Sasquatch sighting near Floyd County (1970)
Account
At age ten the witness was in a tree in the back field while her father worked nearby. She watched what looked like a calf under a cow that then stood on two legs, revealing a tall thin black figure that looked at her father before walking away. Her father told her to get down and later told her not to talk about such things outside the home.
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
- five foot to five five
- Build src
- thin
- Hair colour src
- solid black
- Arms src
- really long arms
- Legs src
- long legs
- Posture src
- on all fours then stood on two legs
- Age / size src
- juvenile
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1970–1979
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|---|---|
| Place |
Floyd County, Indiana
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| Map point |
38.3181, -85.9118 (± 11 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Floyd County (GEOID 18043); the report gives only the county
|
| Account type |
First-hand
|
| Witnesses |
2
|
| Figures reported |
1
|
| Witness was |
climbing a tree while parent prepared picnic area
|
| Witness's word for it |
a juvenile
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
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Bigfoot Society EP 590 Podcast Interview