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1969
Baldwin, Jackson Cty, Iowa
Gary Koontz said that William Koontz, driving a county road near Baldwin at night, saw a strange animal, and gave a description exactly fitting the creature Gary had seen four years earlier. (1078)
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1960's
Denison, Crawford Cty, Iowa
Barry Pergamo wrote that he and a friend saw a thing in the woods behind Midwestern College like that in Patterson's film. He saw it in darkness but his friend saw it run from under a light.
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1971
Sioux City, Woodbury Cty, Iowa
Three young men drove into Stone Park, got out of car, then saw huge ape silhouetted at top of a hill. George Fetterman yelled and beat his chest, attracting its attention. It then started towards them through the trees, making…
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Sep 1973
Manchester, Delaware Cty, Iowa
Jerry Ewing, who then lived in Manchester, went squirrel hunting at noon, five miles North of Manchester, and saw the creature walking in a field. It went into the woods, then came out, and they looked at each other for…
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Jan 1974
Sioux City, Woodbury Cty, Iowa
Jim Britton heard screams, looked out window and saw 100 feet away what looked like a big gorilla. He went out with a 30-30, and saw the creature down on all fours in a slight draw near his barn. When…
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Aug 1974
Sioux City, Woodbury Cty, Iowa
Informant wakened by dog barking, heard back porch rail rattle, looked out and saw creature resembling a two-legged gorilla. He called police who put tracking dog on footprints in the grass. Dog followed "all around Riverside", but were stopped at…
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Oct 1975
Lockridge, Jefferson Cty, Iowa
Herb Peiffer tending turkeys, saw large shaggy animal in tractor lights. It stood up on two legs and walked forward. No account of how incident ended. Later remains of several turkeys found piled up each morning for several days. Tracks…
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Aug 1976
Dumont, Franklin Cty, Iowa
Driving to his other farm Melvin Dreier noticed footprints on the edge of the road. Stopping to examine them he found they were too large and had too long a stride to be human. A neightbour, his wife, and a…
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Aug 1976
Ocheyedan, Osceola Cty, Iowa
Dan Radunz riding with father to their farm, about 9.30 a.m., 3.5 miles south of Ocheyedan, beside the Ocheykedan River he got a back view of a bipedal creature wilth an oval shaped head, standing with its arms raised as…
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Dec 1977
Oskaloosa, Mahaska Ctky, Iowa
Theresa McGee went to sweek snow off the sidewalk in front of her home and the creature jumped out of the shadow of an evergreen tree. She shouted and ran in the house. Woods lead from her house to the…
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Feb 1978
Harvey, Marion Cty, Iowa
Matt Ver Steeg went to investigat reports of tracks in the snow near Harvey, and aftera 14-inch snowstorm found tracks 20 by 9 inches, with a five-foot stride and followed them several miles by snowmobile. From the way the tracks…
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Feb 1978
Pella, Marion Cty, Iowa
Matt Ver Steeg investigated a report that the boy had seen Bigfoot near the old Pella Bridge across the Des Moines River. He followed tracks into the woods, but they were too filled with snow to identify.
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Sep 1978
West Bend, Palo Alto Cty, Iowa
Ellis Shellmeyer found tracks under Brown's Bridge on the West Des Moines River. He and August Shafer made photos and casts.
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Jul 1978
Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa
Donnette Henkins, 9, walked around a corner of a house and encountered a 5-foot, dark, hairy animal wilth deep-set eykes and long white teeth. This was the first of several sightings reported in Ottosen that summer and fall, a period…
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Jul 1978
Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa
Mrs. Jan Jenkins, a friend, Pat Young, and perhaps another friend, saw a creature like the one described by her daughter Donnette (1092) come out from behind a building. The Register says Mrs. Henkins and Young also saw the creature…
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Jul 1978
Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa
Dawn Henkins (and 2 friends according to the Register) was riding her bike in Ottosen when she came face-to-face with the animal. Mark Hall says this was when Mrs. Henkins and a friend went outside and saws an animal like…
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Jul 1978
Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa
The Bennett, Masters and Wolfe boys saw the creature at the Northeast edge of town. The Register says it was in a sales barn and the boys first saw its face in a window when they heard a scratching noise…
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Sep 1978
Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa
Mrs. Anna Dodrill, doing dishes in farm home 3 miles Northwest of Ottosen, looked up and saw creature looking at her through the window. She was paralyzed by terror for what she estimated as three minutes, but then screamed and…
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Sep 1978
Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa
Getting dressed for work, at the family home two miles Southeast of Ottosen, Robert Newell heard a deep whining sound, looked out in the barnyard and saw the creature go into the barn, mess around, stand around outside, and then…
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Aug 1978
Dean, Appanoose Cty, Iowa
Tim Houser and and John Fitzwater driving on old dirt road 1.5 miles West of Dean, just West of the Charlton River, saw large apelike creature walking away down the road. When lights hit it it dashed into the ditch…
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Oct 1978
Clarion, Wright Cty, Iowa
Mrs. LeAnn Tonderum, 25, foing dishes, felt something looking at her and turned to window, 7 feet off ground, where she saw what looked like a head, down to the shoulders. Next day she and her husband and her mother…
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Oct 1979
Webster City, Hamilton Cty, Iowa
Checking for raccoon tracks, 3.30 a.m., Bryon Davis heard a noise in the bushes, swung his flashlight and saw a big animal get up and walk off through the underbrush with huge strides. He thinks it had been sleeping. Location…
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Nov 1979
Minburn, Dallas Cty, Iowa
Larry Wilson's dogs were barking and he could hear raspy, heavy, rhythmic breathing. He looked out upstairs window and saw creature pass under a yard light. With o;thers, he found 12 to 13-inch tracks in frost covered grass. Location is…
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Jan 1980
Edgewood, Delaware Cty, Iowa
Tim BuShaw and friend driving past an abandoned farm in a wooded area south of Edgewood, saw the creature climb a gate and come almost to the road before turning away.
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Jan 1980
Manchester, Delaware Cty, Iowa
Dick Foust and Merl;ykn Havertape looking at some land 5.5 miles North of Manchester found tracks in snow 9.5 to 10 in. by 4.5 in., deeper than human tracks.