Incident #992818
Muscatine, Muscatine Cty, Iowa
1960 to 1961
Account
Dave Gannett, his father and sister, canoeing in a series of lakes formed in old gravel pits, saw a sasquatch about 100 yards away. It caught a bass, and when Dave said 'Hey look' it stood up, dropped the fish and walked away. Six to seven feet, apelike but erect, dark brown hair with reddish highlights.
When
- Year
- 1960 to 1961
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Iowa
- County
- Muscatine Cty
- Nearest Town
- Muscatine
- Latitude
- 4125
- Longitude
- 9102
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- strip mine
- Nearby Water
- small lakeýriver
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Co-op, April '98, from Peter Guttilla, from internet, quoting Dave Gannett.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- got upýhandled something
- Aggressive To
- fish
- Arms Used
- other
- Object Handled
- animal matter
- Eating
- fish
- Reaction
- avoided
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- catch fish
- Second Colour
- red brown
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- row/paddling
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- shouted