Incident #991499
Little Eagle, Corson Cty, South Dakota
Oct 1977
Account
Policemen Verdell Veo, Bobby Gates and Ireland, and Veo's son Jeff, 15, were playing supposed Bigfoot sounds on Elkhorn Butte north of Little Eagle when they saw a big creature near the bottom of the butte. Verdell moved down for a closer look, then the others, using an infra-red scope, saw an even larger creature following Verdell. They shouted a warning and honked their horns and the creatures fled. Verdell said one moved much faster than a saddle horse, "as fast as an antelope."
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 29 1977
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- South Dakota
- County
- Corson Cty
- Nearest Town
- Little Eagle
- Latitude
- 4541
- Longitude
- 10048
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- valley
- Super Human Action
- Went up and down hill "as fast as an antelope'"
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 4
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlightýspotlight
Source
- Source
- Minnesota Archaeologist, Nov. 1978, quoting Timber Lake, SD, Topic, Oct. 27, 1977, also McIntosh, SD, News, Nov. 3, 1977, and Worthington, MN, Globe, auoting Verdell Veo, his son Jeff Vio, 15, and Bobby Gates and Ireland.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- approached
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- approachedýfled from
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- ex fast
- Additional Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- star scope
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Action on sighting
- followed