Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning.
In this episode, we're looking at Bigfoot reports from Iowa.
That's correct, Bigfoot reports from Iowa.
I just want to apologize. I haven't been able to do much
the last couple days. I had an incident where my leg
was injured pretty good. So I've just been laying around
for the past couple of days waiting for the swelling to go
down. Looks like it's going to be fine
but it's just put me out of Commission for a little bit.
Apologize for that. This first article that we're
looking at, this first report came in on November 20th, 2006.
It says two men remember hearing a bone chilling scream or parked
at a lookout point in Stone State Park.
The actual date on this is the summer of 1970.
Happened in Woodbury County, Iowa.
Says location details Lookout point and Stone park nearest
town Sioux City, IA nearest Rd. Highway 12.
So I'd be close here in western Iowa, observed in the summer of
1970. Being young and still interested
in kissing girls, I had a unique experience.
We were riding around in my 1962 convertible with a top down on
the edge of town. There was a park, Stone State
Park, consisting of 1132 acres surrounded by farms and
overlooking the Big Sioux River which divides Iowa and South
Dakota. We decided to go to the lookout
point at the park and parked for a while.
It was a beautiful summer night, just light enough to see in the
dark. When we arrived, the girl I was
with and I decided to take a blanket and place it on a flat
spot about 20 or 30 feet from the edge of the parking lot
overlooking the river. To one side of where we placed a
blanket, there were trees and bushes.
The other couple remained in the back seat of the car with the
top down. We had been there for no more
than 15 minutes or so and I was on a blanket kissing when all of
a sudden something in the bushes beside us screamed at the top of
its lungs. The volume was mind blowing.
As we ran, the scream seemed to still be directed toward us.
I didn't even open the car door, I just jumped in and I think the
girl with me did the same, although we were only kissing
almost immediately and for about 35 years.
I believe the scream has something to do with babies.
For all the time I thought she screamed at us because it was
the wrong time of year for us to even think about such a thing,
and thus we got screamed at. Until now.
Recently Captain Kilmore posted a link to sightings on a forum.
When I read it, I started thinking I may have found the
answer to why I had been associated the experience with
babies all these years and at the time.
At the time and for almost 35 years, it was just a sixth sense
of feeling. The scream as it went on sounded
just like a human woman, except louder, unbelievably loud.
We were lying on the blanket not making any sound or movement.
I believe the creature had heard the car pull up and was going to
check out from a safe distance. In August 1974 a 3 1/2 foot tall
young 1 was observed in a garden near that area along with a 7
foot tall one. I'm assuming they mean Bigfoot.
A full grown 7 foot Bigfoot would most likely be female.
What I heard sounded exactly like a woman.
I now believe that when she was sneaking up to check out the
people in the car, she had a much smaller young one with her.
She didn't know I was lying by the bushes until she practically
was on top of me. Then she freaked out.
That's what that's just what I believe happened.
Now, could it be wrong question mark?
Possibly. But that sixth sense feeling
about it being related to babies has carried with me for almost
35 years. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm not.
If the admins wish to, I am me. I will give them the phone
number to contact the guy who was in the back seat of the car
That says other witnesses. Yes, and one of them may be
contacted. Other stories OK here it goes
the link but I went to the link and the link was dead then it
says Summer 1971 Stone park near Sioux City IA Gary Parker and
two friends saw Bigfoot on a hilltop.
Earlier a group of teenagers in a car had a hit had hit a man
like creature in the same park. January 1972 near near Stone
Park, Sioux City, IA Jim Britton saw a 7 foot Bigfoot with six
inch brown hair. When he shot at it, it ran away
in all fours. End of August 1974 Sioux City,
IA a man who saw Bigfoot outside his house.
August 1974 Sioux City, IA a woman saw Bigfoot only 3 1/2
feet tall eating tomatoes in her garden.
Front footprints were found. In 1974 near Stone Park, Sioux
City, IA, a man wounded a Bigfoot with a deer rifle.
I have also heard several stories about them in that area,
but none since someone shot her. Timing conditions, light at
night, very nice weather, just light enough to see environment
overlooking the Big Sea River and South Dakota.
Across the river. Wooded overlooking South
Dakota's flat farm lands. Very interesting.
Go ahead and look at the follow up report here.
The follow up investigation was done by Steve, Moon says.
I spoke with the witness on the phone and found him to be very
credible. He recounted the incident, which
occurred nearly 40 years ago, in vivid detail.
At the time of the consequence, the witness was aware of a large
human creature but had no idea what it was.
