Incident #991512
Baraboo, Sauk Cty, Wisconsin
about 1910
Account
Walking in the woods when she was about 10, Pearl Hoover encountered a 'bear' that had human eyes and followed her almost home. at one point it reached towards her. She thought it was in some kind of pain and went to get her father to help it, but he paid no attenton. Next day she went back and found huge footprints and also a pine tree snapped off three feet up. She remembers it as being a foot and a half through. Location is Mirrow Lake, which is not on any map I have. Letter mentions her father going to Baraboo to get goods for his store.
When
- Year
- about 1910
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Wisconsin
- County
- Sauk Cty
- Nearest Town
- Baraboo
- Latitude
- 4329
- Longitude
- 8944
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- trail
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Snow Condition
- shallow old
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Letter to Argosy from Pearl Allendale Hoover, 550 E. Gloucester St., Gladstone, OR.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyesýon hands
- Appearance
- matted
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- travelled parallel
- Arms Action
- gesturing
- Sound
- grunt
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- watched
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard shallow snow
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied