Incident #991237
Bemidji, Beltrami Cty, Minnesota
Aug 1987
Account
Lisa Deiderich, then 15, was walking to the rest rooms at a Spanish language camp, El Lago del Bosque, when she encountered a huge manlike figure walking just off the path she was on, close by. Only silhouette visible in darkness.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1987
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Beltrami Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bemidji
- Latitude
- 4729
- Longitude
- 9453
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- trail
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Weather and light
- Lighting
- no obvious light
Source
- Source
- The Sasquatch in Minnesota, 1996 edition, quoting Lisa Deiderich, Fargo, North Dakota.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- close