In 1966, after returning from Vietnam, he was hunting for deer
along the Missouri River on the Missouri side, across from Fort
Leavenworth. He was walking in the woods at
Daybreak with an inch or two of fresh snow on the ground.
On his way in he had not seen any other vehicle tracks so he
knew he was alone. He came across a set of large
human like tracks. The prints were perfect and had
to be fresh. His size 11 combat fits boots
fit inside the prints making his feet look small by comparison.
He decided to track the animal. At one point it backtracked,
paralleling its original path about 20 feet to the right side
for 20 to 30 yards before stopping next to a Willow tree
where it stripped back. It then headed toward the river
through thick brush. At that point, the witness
decided to focus on deer hunting.
A few years later, in 1970, he was driving with his nephew and
two girls. They stopped at Dakota Point and
Stone State Park on the north edge of Sioux City, IA.
His nephew Bob stayed in the back seat of his convertible
while the witness and his companion took a blanket and
walked toward an overlook at the Big Sioux River just a few feet
West of the car. The parking area was gravel at
the end and the witness had parked his car in the center of
the small lot facing out. It was likely around midnight or
1:00 AM. The weather was dry with dust on
the gravel road and completely dry of grass.
No Dew. The witness believes a female
Bigfoot approached them from behind, coming from the
northwest, a trail leading into the woods, and that direction
may have been its route. Before the scream.
There was total silence, no sounds at all.
The witness described the scream was something out of a
nightmare. He and his companion reacted
instantly, leaping up in terror and running to the car without
even opening the door. He started the engine, put the
car in gear and speed away, spraying gravel as they fled,
leaving the blanket behind. At the time, the witness was 24
years old and his nephew Bob was 19.
The car was a Robin egg blue 1962 Chevy Impala convertible.
Well, he wouldn't like to have one of those today.
The ground where they had been lying was level.
The screen came from above them, meaning the Bigfoot had to be
within a few feet. They had not heard any approach.
The witness could not compare the scream to anything.
It was as loud as standing in front of a concert speaker,
vibrating through his body. The scream lasted long enough
for them to reach the car. As they jumped in, the pitch of
the scream changed, becoming much higher, resembling a woman
screaming. The witness described other
incidents that occurred around the same time.
In 1975, he spoke with a Sioux City police Sergeant about a
reported Bigfoot sighting in Riverside.
In Riverside, a northern suburb near Stone State Park, the
Sergeant, part of AK-9 unit, said a Bigfoot had been seen on
a house's porch before scaling A10 foot fence.
The police dog refused to track it.
This correspondence to John Greene's database incident
991084 dated 1974. In 1974, a witness reportedly
shot a Bigfoot with a high-powered rifle and four
teenagers allegedly ran over a small one with their car.
According to witnesses, there have been no There have been no
reports of Bigfoot in the area since these incidents however, a
sighting and tracks from 1997 were recorded in John Greene's
database. 992833 Sioux City Journal and August 9th, 1997 I
was I also conducted a telephone interview with Bob, the
witness's nephew, who had been in the back seat of the car.
I found him to be very credible as well.
He confirmed that the incident took place at the lookout point
in Stone Park, just north of the Riverside area of Sioux City.
While there had been sightings and tracks reported in the area,
he had previously dismissed them.
That night they were at the park with two girls and his friends.
62 Chevy Impala convertible. He vividly remembers that car,
his friend said. One of the girls had gone down
over a ledge when suddenly a horrendous screech rang out.
It was so close that it could have been right next to the car.
The hair on the back of his head stood up.
It was a dark night of stars with no moon.
He looked around but saw nothing.
His friend ran back to the car, jumped in and started the engine
while the girls he was with ran after him, shouting, wait for
me. The scream was bone chilling.
Just minutes before, the area had been eerily still.
No crickets, no sounds. The witness recalls the incident
occurring in June or July of 1970.
He also mentioned that Sioux City Journal archives from that
period might contain articles about Bigfoot activity in the
Riverside area, including reports of rated gardens,
missing poultry, and sightings. Stone Park is located in the
northwest corner of Sioux City along Iowa Highway 12, four
miles north of Interstate 29. The park covers 12192 acres in
Woodbury and Plymouth counties. The park is part of the Lois
Hills, a unique landscape formed over thousands of years.
These rugged hills, stretching far from north of the peak to
the Iowa, Missouri border, provide city views of wooded
valleys, dry Prairie ridges, the Big Suit River, and neighboring
South Dakota and Nebraska. Stone State Park is recognized
as an urban wildlife sanctuary. Wildlife in the State Park
includes wild Turkey, wild white tailed deer, coyote and red
foxes. Various bird species such as
Turkey vultures, barred owls and rufous sided tohis and Evan
birds can also be seen. Then it says about investigator
Steve Moon. A native of southeast Iowa,
Steve has long been a cave explorer and outdoor adventurer.
