Incident #991492
Little Eagle, Corson Cty, South Dakota
Sep 1977
Account
Lemar Bear Ribs was walking home along a dirt road about 10.30 p.m. when "the creature" appeared out of a clump of bushes 10 feet from him. He ran home in panic and was in such a shocked state that Ester Thunder Shield and Adele Antelope set out to take him to the health representative on the reserve. As they left, Adele saw, "this big hairy thing" which she said stood a few seconds then turned and ran into bushes, knees bent, arms swinging. On the other hand, Esther, or Ester, who saw it as the headlights swung on the road, described a hairy creature "walking stiffly away," knees not bending at all. Two day later Gary Alexander, owner of the Little Eagle Trading Post, found tracks in soft mud at the Grand river, not far from the Bear Ribs sighting. Alternative spellings Lemor, Bear Rib and Bare Ribs.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 27 1977
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- South Dakota
- County
- Corson Cty
- Nearest Town
- Little Eagle
- Latitude
- 4541
- Longitude
- 10048
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Sioux Falls, SD, Argus-Leader, Sep. 30, 1977, quoting Lemar Bear Ribs, 17, Adele Antelope, Ester Thunder Shield and Gary Alexander, Little Eagle, SD. Other versions of name Lemor Bear Rib (Argosy article by Sam Dart) and Lemar Bare Ribs (Horizons article by Bonnie Lake).
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Sound
- growl
- Odour
- strong
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Average Depth
- 2.00
- Stride in Inches Average
- 108
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled