Incident #991490
Gettysburg, Potter Cty, South Dakota
Aug 1977
Account
Creature sighted by police while moving along a creek bottom near Green Grass. (Not on map.)
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 09 1977
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- South Dakota
- County
- Potter Cty
- Nearest Town
- Gettysburg
- Latitude
- 4501
- Longitude
- 10352
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- bottom land
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- spotlight
Source
- Source
- Gettysburg, SD, Potter County News, Oct. 20, 1977, and Eagle Butte News, quoting anonymous policemen. Also Minnesota Archaeologist, May, 1978.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
Witness
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards