Incident #991218
Heinola, Otter Tail Cty, Minnesota
1970's
Account
Verna Kyrkyri heard a disturbance in her small barn, went in and saw the back of a large hairy animal that was trying to catch a wild rabbit that was in the barn. To protect her tame rabbits she got a broom and swatted the supposed bear in the rear. It turned out to be a two-legged creature too tall to stand up under the 6 foot ceiling. It fled from the barn to a nearby swamp.
When
- Year
- 1970's
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Otter Tail Cty
- Nearest Town
- Heinola
- Latitude
- 4628
- Longitude
- 9524
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- empty building
- Near or/at
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- The Sasquatfch in Minnesota, 1996, quoting Marion Senn, New York Mills, Minn. quoting an elderly farm lady named Verna Kyrkyri.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- fled
- Aggressive To
- rabbit
- Arms Action
- reaching
- Arms Used
- other
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- crouched
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Action on sighting
- harassed