Incident #991511
Porcupine, Shannon Cty, South Dakota
1989
Account
Hank Armstrong, his wife and daughter and wife's cousin going picnicking in a 4-wheel-drive, saw creature run towards a dry watercourse lined with cottonwood trees.
When
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- South Dakota
- County
- Shannon Cty
- Nearest Town
- Porcupine
- Latitude
- 4316
- Longitude
- 10220
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 4
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- The Sasquatch Report, March, 1994, quoting Ed Trimble quoting Hank Armstrong and family
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- kept going