Claimed encounters in Humboldt County, Iowa
8 entries reported in Humboldt County, Iowa, each linked to the report or podcast segment it came from. Narrow them down with the filters, or see them on the map.
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Large log tossed into Des Moines River as woman watches eagles from bridge at Frank Gotch State Park
The witness stopped on a park bridge after work and felt uneasy and watched from the wooded riverbank. A large log crashed into the river nearby and was seen floating, followed by a low huffing sound, though no creature was seen. The witness inferred the log had been thrown from the forest floor and left quickly feeling scared and shaken.
Youths see unknown hairy primate staring at them from distance
Six companions walking in riverside woods around 12:30 a.m. saw a large furry creature crouched behind a bush between two trees, holding a tree and peering at them. When they turned on a camera light they saw red eyeshine and fled in fear. The video did not capture the creature, and later daytime return visits found bones, fur, and a dead deer nearby.
More sightings of a strange creature centering around the town of Ottosen. Other stories told about strange sounds, footprints and animal mutilatations.
A witness doing dishes at night looked up to see a hairy-headed creature with burning red eyes staring through a nearby window for about three minutes. Frozen with fear, the witness screamed, and the creature fled into the darkness outside the rural home.
Witness reports seeing footprints as a child
As a young child, the witness was helping a relative with weed clearing in a bean field while another relative operated harvesting machinery. They found a line of very large human-like footprints with an unusually long stride leading toward the house and showed them to the other relative. The family contacted authorities, many local people came to view the prints, and the witness recalls being frightened afterward.
Sasquatch sighting near Humboldt County
A relative reportedly glimpsed a large hairy arm reaching from behind a cattle shed earlier the same evening.
Unidentified sound near Humboldt, Iowa
In the days before the sighting the witnesses had heard odd noises from the same woods while dogs in town were going crazy.
Tracks near Ottosen Ia, Iowa
A later track find in the same farm area involved paired larger and smaller prints leading to the house with shapeless excrement nearby.
Animal behaviour near Humboldt, Iowa
The witness returned to the bridge a week later and again felt watched.