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1991
Corydon, Harrison Cty, Indiana
Don and brother lived in a cabin on Corydon Ridge Road. They started hearing 'howl-screams' in the woods behind the house, which scared the dogs, and Don took to shooting into the woods toward the sound, which would stop it…
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Nov 1997
Attica, Fountain Cty, Indiana
Stuart Robbins (or Brad LaGrange ), in a tree stand, heard growling and saw a 7 to 9-foot creature standing upright. It snorted at him, bellowed and moved away swiftly. Site is by the Wabash River in small rolling hills…
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late 1970's
Warsaw, Kosciusko Cty, Indiana
Perdue grad, then in high school, and friend were walking on a dirt road on his parents farm near Warsaw. They came over a rise and saw a 7 to 8-foot, black biped walking fast along the border of a…
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1992
Columbus, Bartholomew Cty, Indiana
Returning from a party (dry) on Youth Camp Road, when about 6 miles west of Columbus saw a 6-ft biped covered in white fur come out of the woods on the left, cross the road and enter the woods on…
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Mar 1998
Houston, Jackson Cty, Indiana
Setting up camp backpacking in Hoosier National Forest, went to investigate sounds in a ravine and saw a 7-foot creature peering out from behind a clump of trees close to a stream. Dark hair, conical shaped head, dark eyes. Observer…
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Jun 1980
Evansville, Vanderburgh Cty, Indiana
Feeding rabbits about 5-6 a.m. in vacant lot behind house in rural area North of Evansville, heard something walking through brush. Looked up and saw dark manlike figure, said hello, its swayed from side to side, then approached. Had deep,…
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Jun 1980
Evansville, Vanderburgh Cty, Indiana
Tim McCutchan's friend Neil riding mini bike in nearby woods stopped to rest in a clearing, and this creature charged out of the woods, sweating, winded, with a beet-red face. Neil started the bike, startling the creature, and took off.…
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Jan 1967
Perrysville, Fountain Cty, Indiana
R.S. and brother hunting rabbits in a swampy area near the Wabash River, 2 miles S.E. of Perrysville, came upon fresh tracks approximately 16" long, in new snow. Tracks led into a grove of trees. They left. Father ridiculed them,…
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Dec 1946
Charles City, Floyd Cty, Iowa
Duane Hibner's father had set a bear trap near a hollowed-out area under a huge oak tree on the bank of the Big Cedar river. Duane was with him when they encountered a mile of 16-inch, barefoot human tracks in…
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about 1966
Maquoketa, Jackson Cty, Iowa
Gary Koontz said that while hunting in dense woods and brush North of Maquoketa Caves State Park he saw a 4 to 5-foot creature and shot at it with a shot gun. It let out a high-pitched scream and disappeared…
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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…