First-hand
Bigfoot Society EP 909
Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County (1988)
September 1988
Van Buren County, Iowa
2 witnesses
Account
The guest had recently moved to the area and rode bikes with a classmate into the state park. While he cleared leaves from a stream the friend ran past warning of a bear. The guest walked toward the sound, looked up a hill and saw a tall hairy biped staring down, then shouted and fled with his friend.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- eight foot tall or so
- Hair colour src
- brown
- Face src
- hair matted over face
- Arms src
- long arms down to knees
- Hands src
- human looking hands
- Posture src
- standing on two legs looking down
- Other features src
- very hairy all over
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
September 1988
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|---|---|
| Place |
Van Buren County, Iowa
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| Map point |
40.71, -91.98 (± 10 km)
Show's sighting map pin 'Lacey-Keosauqua State Park', matched to this account (score 1.0)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
cleaning leaves from a stream with a friend
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| Witness's word for it |
a sasquatch
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 909 Podcast Interview
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Bigfoot Society map layer Reference
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Bigfoot Society map layer Reference