He became involved in Bigfoot research in 2008.
Steve organized BFRO Iowa Public Expeditions in 2011, 2012, 1314,
and 16 is currently organizing a 2017 Iowa Expedition.
Of course, this is pretty old sighting.
He's an artist, photographer, farmer, anthropologist, and
professional researcher. His primary focus is on the
river basins of the Mississippi River and tributaries, as well
as all of eastern Iowa. Wow, what a sighting.
This next case was reported in the fall of 2006.
It says November actually. Washington County, Iowa, nearest
town Willman Hwy. 22, they say. I was hunting in my uncle's
timber around 5:30 PMI decided to head out.
As I walked back to my truck following a well travelled
trail, I heard a noise on the north side of the dried up
riverbed. I looked over and raised my gun
thinking it might be a deer. As I followed the movement
through my scope, I realized it was much larger than a deer.
It stood about two feet taller than a deer or human.
It was solid black, covered in hair, running away from me at an
incredible speed despite moving through dense brush.
I became scared because I couldn't explain what I had just
seen. Panicked, I ran to my truck and
left. Other witnesses now on time and
conditions. 5:30 PM. There was still enough light for
me to see clearly. Oak Maple Forest follow up
investigation by investigator Steve Moon.
In a phone interview, the witness provided additional
details about the encounter. The dried up riverbed between
the witness and the creature was 30 to 40 yards wide with trees
along the bottom. This means the creature was
observed approximately 30 to 40 yards away.
The witness later returned to the area with a friend and stood
near the trees where the creature had been.
He confirmed that his own height was nowhere near that of the
creature. While the witness could not see
the creature's face as it was running away, he noted that it
had an elongated head. The creature moved very fast,
like a person running through the dense woods, even though
there was no visible trail. It held its arms up at shoulder
height, making boxing like movements as it ran.
Its arms were muscular, with a good definition visible through
the hair on its back. The same was true for its legs,
with the lower legs as thick as the upper.
The witness stated that after the sighting he could no longer
go into the woods alone, explaining that something with
that much mass could be extremely dangerous.
Once the creature was out of sight, the witness spreaded back
up to his truck. At the time of the sighting, the
witness was 24 years old and extensive outdoor experience.
He was found to be credible. The sighting occurred in a small
3rd order perennial river that drains into a large tributary of
the Mississippi River in southeastern Iowa.
The valley is densely wooded and surrounded by farmland.
The Greenbelt formed by the timber along the river extends
continuously to the Mississippi River approximately 30 miles
away, following the river's general path.
The weather in the upper Mississippi during the fall of
2006 was unseasonally warm, with an average temperature of 51° in
October and 44° in November. And the siding area, Wow, really
something. Just seeing this thing out the
side of the truck window. Here's one that was submitted
October 24th, 2017. Looks like it happened November
13th back in 1982. Warren County, Iowa Location
details E on Main Street out of Carlisle to the first left
nearest town Carlisle Hwy. 65. My brother-in-law and I were
hunting geese in a harvested soybean field about a mile east
of Carlisle, IA. We were concealed in our blind
along a fence line when we noticed movement in the east.
What we saw resembled many of the pictures we had seen before.
The creature, if that's what it was, stood estimated 6 1/2 feet
to 7 1/2 feet tall. It was bent over black in color
and walking faster than we had ever seen a human move.
We left her blind and walked over to where we had seen it,
but the ground was frozen so there were no tracks.
This area was vacated in the 1960s as part of the Red Rock
Lake project by the core engineers.
We agreed not to say anything at the time because we didn't want
to be called crazy. However, my brother-in-law
reminded me of the encounter. I felt I could tell someone
before I'm gone. Other witnesses, two of us, we
were in our duck fell blind. Other stories and reported time
and conditions around 10:00 AM. It was cold, partly sunny and
cloudy environment. Flat farmland near the Des
Moines and Middle rivers with wooded area along both rivers.
Follow up investigation by BFO investigator TK Bill.
In addition to the original report, the witness stated that
it was an overcast, cold morning around 9:00 to 10:00 AM.
The creature was approximately 100 yards away from the duck
blind. They observed it in profile as
it moved in quickly stooped over, headed north toward the
gravel pit. The creature covered about 50
yards and roughly 20 steps before disappearing from view.
