Man recalls a childhood sighting of a creature picking up roadkilled rabbit

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Date: April , 1974
Scott county, IA
Nearest town:
Buffalo
Nearest road:
Hwy 99
Conditions:
Clear and cool
Time:
night
Location:
On Hwy 99 3-5 miles south of Buffalo, IA. Clear moonlit night.

There are a few small caves known to be in the area.

There was a home off of the road with a yard light about 1/4 of a mile away.

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Description of event: I was about 11 years old when my family (1 younger sisters and 2 younger brothers when in the back seat of a 77' Ford Maverick) my Grandma was driving and my mom was upfront in the passenger seat of the car.

We were just about to the Martin Marietta Cement Plant outside of Buffalo, IA.

My grandma has and still is a very careful driver and has never gotten a speeding ticket. We were about 5 miles from the quarry when mom said, "Watch out, Mom looks like there is a cow loose on the road." Grandma said, "That's the skinniest cow I have ever seen. Maybe it's a big wild dog." She slowed down to not hit it.

My mom said,"Mom, that's not a dog or a cow. It looks like a man in a thick dark coat."

My grandma told my mom in a very concerned voice and commanded, "Lock your doors!" I locked our doors quickly, I have never heard my grandma's fear in her voice before. I was concerned. My younger sister and brother were both asleep.

She sped up and swerved around the "thing" on the highway to miss it since it was in the middle of the highway picking up something.

I saw something like a dark figure bending over as we passed. I didn't get a good look at it.

My mom and grandma did. My mom told me years later that it looked like a very tall man with a black furry wool coat. Bending over at the waist and very intently picking up something in the middle of the road.

As they passed she noticed that it was about 3 1/2' or 4' tall. And if it stood up it would have been 7-8' tall, approximately 400-500lbs.

She had been a RN and was good at guessing others weight with in a few pounds. And had lots of experience working with men and taking their vital signs at the hospital.

My grandma never talked about it again. But my mom did a few weeks ago. She believes that it was not a man, too tall and big.

My mom said it looked like a dead rabbit had been hit and it was picking it up. She believes it was a Bigfoot and she is more sure of it now . She believes that they exist and so do I. My grandma would never talk about it, my mom thinks it scared her very badly. And that since she is 1/2 Cherokee that it is bad luck to talk about things that scared you that you could not explained.

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record updated:2007-09-11 18:07:38