Incident #991518
Fremont, Waupaca Cty, Wisconsin
Nov 1968
Account
Bob Parry, Dick Bleier, Bill Mallo, Richard and Pete Vanderbeerg and Dick Telloch taking part in a deer drive in Deltox Marsh saw a large upright hair-covered creature neither bear nor human. It was in an open, grass-filled central area of the swamp, with grass three or four feet high coming half way up its thighs. It walked along their line to the left, they approached and it retreated, when they moved back it came towar them. It finally headed into thick brush leading to some woods, and did not emerge. The swamp is about 4 miles by 2 miles, surrounded by farms, but with numerous woods thickets and marshes mixed in.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 30 1968
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Wisconsin
- County
- Waupaca Cty
- Nearest Town
- Fremont
- Latitude
- 4416
- Longitude
- 8853
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- meadow
- Near or/at
- marsh
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 6
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Ivan Sanderson in Argosy, April, 1969, quoting Bob Parry, Dick Bleier, Richard and Pete Vanderberg, Dick Telloch and Bill Mallo.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- No hair on
- on faceýon palms
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Legs
- medium
- Arms
- long
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- approachedýfollowedýstudied