Madison County, Iowa

Near Earlham

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Madison County Iowa (Class A) BFRO

November 2007

I live in Des Moines, Iowa, but almost every weekend I take my wife and daughter down to the country just outside of Earlham to visit with my parents. The incident happened during the later weeks of November. Maybe the 17th or the 22nd? It hadn't quite started snowing yet, but it was getting colder. We were driving back from my parent's house on Hogback bridge road at about 11:30 PM or so and I will admit to being fairly drowsy at the time, but I have driven that road countless times, tired or not, and have never encountered something like this. My wife and daughter had already fallen asleep by the time we reached the intersection. On the left side of the road I thought I saw something crouched in front of the intersection sign. As we neared the sign, whatever it was stood up and acted like it was going to try to cross the road. My heart skipped several beats at the sheer size of this thing. It was easily 7-8 feet tall, was very skinny/lanky, and was covered with shaggy, matted brown ...

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Boone County Iowa (Class A) BFRO

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Boone County Iowa (Class B) BFRO

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February 1998

Monroe County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

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October 1983

Pendleton County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

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San Bernardino County California (Class A) BFRO

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Trumbull County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

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