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Bigfoot sighting near Floyd, Iowa
Aug 1977 · Floyd, Iowa, United States
Two fishermen camping at Idlewild Park near Floyd, Iowa, saw a dark, upright, estimated seven-foot creature wade across the Cedar River toward them late one August night in 1977.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Separate Iowa incidents over time in Floyd County area
- Date
- Aug 1977
- Place
- Floyd, Iowa, United States
- Evidence
- track, visual
- Point
- 43.172, -92.766
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- fishing
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 46 m (150 ft)
- Height
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- approaching, standing, vocalizing, walking
- Animals
- dogs reacted
- In the account
- approached, eyes seen, eyeshine, flashlight, growl, looked at witness, near water, red eyes, ruled out bear, swam or waded, thought bear first, very tall, walked upright, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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- Dumont, Iowa 1976 Krantz
- Possible knocks heard in a neighborhood near Protivin
- Hunter encounters freakishly large tracks in a field south of Cresco
- Coon hunters shadowed for 20 minutes at night in Cardinal Marsh public hunting area
- Hunter experiences eerie silence, foul odor and possible wood knocking in the Cardinal Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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