DATE:      August 5, 1975

TIME:       Early Afternoon

LOCATION:  Rutland, Iowa, Humboldt County

TERRAIN:     Wooded

OBSERVED:   A big hairy creature was seen killing a cat by slamming it into a tree. It wasn't that loud except for the bigfoot thawting the cat at the tree. It walked like a man and seemed to have the same abliitys as a man.  Nothing was found except for blood from the cat clumps of fur and at least 5 sets of footprints were put in the ground.
The foot of it was like a human foot instead of an ape foot. It looked as it ate the cat walking away and entering the woods.

Its face was that of an ape. It had broader shoulders than I'd ever seen something have. Its fur was a dark black with a tint of grey. When I felt the fur I found on the ground it felt like wool. Its foot prints were 21 in long.  There was a man that said his house was destroyed by boulders but he didnt have any proof a bigfoot did it.

I was talking on the phone with one of my friends when I heard a Thup! Thump! Thump! It sounded like an ax going into a tree.  I looked out the window and then I saw it killing the cat. I hung up the phone and ran out into the backyard.  It glanced at me, grabbed the cat, and slowly walked into the woods.

ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES):  Talking on telephone

DESCRIPTION OF CREATURE:  Broad shouldered, Dark black fur with a tint of grey, walked like a man, man like foot, seemed to have same abilities as a man.
 

OTHER SIGHTINGS IN THIS AREA:  There are no other sightings reports from Humboldt County on the GCBRO sighting database at this time.