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2015 Van Buren County, Iowa EP 909

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County (2015)

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.

Full-body sighting
1996 Van Buren County, Iowa EP 463

Vocalization near Van Buren County (1996)

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.

VocalizationAnimal behaviour
1989 Van Buren County, Iowa EP 909

Dogman sighting near Van Buren County (1989)

At night the dogs were making noise and the guest went onto the porch. A bush shook, something heavy jumped out beside a car, then revealed ears, a long snout and gray hair. It stood about seven feet tall, watched him, then dropped to all fours and ran off.

Full-body sighting
September 1988 Van Buren County, Iowa EP 909

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County (1988)

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.

Full-body sighting
1980–1986 Van Buren County, Iowa EP 463

Animal behaviour near Van Buren County (1980)

The witness's teenage daughter waited by a parked car near the river while her brother checked traps. Car lights and flashlight malfunctioned, then something placed a very large hand on her shoulder and upper back. She screamed and ran to the house when her brother answered from down by the river.

Animal behaviour
1940–1949 Douds, Van Buren County, Iowa EP 900

Historical account near Douds, Iowa (1940)

The host relays an off-record gentleman's account that his grandparents living in the Douds area told of giant-type beings called Yehudies seen around the 1940s. The guest notes his farm is not far from Douds and gets goosebumps.

Historical accountFolklore
Date unknown Van Buren County, Iowa EP 463

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County

Late at night on a moonlit night the witness sat on an elevated back deck talking on the phone when a silver-haired Bigfoot suddenly appeared about four feet away. She observed unusual double eyelids and very long silver hair. She later spoke with it verbally and telepathically and came to call it the ancient one.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Van Buren County, Iowa EP 463

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County

On a Sunday evening the witness walked toward a creek to check a smell and discovered men making meth under a bridge. They detained her and took her small shotgun. As they debated what to do, a female Bigfoot known to the witness appeared beside her, frightening the men away and freeing her.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Van Buren County, Iowa EP 463

Property disturbance near Van Buren County

While keeping horses on the farm, the witness repeatedly found their manes and tails braided overnight with sap-like material and found a heavy padlocked chain gate opened and horses let out. She attributed this to female Bigfoot who also braided their own hair.

Property disturbance
when I was twelve thirteen, springtime Van Buren County, Iowa EP 900

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County

As a young teen walking his dog on the family farm in spring, the witness saw a large tritone-colored hairy figure standing against trees that hold leaves. He ran back to the house and then saw a conical-shaped head bobbing along the tops of cedar trees. He went inside and nothing further happened.

Partial sighting
night after midnight shift Van Buren County, Iowa EP 464

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County

The witness's grandson came home from a midnight shift and said Bigfoot outside wanted to apologize for breaking a water hydrant. The witness went out with him and was told they had pulled it too hard because they liked the well water. The pair were then invited to visit the creatures' location beyond a tree farm.

Full-body sightingVocalization
when oldest granddaughter had started her monthly Van Buren County, Iowa EP 464

Property disturbance near Van Buren County

When the oldest granddaughter reached a certain age, a young male Bigfoot that had grown up around the house knocked down the screen door. The witness called for the older female to intervene. The next day the older female said the young male would be taken north to find a mate.

Property disturbance
full moon night Van Buren County, Iowa EP 464

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County

On a full-moon night the witness stepped outside to see a very large group of Bigfoot crossing the ten-acre field toward a state park creek corridor. Some were running and packed so tightly it reminded her of a crowded festival. She said this was only the local group moving together.

Full-body sighting
about four years after I had left the farm Van Buren County, Iowa EP 464

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County

About four years after the witness left the farm, she directed a researcher and several companions to an old creek spot. They reported a large dark individual with a female and two or three young approaching, knocking wood and whooping. The group said the creatures would only repeat the word for friend that the witness had taught one individual years earlier.

Full-body sightingWood knockWhoopVocalization
after the old man died Van Buren County, Iowa EP 464

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County

After the older man in the household died, dog-like creatures were said to be encroaching from a nearby state park area. They were blamed for killing a young female Bigfoot and maiming an older female on the witness's farm. The witness says she was present with the others as the young female lay dying.

Full-body sighting
late September early October Van Buren County, Iowa EP 464

Full-body sighting near Van Buren County

Late one night while bonding with a young colt, the witness went inside and then saw a creature run across the front yard moving alternately on two legs and four legs. She ran toward the barn fearing for the colt as something lifted the horse trailer onto two wheels and then struck the barn wall leaving a large hole. She commanded it to leave and later a bloodless dead coyote with two neck marks was found.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
fall, leaves turning but not fallen Van Buren County, Iowa EP 464

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County

While looking from the kitchen toward the back barn lot in the fall, the witness noticed a heat-shimmer-like area behind the barn. A Bigfoot stepped out of that distorted area and walked into the timber. A visiting researcher had previously said there was a portal close to the house.

Full-body sighting
early winter Van Buren County, Iowa EP 464

Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County

The witness went out on a snowy early-winter morning to check horses that were screaming and running in circles. At the end of the barn lot under trees she confronted a rogue Bigfoot at very close range and ordered it to leave her rescued horse alone. The creature released a powerful odor that made her unable to breathe, and she was dragged back to the barn by her gelding and was ill with breathing problems for a long time.

Full-body sightingOdor