Incident #991241
Hibbing, Saint Louis Cty, Minnesota
Jul 1989
Account
W.F. and someone else, on County Road 5 to Side Lake, north of Hibbing/Chisholm, saw animal run upright across the road 50 to 75 yards in front of them, around 8 p.m. in late July. Too large and too fast for a bear.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Minnesota
- County
- Saint Louis Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hibbing
- Latitude
- 4725
- Longitude
- 9256
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- The Sasquatch in Minnesota, 1996, quoting letter from W.F.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards