Incident #991225
Aitkin, Aitkin Cty, Minnesota
1976
Account
B.P. and friend R.G., riding bikes along dike 500 yards from the Mississippi River north of Aitkin, saw large brown animal bent down in the swampy area between the dike and the trees by the river, apparently picking swamp grass. B.P. shouted, it stood straight up and looked their way, then turned and ran on its back legs towards the river, moving easily through several inches of water and sinking in mud.
When
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Aitkin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Aitkin
- Latitude
- 4632
- Longitude
- 9342
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- marsh
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- The Sasquatch in Minnesota, 1996 edition, quoting B.P., then 14.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- picking up
- Later Movement
- got upýfled
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Eating
- grass
- Reaction
- fled from
- Use of Water
- eat plants
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- bicycling
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- shouted