Incident #991249
Bemidji, Beltrami Cty, Minnesota
Nov 1993
Account
Mr. Pllautz waiting in pickup truck at dusk after deer hunting, creature picked up the back of the truck and shook it so violently he was thrown around in the cab. This went on for more than three minutes before it dropped the truck and fled to the woods. It was chocalate brown, huge, hairy, 8 to 10 inches taller than the cab.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
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
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
- Super Human Action
- Lifted back of pickup truck and shook it.
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- The Sasquatch in Minnesota, 1996, Marion Senn quoting Mr. Plautz.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- picking up
- Later Movement
- handled somethingýput something downýran
- Aggressive To
- pickup truck
- Arms Used
- for shaking
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Human Contact
- bluff
- Reaction
- watchedýfled from
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 17.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 60
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truckýhunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still