Incident #991501
Little Eagle, Corson Cty, South Dakota
Dec 1977
Account
At Elkhorn Buttes, 2 miles northeast of Little Eagle, Gary Alexander, Lowell Olson and Keith Olson, saw two animals emerge from a draw 600 yards away. They watched for nearly three minutes until the animals turned to look at them, then moved away. One was 8 to 8.5 feet tall and dark, the other was about a foot shorter. They walked erect with a gait different from that of a man. (No entry for size of second animal, as height just guessed at anyway.) Verdell Veo saw two in the same location three days later.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 03 1977
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 2 minutes
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
- at
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- hill
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plainĂ˝
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Minnesota Archaeologist, May, 1978, quoting Timber Lake, SD, Topic, Dec. 15, 1977, quoting Gary Alexander, Lowell Olson and Kieth Olson
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- watched observerýwalked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- studied