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Tracks near Eldridge, Iowa (1981)

5 February 1981 early morning dark before daylight Eldridge, Iowa 1 witness

Account

The witness, then in eighth grade, was delivering papers before dawn during a bitterly cold snowy week. He felt watched, found very large barefoot-like tracks in snow that conformed to a curb, followed them through a park across a creek and fence toward sewage ponds, found the same trail backtracked the next morning, then days later heard an extremely loud scream from nearby bushes that terrified him.

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What was reported

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Facts & provenance

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Date
5 February 1981
Time of day
early morning dark before daylight
Place
Eldridge, Iowa
Map point
41.6390, -90.5809 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Eldridge city (GEOID 1924600), matched from nearest town 'Eldridge'
Account type
First-hand
Witnesses
1
Figures reported
1
Witness was
delivering newspapers on paper route
Witness's word for it
a real Bigfoot track
Creature category
UNKNOWN

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Tracks

Measurements: 20 inches long, at very least six inches wide at the heel

transcript:00:25:26-00:27:23

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2014-09-13 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Listen from 0:21:36 (account ends about 0:43:30) Hash 7b55a268b519
    Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)

The report refers to

  • “BFRO website reports of Sasquatch sightings end of 1980 into early 1981 in Iowa”
    Not in the Anomadex yet