Incident #991495
Little Eagle, Corson Cty, South Dakota
Sep 1977
Account
Esther Thundershield and Myron Fast Horse were at the Nancy Chasing Hawk residence when they heard howling and growling outside, went out and turned on lights of a pickup truck and saw a big hairy animal, very tall, with green eyeshine, run off into the brush. Esther said "It doesn't have any shoulders and it doesn't bend its legs when it runs."
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 28 1977
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
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
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Minnesota Archaeologist, May, 1978, quoting Pierre, SD, Capital Journal, Oct. 6, 1977 and Worthington, MN, Globe, Oct. 4, 1977, quoting Nancy Chasing Hawk, Esther Thundershield and Myron Fast Horse.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected green
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Sound
- growlýhowl
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot