Class A First-hand BFRO #30530

Late afternoon sighting of a road crossing on Hwy 52 north of Dubuque

August 2011 between 5:15 and 5:30pm Sageville, Dubuque County, Iowa 1 witness

Account

The witness was driving home from work in the late afternoon when a dark hairy figure crossed the highway and leapt over a guard cable into thick brush. As passing the spot, the witness saw its shoulder and raised arm, noting a tall muscular build and cone-shaped head. The witness turned back to search but the figure was gone, and no tracks were found on a return visit the next day.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting Road crossing

Described appearance

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Height src: approx 6ft tall
Build src: well built upper body, around 300 pounds
Hair colour src: dark
Hair length src: shorter
Arms src: shoulder and upper arm as if being lifted
Legs src: very thick muscular legs
Gait src: running and leaping in forward lunging position
Posture src: forward lunging position
Other features src: long and cone shaped head

Facts & provenance

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Date	August 2011 Stated BFRO report #30530 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	between 5:15 and 5:30pm Stated BFRO report #30530 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Sageville, Dubuque County, Iowa Stated BFRO report #30530 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	42.56, -90.77 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 30530 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #30530 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Stated BFRO report #30530 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #30530 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	driving home from work Stated BFRO report #30530 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a dark figure Stated BFRO report #30530 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #30530 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Steve Moon (BFRO)

Follow-up

An investigator interviewed the witness by phone a few days after the encounter and again a few months later.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Follow-up

The investigator and another investigator camped overnight while investigating the witness's previous encounter.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #30530 Primary

Published 2011-09-01 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 9ae217d019d9

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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