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Family finds strange prints on a trail in Waubonsie State Park
A family of two adults and four children were walking on a trail while camping when they noticed a line of very large footprints. The prints were described as deeply impressed into soil in a straight heel-to-toe line with a long stride. No photos, formal measurements, or casts were made because they were unsure how to handle the situation.
Hunter encounters freakishly large tracks in a field south of Cresco
The witness was hunting on public land in northeast Iowa just before dark when they found large single-file tracks in snow crossing an alfalfa field. The stride was far longer than the witness felt a human could manage in that snow depth, and the prints were later described as men's size 13-14 without visible toes. The tracks were estimated to be a few days old and were heading east.
Observation of possibly two animals in or near back yard of apartment complex
Over two nights a group of five gathered outside on the property for hide-and-seek and heard strange noises. The husband and a companion went to investigate and saw an entity 50 yards away hiding between two silos, noted for goldish reflective eyes, with a second smaller similar entity present on the last night. Tracks with reported measurements were found where they investigated.
Bigfoot creature being seen & heard throughout night and footprint evidence found
Between midnight and 5 a.m. residents of an apartment building heard branch-breaking and other noises. The following morning footprints were found widely in the area, including across the street. A sighting was also reported outside a resident's window at 5 a.m. on August 9, 1997, amid similar activity said to have persisted for weeks.
Tracks near Eldridge, Iowa (1981)
The witness, then in eighth grade, was delivering papers before dawn during a bitterly cold snowy week. He felt watched, found very large barefoot-like tracks in snow that conformed to a curb, followed them through a park across a creek and fence toward sewage ponds, found the same trail backtracked the next morning, then days later heard an extremely loud scream from nearby bushes that terrified him.
Man recalls observing possible tracks and being screamed at on his paper route in Eldridge
As a paperboy delivering newspapers in Eldridge in early February 1981, the witness found very large human-like footprints in snow crossing the town from northeast to southwest, and found a second set retracing the route in reverse the next morning. Several days later, while delivering Sunday papers with his father driving, the witness tossed a paper against a door and immediately heard a loud scream from beside the house that he attributed to the same creature. The witness never saw the animal itself.
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.
Possible tracks found in snow near Albia, Iowa
On a January 1976 afternoon the witness walked alone to a country club hill to sled. At the top he found bare footprints in snow with clear toe and heel outlines, sunk deep and spaced about three of his strides apart, running north to south into trees. He felt uneasy, sledded once, felt scared and as if watched while leaving, and headed home.
Creature observed by witness.
On a moonlit night in summer 1970, the witness was on a road by a cornfield with a companion when a large brownish creature was heard and then seen running across the road, down a ditch, over a fence and into the cornfield. The creature had a foul smell. The witness returned the next day and found large smudged footprints in the road and cornfield.
Tracks near Cresco, Iowa
The main witness had earlier seen widely spaced footprints in grass with no details observed.
Tracks near Cresco, Iowa
Tracks were reported found around the area during winter.
Tracks near Cresco, Iowa
Tracks were reported in the area during the previous winter.
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.
Wood knock near Perry, Iowa
The witness and his father heard a knock while camping in the same area about two years later and found and photographed a 20-inch footprint the next day.
Tracks near Perry, Iowa
The witness and his parents found a 15-inch footprint by the pond six months later and photographed it.