Stride was short in thick brush, longer in open. Fish was a northern pike. Stomach was eaten out. Before seeing it he smelled a very foul odour.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1960
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Clearwater Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bagley
- Latitude
- 4731
- Longitude
- 9525
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large male
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Near or/at
- water
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Snow Condition
- shallow patches
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Mike Quast, "The Sasquatch in Minnesota, 1996", quoting unnamed hunter.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- sitting
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Neck Length
- short
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- eating
- Later Movement
- fled
- Arms Used
- for eating
- Object Handled
- animal matter
- Sound
- scream
- Odour
- strong
- Eating
- fish
- Reaction
- fled from
- Genitals
- male
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- seated
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied