Incident #991216
Rochester, Filmore Cty, Minnesota
late 1960's
Account
Driving south of Rochester on Hwy. 52, near midnight, Larry Hawkins saw what he thought was a person in trouble crouched beside the road. He pulled over, it leaped up and ran up a hill into the woods. It was apelike and covered with hair. He got out and found that it had been crouching over a dead rabbit. Then he heard a roar from the woods, got in his car and left. He went to the police but they laughed at him.
When
- Year
- late 1960's
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Filmore Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rochester
- Latitude
- 4401
- Longitude
- 9227
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Saga, June, 1969, quoting Larry Hawkins, an Iowa student.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got upýwent up slopeýentered woods
- Object Handled
- animal
- Sound
- shout
- Eating
- small animal
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- crouched
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stopped