Incident #991233
Rochester, Olmsted Cty, Minnesota
Dec 1979
Account
On the road between Rose Haven and Marvale additions, headlights picked up 7-foot creature, est. 250 to 300 lbs., covered with hair and with a huge mouth a piglike nose and very ugly. It attempted to cover its eyes and its arm did not bend like a normal arm.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 14 1979
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Olmsted Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rochester
- Latitude
- 4401
- Longitude
- 9227
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Rochester, MN, Post-Bulletin, Dec. 17, 1979, quoting sheriff's officers quoting woman who would not give her name.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Nose
- short snout
- Later Movement
- gestured
- Arms Action
- shading eyes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- kept going