Artifact hunter describes an unusual daylight encounter in a public hunting area near Van Wert
Account
The witness walked into a creek to look for surface artifacts and climbed out of the creek bed. About 20 feet away he saw a hair-covered creature sitting asleep against an oak tree with its hands locked across its knees. He dropped back into the creek out of sight, after which the creature got up and ran east across a gravel road.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- could have been 12 feet tall if standing up
- Hair colour src
- brownish
- Hair length src
- very long
- Face src
- covered with hair, not visible
- Hands src
- hands and fingers locked together stretched out across its knees
- Posture src
- sitting on its butt with back against a large oak tree
- Other features src
- hair covered head to toe, massive amounts of leaves in hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
September 1991
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
2pm
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| Place |
Van Wert, Decatur County, Iowa
Stated
BFRO report #22147
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.83, -93.86 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 22147 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
searching for surface artifacts in a creek
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| Witness's word for it |
oaf-looking creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Steve Moon (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the witness by phone and summarized the habitat of the management area.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #22147 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference