Incident #992932
Minot, Ward Cty, North Dakota
Apr 1962
Account
Dave Runkle and a friend, evidently young, returning from hunting rabbits on prairie, felt were being followed, looked back and saw "great ape" which then rose on hind legs and approached. They ran to the Minuteman Trailer Park, where they lived, apparently not far, without looking back again. Creature was very tall with long black shiny hair, but none on its face above the nose or on the palms of its hands. Area is prairie wilderness, with coolies of substantial size containing foliage and underbrush.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1962
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- North Dakota
- County
- Ward Cty
- Nearest Town
- Minot
- Latitude
- 4814
- Longitude
- 10118
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Dave Runkle, 7317 Walnut Rd., Fair Oaks CA 95628, 916-863-6026
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- glossy
- Hair Colour
- black
- Expression
- angry
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- watched observerýapproached
- Aggressive To
- observer
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- approached
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- fled