It's estimated height was being 7 and 8 feet tall.
When they approached the area, they found no tracks as it had
been walking on a gravel Rd. There was no odor detected where
it passed and no sound was heard during the sighting.
Later, the property owner's grandson asked if they had seen
anything unusual. The witnesses shared the story,
and it has been said that other hunters and locals have reported
similar sightings in the area. I find the witness to be
credible. Wow, says investigator TK Bell.
Iowa native attended multiple BFR public and private
expeditions. Very cool sighting.
We'll do three more here. This was submitted by Todd
Davis. It says Tuesday, May 15th, 2001.
Campers visited in the middle of the night and hear
vocalizations. The year was 1999, December
12th, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
Location details. Travel N on I-29 to Loveland,
Iowa, then head W about 5 miles. The campground is located
directly on the Missouri River just north of DeSoto Bend,
approximately 10 miles north of Omaha, NE as the crow flies.
Nearest town Missouri Valley, nearest road I29.
My name is Todd Davis, My friend Brian Jay and I went camping at
Wilson Island State Park which is connected to DeSoto Bin
National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa.
Here's my count of what happened.
At approximately 255, AMI was awakened by the sound of
footsteps and the dry leaves. Whatever it was circled my tent,
then stopped directly behind my head.
Half awake, I assumed it was Brian getting up to use the
bathroom in the bushes. However, I then heard Brian
unzipping his tent and realized it wasn't him.
As I jumped up to go outside, whatever had been behind my tent
took off, crushing through the trees and heading toward the
Missouri River about 300 yards from our campsite.
When we both climbed out of our tents, we were shaken.
Brian had assumed I was walking around his tent trying to scare
him. When we realized we had both
been inside our tents at the same time, we were left with an
with an eerie feeling. What disturbed us most was that
we were the only people in the campground.
We briefly considered the possibility of a hunter, but why
would a hunter be wandering through a State Park at 2:55 AM?
Neither of us saw anything, but I had never felt that kind of
unease before. The entire night, we both had
the unsettling sense of being watched.
Yeah, I guess so. Earlier that evening, around
8:00 PM, we heard several screams.
The sounds resembled either a woman crying or the distressed
call of a rabbit being killed. Aside from that, the night was
unusually still and quiet. Other witnesses Just me and my
friend Brian, we didn't see anything, but we heard what we
thought were heavy footsteps around the campsite.
They were loud enough to wake us up.
Other stories About 10 years ago, I heard a story of a truck
driver who saw something across the highway near Estherville,
IA. It was reportedly covered in
brownish orange hair and stood about 6 feet tall.
Timing Conditions Early morning 2:55 AM.
The night was clear with no moonlight, Mall temperatures for
December around 32° and no wind. Environment The area consists of
floodplains and dense Cottonwood trees with abundant underbrush,
creeks and ponds. Location is approximately 8
miles West of the Los Hills. Very cool.
Follow up investigation report says After speaking with Todd on
the phone and following up on additional questions, I find it
likely that a Sasquatch investigated their campsite that
night. Given the time, the time of the
night, and the specific vocalizations they described,
the encounter strongly suggests Sasquatch activity.
Other known species do not fit the description, especially when
considering both the vocalizations and their volume.
Additionally, supporting details include the sound of heavy
footsteps in their tents followed by a loud crashing
noise as it as the entity fled into the rush.
Todd was completely convinced that something largely visited
them, and he emphasized how nerve wracking that experience
was. He also mentioned that the
vocalizations closely matched several audio recordings
available on research websites. Very cool.
This was reported on Friday, May 26th, 2006.
Foot tall or taller black creature observed leaping into
the air and disappearing into the trees on a bike trail near
the Des Moines River. Now the actual event was
February 2000, says Polk County, Iowa.
Location details on the bike trail running down Birdland
Marina South end and Big Creek North End between Euclid Ave.
and Birdland Marina within the city limits of Des Moines.
The area is rugged, close to the Des Moines River with ravines
and many fallen tree branches. Not smooth like a football
field. Nearest town Des Moines, Nearest
Rd. between Euclid Ave. and Birdland Marina observed.
I heard a deer approaching from my left as I was heading down
the trail. It was moving in the opposite
direction about 100 feet away and kept glancing over its right
shoulder as if something was following it.
Curious about what it was looking at, I looked in my head
slightly and that's when I saw it.
At first I thought it was a human.
It had a head, shoulders, arms, legs and a chest.
However, when it was when it saw me at a distance of about 300
feet, it crouched slightly, similar to how a deer prepares
to take flight. When it suddenly turned 90°,
leaping and bounding through the air with both feet off the
ground, it made another sharp 90° turn left and disappeared
into the trees. I could see its black figure
slipping behind and between the trees as it vanished.
The entire siding lasted no more than three seconds.
It moved incredibly fast, taller than six feet, black, slim and
unbelievably quick. It was faster than a deer.
Imagine an Olympic class sprinter launching into a 100
yard dash. Now multiply that speed by two
or three. It was that quick.
Also noticed nothing else unusual.
Other witnesses. I wasn't the only one to see it.
I saw the deer 1st and it was A and it was in a big hurry to
leave the area. No other reports that I know of.
Time and conditions. 5:00 PM. There was about an inch of snow
on the ground and plenty of daylight.
The creature stood out clearly against the snowy landscape and
bear bark trees environment. The city is forest with no
leaves on the ground providing excellent visibility.
The land was rugged with ravines and fallen branches.
Snow covered the ground and their bare tree trunks were
brown on Gray. Follow up investigation by BFL
investigator John Green Eyewitness Jim J holds ABA in
Anthropology and has been a 30 year employee of the State of
Iowa Department of Revenue. During a phone interview, Jim
mentioned that the Des Moines Sunday Register reported similar
sightings many years ago. Some of these incidents also
took place in the areas near the Des Moines River within the city
limits of Des Moines. And that's really something
there. We'll do a lot.
One last one here. So here's the last one says it
was submitted October 25th, 2000.
Daylight sighting by a duck hunter in Opella.
This happened October 21st. October 24th rather 2000 at
Marion County Iowa Location details public hunting access
area about 3 miles South of Pella, Iowa and Marion County
nearest town Pella nearest Hwy. 163.
Yesterday, October 24th, my husband took our son duck
hunting at a public hunting access area in Marion County
near Pella. While watching a crane fly away
and pointing it out to our son, my husband saw something run
across the trail about 40 yards away.
He described it as solid white, tall and running on two legs,
extremely fast and completely silent.
The strangest part, he said, was how quickly and quietly it
moved, almost as if it shouldn't have been there at all.
Didn't make sense. Feeling uneasy, he had our son
sit down while he loaded his gun and went to check for any signs
of footprints or movement. However, whatever it was had
disappeared and there were no tracks.
His ground was covered in leaves.
When he told me about it, I mentioned that it sounded like
the Bigfoot stories my dad used to read to me as a child.
My husband, however, doesn't believe in Bigfoot.
He said it moved too fast for him to see any detailed
features, just two legs running upright.
It was too fast to be a man and too quiet despite all the leaves
on the ground. He doesn't want to talk about it
publicly or ask around, fearing he'll be ridicule.
He's not sure he would call it a Sasquatch as he never believed
they exist, but he also can't think of anything else it could
have been unless it was a super fast man in a big white hairy
suit moving with the grace and silence of a valet.
Answer it says. Are there any authentic reports
of white collar Sasquatch? I don't know much about the
subject but my husband is not someone who scares easily or
makes up stories. I know he saw something unusual.
Please let me know if Sasquatch can be white.
Also notice nothing else other witnesses, one at all.
My husband, our son, was only four years old at the time.
The stories, no, but we haven't really discussed it with anyone
we know. Time and conditions 6:30 to 7:00
PM. The sun was beginning to set but
there was still plenty of light to see clearly.
The weather was sunny to to partly cloudy.
Wooded area with few ponds. Secluded as it is designated
hunting area with no buildings nearby.
Wow. Follow up investigation by BFO
investigator Matthew Moneymaker. I spoke with both the woman who
reported the incident and her husband, the primary witness.
He is very credible and describing and describe seeing a
tall, upright man shaped creature covered in white fur
and a secluded part of the hunting area.
Sightings of white fur Bigfoot are rare but not restricted to
any part of the country. The witness is certain it was
not a human because of the way it moved.
He believes it may have been startled by the noises someone
was making as it walked down the trail.
This location is only a mile or two from the Des Moines River,
which aligns with long standing reports of Iowa sightings, many
of which occur within a few miles of the river.
The most recent Iowa sighting before this involved a Dartford
Bigfoot along the Des Moines River near the city of Des
Moines. Pellet is about 50 miles from
Des Moines. The witness plans to return to
the location in a few days. I provided guidance on what to
look for and how to document any findings.
He will update me if he discovers anything significant.
Wow, a white Bigfoot right there in the middle of Iowa.
Very cool signings all of them. Hope you enjoyed that.
Until next time, this is UFO warning over and out.