Youths see unknown hairy primate staring at them from distance
Account
Six companions walking in riverside woods around 12:30 a.m. saw a large furry creature crouched behind a bush between two trees, holding a tree and peering at them. When they turned on a camera light they saw red eyeshine and fled in fear. The video did not capture the creature, and later daytime return visits found bones, fur, and a dead deer nearby.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- six and a half feet to possibly seven feet tall
- Build src
- V-shaped in the torso and well built in the arms
- Hair colour src
- dark
- Hair length src
- longer in places
- Face src
- big heavy squarish head
- Eyes src
- red reflection
- Arms src
- well built
- Hands src
- hands on the tree
- Posture src
- crouching behind a bush
- Other features src
- pretty big, real thick and furry
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
4 April 2001
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| Time of day |
night about 12:30
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| Place |
Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa
Stated
BFRO report #2170
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
42.72, -94.22 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 2170 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
6
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
walking in the woods at night
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| Witness's word for it |
something pretty big and real thick and furry
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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.
Video taken at sighting with camera light, reported not to show the creature
Large femur bone plus 22 more bones found a little ways away, kept by witnesses
Bunch of fur like rabbit found around bone area
Deer found dead with rear bitten off, shredded
Broken twigs at same spot
Things that may have been footprints, explicitly uncertain
The witnesses returned the next morning to the same spot and found broken twigs, 23 bones and fur a little ways away.
The witnesses returned the next morning to the same spot and found broken twigs, 23 bones and fur a little ways away.
The witnesses returned the next morning to the same spot and found broken twigs, 23 bones and fur a little ways away.
The witnesses returned the next morning to the same spot and found broken twigs, 23 bones and fur a little ways away.
The witnesses went back during the day about a week later and found a deer dead with its rear bitten off.
The witnesses reported the incident to the police, who asked for the movie and bones.
The witnesses reported the incident to the police, who asked for the movie and bones.
The witnesses returned the next morning to the same spot and found broken twigs, 23 bones and fur a little ways away.
The witnesses went back during the day about a week later and found a deer dead with its rear bitten off.
The witnesses reported the incident to the police, who asked for the movie and bones.
An investigator talked with the witness on August 25th, recorded details and planned continued investigation.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #2170 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “1978 - the Ottesen Monster”Not in the Anomadex yet