Vocalization near Van Buren County (1996)
Account
The witness warned a five-year-old grandson to stay away from a junk-filled washout by inventing a monster. The child went there anyway and returned saying he had already talked to him and that he said he would not eat him.
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1996
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|---|---|
| Place |
Van Buren County, Iowa
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| Map point |
40.7541, -91.9529 (± 20 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Van Buren County (GEOID 19177); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
Second-hand
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
grandchild playing in yard
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| Witness's word for it |
him
|
| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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