Class A First-hand BFRO #1630

Separate Iowa incidents over time in Floyd County area

2 August 1977 late Saturday night, pitch black Floyd, Floyd County, Iowa 2 witnesses

Account

Two people fishing at night from a riverbank shined a flashlight across the water and saw red eyes and a large dark body in overhanging limbs. The animal stood upright, waded toward them with loud splashing steps, then turned downriver continuing to walk bipedally while making a low guttural sound. The witnesses retreated to a nearby campground where the splashing remained audible and a dog was heard howling.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Eyeshine

Sounds

Vocalization Footsteps

Described appearance

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Height src: seven foot tall
Build src: large body, estimated around four to five hundred pounds
Hair colour src: very dark brown or blackish
Eyes src: big red
Gait src: straightened up and walked, raising feet out of water bringing them down flat
Posture src: straightened up

Facts & provenance

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Date	2 August 1977 Stated BFRO report #1630 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	late Saturday night, pitch black Stated BFRO report #1630 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Floyd, Floyd County, Iowa Stated BFRO report #1630 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	43.17, -92.77 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 1630 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #1630 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 80% confidence
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #1630 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 75% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #1630 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was	fishing for catfish at night while camping Stated BFRO report #1630 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	the whatever Stated BFRO report #1630 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #1630 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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BFRO report #1630 Primary

Published 2001-02-04 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 6ab2e5da0925

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“several sightings reported to the DNRs of flody county”
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“many reported sightingsof a unknowm creature”
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