Incident #991488
Spearfish, Lawrence Cty, South Dakota
1977
Account
Betty Johnson, Brenda, Bonnie and Becky, told of two creatures they saw eating corn in a cornfield. This is the larger one, estimated 400 to 500 pounds.
When
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- South Dakota
- County
- Lawrence Cty
- Nearest Town
- Spearfish
- Latitude
- 4430
- Longitude
- 10352
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- grainfield
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 4
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
Source
- Source
- Pauline Bennett, Box 423, Agar, SD 57520, letter to editor of Eagle Butte, SD, News, Oct. 20, 1977, quoting Betty Johnson, Spearfish, ND, and her daughters Brenda, Bonnie and Becky. Also in Minnesota Archaeologist, May, 1978.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- eating
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Sound
- whistle
- Eating
- other