Full-body sighting near Jefferson, Wisconsin (1936)
Account
In 1936 a night watchman found a strange creature digging in a burial mound. It stood on its hind legs and ran off. On a second night it stood again and uttered syllables sounding like Gadara before running off. He told only his wife, then his son when he thought he was dying.
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- over six feet tall
- Posture src
- stood up on its hind legs
- Other features src
- somewhere between a canine and a primate
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