Possible approach to homes at night near the Des Moines River outside Saylorville
Account
The witness was awakened at night by distressed dogs and heard a heavy, bipedal-sounding walker moving in dry reeds behind the house. Two large neighbor dogs repeatedly charged into the dark toward the sound and yelped as if struck, retreating to the porch light. The disturbance lasted about an hour and was also watched by family and neighbors. Days later the witness found reeds smashed flat along the fenceline and a large mashed area, but no identifiable footprints.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Gait src
- walked like a man
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
March 1980
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 2 or 3 a.m.
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| Place |
Saylorville, Polk County, Iowa
Stated
BFRO report #26713
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.6808, -93.6270 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Saylorville CDP (GEOID 1970995), matched from nearest town 'Saylorville'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
5
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
sleeping at home, awakened and watching from house
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| Witness's word for it |
whatever it was
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Steve Moon (BFRO)
reeds smashed down along most of fenceline seen days later
Measurements: most of the length of the fenceline
large mashed-down area on swamp side of fence
Measurements: about an 8 by 8 or 10 by 10 foot area
An investigator spoke by phone with the witness twice and later interviewed the mother.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #26713 Primary
The report refers to
- “November 1979 sighting at Adel”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “five or six sightings in the Spring of 1980”Not in the Anomadex yet