Incident #991522
St. Croix Falls, Polk Cty, Wisconsin
Oct 1976
Account
John Hanson, Rodney Bystrom and 10 other youths drove up a gravel road in a remote jack pine area of Sterling Township, shining spotlights at deer. They saw something different in a field, then someone saw it cross the road, and it was spotted on a sandbank by the road where it stood still for about 10 seconds. What it did next is not clear, but the boys fled. Next day Standard Press reporter Pete Jensen found tracks at the scene and followed them about half a mile, finding along the way several branches broken off trees at the 7 and 8-foot level, and a dry stump that appeared freshly uprooted.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 08 1976
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Wisconsin
- County
- Polk Cty
- Nearest Town
- St. Croix Falls
- Latitude
- 4525
- Longitude
- 9237
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
- Near or/at
- hill
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- many
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- rolling hills
Weather and light
- Lighting
- spotlight
Source
- Source
- Oceanside, CA, Blade Tribune, Oct. 22, 1976, U.P.I. report from St. Croix Falls, WI, quoting John Hanson, 17, about Rodney Bystrom and 10 other teenagers, and reporter Peter Jensen.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 19.0
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Track Condition
- good
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- studiedýfled