Several sighting reports near the Racoon River within days of each other.
Account
The witness's brother was driving a tractor home late at night when he noticed two large hair-covered figures walking parallel to the road along a fence line. He described the taller one as about seven to eight feet tall, bulky with long swinging arms, and watched them continue along the timber. The account was relayed secondhand by the reporter along with other nearby reports from the same period.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- seven to eight feet tall
- Build src
- bulky
- Hair colour src
- black
- Arms src
- long swinging arms
- Gait src
- long gait, walked calmly
- Posture src
- smaller one slightly hunched over
- Other features src
- short neck, black hair from head to toe
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
November 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
11:30 PM
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| Place |
Adel/West Des Moines, Dallas County, Iowa
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| Map point |
41.59, -93.97 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 1197 (3 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
Second-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
2
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| Witness was |
driving a tractor home from the fields
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| Witness's word for it |
two Bigfoot creatures
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Dawn Harrack (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the yard-light witness and, with the sheriff, found tracks in frost spaced 48 inches apart and noted comparison to tall clothesline poles.
An investigator interviewed the yard-light witness and, with the sheriff, found tracks in frost spaced 48 inches apart and noted comparison to tall clothesline poles.
An investigator interviewed the yard-light witness and, with the sheriff, found tracks in frost spaced 48 inches apart and noted comparison to tall clothesline poles.
An investigator contacted the cabin witness, who said he could not remember details and did not want to relate the story.
An investigator interviewed the tractor witness about seeing two figures walking along a fence line and disappearing into timber.
An investigator interviewed the reporter about the vocalizations heard with his mother and the dogs running away.
Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
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BFRO report #1197 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “a truck driver on the I-80 in the vicinity of the Raccoon River”Not in the Anomadex yet