Incident #991268
Gering, Scotts Bluffs Cty, Nebraska
Jul 1972
Account
Three brief reports combined in this entry. One woman said she saw the creature prowling in her back yard, another saw it peering into her house, and a neighbour shot at a similar object with a 12-guage shotgun. Police found footprints they attributed to a large barefoot man.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Nebraska
- County
- Scotts Bluffs Cty
- Nearest Town
- Gering
- Latitude
- 4150
- Longitude
- 10340
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Lincoln, Nebraska, Journal and Star, July 16, 1972, quoting the Scotts Bluffs sheriff's office quoting two housewives at Gering.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- big
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- shot