Incident #991220
Cass Lake, Itasca Cty, Minnesota
Nov 1971
Account
Riding with boyfriendthrough woods from Sucker Bay of Leech Lake to her home in Cass Lake, as they rounded a curve a creature ran across the road in front of them, white, six feet or taller. It paused, turned and looked at them befor entering the trees.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Itasca Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cass Lake
- Latitude
- 4723
- Longitude
- 9437
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Snow Condition
- shallow new
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- The Sasquatch Report, Mike Quast, June, 1992. Also Bagley, MN, Farmers Independent, Aug. 13, 1994. Ed Trimble interview with Sheryl Riggs, Alida, MN.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- white
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýstopped stillýturned
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Additional Movement
- watched observerýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept going