Incident #991224
Wakish, Koochiching Cty, Minnesota
1976
Account
Lee Cluff was riding with a load of spruce logs on County Road 40 east of Waskish when he saw a creature stop out of the woods and across a three-foot ditch, swinging its arms back for balance. Its attention was elsewhere and it did not see the truck until it was about 100 yards away, when it looked straight at Cluff, the took three steps back into the woods. It had tufts on its head but no ears showing, nose was pudgy and pushed in. His weight estimate 300 to 400 pounds.
When
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Koochiching Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wakish
- Latitude
- 4811
- Longitude
- 9031
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- ditch
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Bagley, MN, Farmers Independent, Aug. 13, 1994, quoting Ed Trimble's interview with Lee Cluff, of Bemidji, MN.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Expression
- startled
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- watched observerýturned aroundýentered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Used
- in locomotion
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- kept going