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Bigfoot sighting near Graf, Iowa
1 Aug 1959 · Graf, Iowa, United States
In summer 1959 a counselor at a Girl Scout camp west of Dubuque, Iowa, saw a figure cross a road on two feet, then heard nightly footsteps, screams, and a broken maple branch was found.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Screams and stalking at a Girl Scout camp 13 miles west of Dubuque
- Date
- 1 Aug 1959
- Place
- Graf, Iowa, United States
- Point
- 42.483, -90.863
- Located within
- 1.8 km
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- walking
- Creatures
- 1
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- crossing road, running, standing, vocalizing, walking
- Sounds
- footsteps, scream, tree break
- Traces
- broken branches
- In the account
- at camp, branches breaking, crossed road, high breaks, investigator visited, nothing found after, on or by road, only silhouette, repeat location, reported years later, scream, searched after, walked upright
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 1 independent (2 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
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