Incident #991484
Rapid City, Pennington Cty, South Dakota
Nov 1973
Account
Barry Olsen, Carroll Stinsonand another man saw a huge creature standing near the ditch by an old forest service road. As they watched it bent over, picked up a dead deer with one arm, and crashed through underbrush into dense forest. Est. 10 ft, 500 lbs. Shaggy white coat. Location near Johnson Siding, about 12 miles west of Rapid City, apparently too small for map. Location is in the Black Hills.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- South Dakota
- County
- Pennington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rapid City
- Latitude
- 4405
- Longitude
- 10326
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- ditch
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- foothillýwoods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Rapid City, SD, Journal, Nov. 16, 1973, and Midnight, Jan 21, 1974, quoting Barry Olsen and Carroll Stinson
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- white
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- picked something upýranýentered woods
- Aggressive To
- deer
- Arms Used
- for picking upýfor carrying
- Object Handled
- animal
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept going