First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 909

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County (2015)

2015 nighttime Van Buren County, Iowa 1 witness

Account

The guest was camping with family and sat outside the RV smoking at night. A large broad-shouldered figure with long arms emerged from shadows, paused and looked toward another campfire, then moved behind the restroom building in two steps and disappeared.

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Sightings

Described appearance

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Height src
about same size as 1988 one
Build src
broad shouldered, huge
Arms src
long arms

Facts & provenance

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Date
2015
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 909 · transcript:00:15:54-00:16:50
Time of day
nighttime
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 909 · transcript:00:16:50-00:18:00
Place
Van Buren County, Iowa
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 909 · transcript:00:15:54-00:16:50 · read with 80% confidence
Map point
40.72, -91.85 (± 10 km)
Stated Bigfoot Society map layer · Bigfoot Society published map layer · read with 55% confidence
Show's sighting map pin 'Bentonsport Campground', matched to this account (score 0.494)
Account type
First-hand
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 909 · transcript:00:18:00-00:19:16 · read with 85% confidence
Witnesses
1
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 909 · transcript:00:16:50-00:18:00 · read with 75% confidence
Figures reported
1
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 909 · transcript:00:18:00-00:19:16 · read with 75% confidence
Witness was
smoking outside RV at campground at night
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 909 · transcript:00:16:50-00:18:00 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it
one of them
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 909 · transcript:00:16:50-00:18:00 · read with 85% confidence
Creature
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 909 · transcript:00:15:54-00:19:16 · read with 80% confidence

Source timeline

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  1. Bigfoot Society EP 909 Podcast Interview
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