Incident #991497
Little Eagle, Corson Cty, South Dakota
Oct 1977
Account
Phoebe Little Dog was driving home from work at McLaughlin when she noticed cattle running in a pasture just north of Little Eagle, then saw a dark brown upright creature walking stiff-legged about 200 yards behind them. As she drove by it went out of sight behind a hill. She returned but it was gone. She had seen a similar creature in the same location at dawn a week earlier, when it disappeared into a ravine.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 13 1977
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- evening
- 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
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- meadow
- Near or/at
- hill
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Minnesota Archaeologist, May, 1978, quoting Pierre, SD, Capital Journal, Oct. 17, 1977, and Sioux Falls, SD, Argus-Leader, quoting Phoebe Little Dog, 58, Little Eagle, SD.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- disappeared
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- kept going