Incident #992983
Eaagle Butte, Dewey Cty, South Dakota
1994
Account
Boys Wacey, Austin, Doyle and Dustin Buffalo and Frances Montero, Green Grass SD,looking for horses, saw one large and two small creatures on a cut bank by an old garbage dump on the bank of the Moreau River. Hurried home, came back with Vivian High Elk. Saw face looking out of brush, boys ran to investigate, two large and two small creatures ran away. Adults est. 8 feet, dark brown with lighter, fluffy fringe around face and white or grey patch on stomach. Humanlike or apelike faces, oval eyes. Small ones size of 10-year old child. Big arms and furry all over. Tracks on river bank wider and longer than human, no arch, six widespread toes. Sank deeper than human in soft mud by river. Boys said one creature had dragged branches, dropped them in river. Branches, with green leaves and drag marks, were there.
When
- Year
- 1994
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- South Dakota
- County
- Dewey Cty
- Nearest Town
- Eaagle Butte
- Latitude
- 4510
- Longitude
- 10115
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, more than one small
- Total Individuals
- 4
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- garbage dump
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 6
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Eagle Butte, SD, News, 1994, quoting Wacey, Austin, Doyle and Dustin Buffalo, Frances Montero and Vivian High Elk.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Shorter On
- face
- Nose
- no snout
- Later Movement
- handled somethingýput something down
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Reaction
- watchedýfled from
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Second Colour
- light
- Additional Movement
- fled
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- big
- Greates Width
- wide
- Number of Toes
- 6
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- bushes
- Tracks Went to
- water
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Action on sighting
- chased