Dallas County, Iowa

Near Adel/West Des Moines Iowa

Open Map

Dallas County Iowa (Class A) BFRO

November 1978

Here is my written account of the four Bigfoot sightings I told you about on the phone. I will start by giving you a little background as to the year, area and season. The year is about 1978 give or take a year or so. The area is between Adel and West Des Moines Iowa, roughly following the Raccoon River. It is late fall, in November. The story starts when a girlfriend of mine told me about a neighbor of hers, a farmer, who said that early one morning about 4 am as he was making coffee he noticed a big creature standing beneath his yard light. He described it as standing about 7 feet tall and covered with black hair. He watched it for awhile until it walked away. I didn't think much about it until a few days later when I heard on the news that a truck driver on the I-80 in the vicinity of the Raccoon River saw apparently the same creature in his headlights. I was surprised when I heard this given the story from my girlfriend just a few days before. As it happened, a few days after that I was talking to a friend of mine from high school about the sightings. He began telling me that he too had seen the creature although he did not report it. He said that one evening during the same time period and in the same area he went to a small cabin he'd built in the woods near the river. As he approached the structure a tall creature with black hair jumped up and ran out the door. He assumed it had been sleeping on the floor in a pile of leaves. This building was not completed and there was no roof. It was just turning dark so he didn't get a good look at it, but because he was so close there was no mistaking it's size. He described it as about 7 feet tall and covered with black hair. It scared him so much that he ran in the opposite direction. What happened next was truly amazing to me. A few days later my brother who farms with me was driving a tractor home from the fields very late at night. It was 11:30 PM with a full moon and just a dusting of snow on the ground. He stopped in a rural portion of West Des Moines and watched as two Bigfoot creatures walked calmly by the side of the road. They were about 100 yards away and walked parallel to the road beside a fence in an open area, that has no trees. One of the creatures was taller at about 7 feet and the second was about a foot shorter. He said they had long swinging arms, a short neck, black hair from head to toe and they were not afraid of his presence, although he was some distance away. He reported to me that the next day he went back for another look and to his surprise discovered that the area where these creatures had been was covered with dense short prickly underbrush. There is no way a human could walk so freely in that area. It is just not possible. But there is more. The next night or so, as I was working in our farm shop late into the evening I heard a sound that I'll never forget. I can best describe it as a long, loud, mournful cry/wail. I suppose it lasted five to ten seconds and I heard it twice. It was NOT a dog, coyote, fox or owl. I know the sounds of these animals. I've never heard a large cat wail before, but it was a bit like that I suppose. When I first heard it I immediately noticed that our two dogs took off running for the barn. THAT I'd never seen before. Usually animal sounds are returned with loud barking. We live about three miles North of where my brother saw the two creatures. My Mother heard it too. I still find the series of events that fall to be intriguing to say the least. When I discovered the BFRO web page I just had to write a report.

View Full Report and Investigation

Discuss report

Got a sighting to report?

Dallas County Iowa (Class B) BFRO

Boy has possible nighttime encounter near family campfire close to Raccoon River

I saw a Big Foot when my aunt, cousins and parents were camping at our property. We had a fire blazing and we kept hearing these strange noises, branches breaking and thumps. After about an hour of th...

July 2012

Polk County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Twilight sighting on the west side of Lakeland

I just read one of these stories and I wanted to let you know about an incident that happened in the early fall of 1974. I still remember it clearly even though it has been 30 years. It took place on ...

September 1974

Nicholas County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

3 Friends watch 7' tall 2 legged hairy brown animal on the other side of the river

It was back in 1987 in the summer. Myself and two friends went back to an old swimming hole to hang out for the day - Krofford Hole on the Gauley River to be exact. After a few hours of fishing and sw...

July 1987

Van Zandt County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Two boys have afternoon sighting out behind family land in Sabine River Basin.

A friend and I were at the back of my family's land playing at the creek. As we were playing I noticed something under a tree that was out in a pasture along a fence line. My friend and myself saw wha...

November 1975

Cedar County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Dusk sighting by motorist on Hwy 32 near Fair Play

I was driving home from Springfield, Mo to Eldorado Springs, Mo one evening about a month ago. I noticed something in the road ahead of me on 32 HWY and at first I thought it was a bear. I have only s...

April 2006

Larue County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Sightings and constant activity at a home near Campbellsville

Would like to talk to someone about noises I've been hearing since about 6 months ago. These noises haven't stopped and I have heard them every week since I've lived here for almost a year now and abo...

October 2016

Umatilla County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Elk hunter spots reddish-brown sasquatch

I called the professor at WSU and left a message but he never contacted me. I had a pretty close encounter in September, 1994(I believe) near tolgate, OR during elk bow season.I had been in the woods...

September 1994

Gunnison County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

Hunters observe dark creature pounding rocks together

My uncle and I were elk hunting near Fossil Ridge northeast of Gunnison, CO when this incident ocurred. It was late afternoon when we noticed a strong odor that we thought might be elk so we headed ea...

November 1990

Somerset County New Jersey (Class A) BFRO

Teens observe a Bigfoot in daylight on a gas line route between Hillsborough and East Amwell townships

Me and 2 friends were walking up the gas pipeline to fish a natural spring on the mountain, now privately owned by a hunting and fishing club. As we crested our first hill, all three of us all stopped...

July 2008