Incident #991275
Werner, Dunn Cty, North Dakota
Oct 1979
Account
Dunn County men said that as they rounded a curve a mile south of Werner at 7 p.m., headlights shone on dark animal standing at the road edge. Driver had to swerve to miss it. They did not see where it went. Driver said it was twice the size of a man and had long, stringy head hair hanging almost to its waist.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 26 1979
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- North Dakota
- County
- Dunn Cty
- Nearest Town
- Werner
- Latitude
- 4727
- Longitude
- 10233
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- farm field
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Spokane Daily Chronicle, Nov. 14, 1979, quoting two Dunn Cty men.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- gestured
- Arms Action
- gesturing
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept goingýcame back