Dewey County, South Dakota

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Dewey County South Dakota (Class A) BFRO

August 1999

Incident #1: A party of five people fishing on the Cheyenne River, on the reservation--south of Faith, observed a tall, hairy creature which looked like a bear, watching them from across the river. As they hurried to gather their equipment to leave, one of the smaller boys said "it was waving at them". T. C. said it was taller then the little cottonwood trees by the bank. Incident #2: A white man living near the CRST reservation, a bordertown called Faith spotted a hairy creature crossing his path and called the local highway patrol to investigate. This was heard on the police scanner by many listeners. Incident #3: A man named R. D. was swimming north of Faith, on the reservation called Iron Lightning, and spotted a hairy creature with a little one and they (?) gave chase but were unable to get close. Incident #4: F. V. D. (east of Faith) a white rancher and farmer and a former skeptic, now a believer, saw a hairy creature while he was damming (making a dam) at dusk. He to...

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