REPORT RECEIVED From:The GCBRO Online Reports Submission page.
 

DATE:   10-27-02
 

TIME:   SHORTLY AFTER 8PM
 

LOCATION:    IOWA, BLACK HAWK COUNTY
 

TERRAIN:   WOODEN AND FARM LAND ALONG RIVER
 

OBSERVED:     I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN EVANSDALE IOWA AND HAD SPENT MUCH OF MY EARLY DAY'S GROWING UP FISHING AND HUNTING ALL AROUND BLACK HAWK COUNTY AND HAVE JUST MOVED BACK INTO THE AREA AFTER 18 YEARS. (MOVED AWAY WHEN IN THE MILITARY). THE DAY IN QUESTION WAS THE DAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY. I HAD TOLD THE WIFE I WAS GOING CATFISHING AT MY OLD FISHING HOLE. I HAD GONE FISHING LATE IN THE EVENING FOR BEST CHANCE TO CATCH MUD CAT. ANYWAY I PULLED DOWN BY THE BOAT RAMP AND PARKED MY JEEP. I WALKED SOUTH OF THE RAMP ABOUT 30 YARDS OR SO. I WAS USEING DOC'S STINK BAIT AND HAD JUST BAITED UP MY SECOND LINE AND WAS CASTING IT INTO THE RIVER.

AT THIS POINT IT WAS GETTING DARK OUT. I SAT DOWN ON MY EMPTY FIVE GALLON BUCKET. I HAD MY MAG. LIGHT TILTED UP SO THE ENDS OF THE TIPS OF MY POLES COULD BE SEEN. AS I SAT THERE FOR ABOUT 45 MIN. I HAPPEN TO BE LOOKING OVER OUT OVER THE RIVER WHEN I SAW SOMEONE MOVING ON THE FAR SIDE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS OVER THERE FISHING TO. BUT AFTER ABOUT 2 MIN. OF OBSERVING THE PERSON OR WHO EVER MOVING ALONG THE RIVER BANK. I NOTICED THAT WHOEVER IT WAS. KEPT STOPPING ALONG THE BANK AND DOING SOMETHING ALONG SIDE THE WATER'S EDGE. IT THEN HIT ME WHY THE HELL WOULD ANYONE BE OVER THERE WITHOUT A FLASHLIGHT OR LAMP. THE LOCATION
WHERE IT WAS. WAS WELL FAR AWAY FROM A HOUSE AND ROAD. I KNEW THAT WHOLE AREA WAS WOODLANDS AND FARM CORN FIELDS.  I SAT THERE WATCHING WHOEVER IT WAS FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 5 MIN. FINALLY I WAS CONFUSED ENOUGH TO THINKING WHAT THE HELL THIS PERSON WAS DOING WALKING ALONG THE FAR BANK AT NIGHT.  SO I PICKED UP  MAG LITE AND POINTED IT OVER AT THE PERSON. WHAT I SAW FIRST WAS A PERSON OR THING WITH A VERY LARGE BODY AND SMALLER THE  NORMAL HEAD. IT LOOKED A DARKER BROWN COAT OR WHATEVER. AS JUST AS FAST AS THE MAG LITE HIT THE THING. IT MOVED VERY FAST UP THE BANK AND BACK  INTO THE WOODS BETWEEN THE TREE LINE AND FARM FIELD. AT THIS POINT I SAT BACK DOWN ON MY BUCKET AND THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAW. I SAT THERE FOR ABOUT FIVE MIN. BEFORE I PICKED UP MY STUFF AND RETURNED HOME.
 

Activities of Witness:  I WAS GOING CATFISHING AT MY OLD FISHING HOLE.
 

Description of Creature:  A VERY LARGE BODY AND SMALLER THE  NORMAL HEAD. IT With A DARKER BROWN COAT
 

Other Notes: LOOK I'LL BE UP FRONT I HAVE NEVER BOUGHT INTO THE STORIES OF BIGFOOT OR ANYTHING LIKE IT. I WILL NOT SAY IT CAN'T REALLY BE OUT THERE. BUT I'VE SPENT MY LIFE IN THE MILITARY AND I'VE SEEN THE BEST IN MAN AND THE WORST IN MAN. I HAVE VISITED OVER 54 COUNTRIES DURING MY SERVICE TIME. I HAVE BEEN IN COMBAT AND AND HAVE WITNESS STRANGE THINGS THAT CAN BE EXPLAINED. BUT SINCE LAST OCTOBER I HAVE BEEN GETTING MORE PISSED OFF ABOUT THAT NIGHT. BECAUSE LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY LIFE. I COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHAT I SAW. UP UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO HAD NOT TALKED TO ANYONE NOT EVEN MY WIFE ABOUT WHAT I SAW THAT NIGHT. IT WAS WHEN I WAS WATCHING CABLE AND SAW SOME SHOW TALKING ABOUT BIG FOOT AND STRANGE STUFF. THAT I THOUGHT IF I TOLD MY STORY TO SOMEONE THAT IT WOULD BRING A END TO THIS. I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO CALL ME AND WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE APART OF ANY GROUP. I'M WILLING TO SHOW WHOEVER TO LOCATION OF WHERE I SAW IT. AND IF YOU HAVE NOTICED I HAVE NOT YET CALLED IT A (BIGFOOT). BECAUSE I CAN'T STILL SET IT IN MY MIND AS THAT. I CAN SAY THOU I HAVE HUNTED DEERE,COYOTES AND OTHER LOCAL GAME IN BLACKHAWK AREA. AND HAVE NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE WHAT I SAW THAT NIGHT. AND I WOULD PREFER TO LIVE THE REST OF MY LIFE WITHOUT SEEING IT AGAIN. AGAIN I'M SORRY IT JUST MAKES ME MAD THAT I CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL WAS IT I SAW THAT NIGHT. FOR A SHORT TIME I SUBMITTED TO MYSELF THAT IT WAS A BEAR I SAW THAT NIGHT. BUT A BEAR CANNOT WALK UPRIGHT OVER 60 TO 100 YARDS AND THEN RUN UPRIGHT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS. AS SAID I'M NOT WILLING TO SHARE THIS WITH MY WIFE AND FAMILY. MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS CONSIDER ME A BRIGHT AND GOD FEARING MAN. I WOULD NOT LIKE THIS TO GET OUT SO MY FRIENDS WOULD LOOK AT ME IN ANY OTHER LIGHT. I ALOT OF TIME WISH I HAD NOT EVEN SEEN IT AT ALL.   
 

Additional Notes or Comments:   N/A
 

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