State by State Sightings

Iowa

Date	Location	Witness	Incident
Sept. 1869	Area of East Davenport & Gilbert	Huntsman	Saw ugly, sandy-haired 'wild boy' eating fish in river.
1966	Maquoketa	Gary Koontz	Shot at 4-5-ft Bigfoot which screamed like a woman and disappeared into the brush.
1960s	Denison	Barry Bergamo & another	2 students saw Bigfoot in woods behind college.
Summer 1971	Stone Park, nr Sioux City	Gary Parker & two friends	Saw Bigfoot on hilltop; earlier, group of teenagers in car had hit a 'man-like' creature in the same park.
Jan. 1972	Nr Stone Park nr Sioux City	Jim Britton	Saw 7-ft Bigfoot with 6-in brown hair; when he shot at it it ran away on all fours.
Aug. 1974	Sioux City	Woman	Saw Bigfoot only 3½ft tall eating tomatoes in her garden; footprints found.
1974	Nr Stone State Park, Sioux City	Man	Wounded Bigfoot with deer rifle.
July 1975	Turkey Creek area nr Lockridge	Gloria & Wendell Olson	Saw large bushy-tailed animal with monkey face near deserted farmyard.
3 Oct. 1975	Turkey Creek area nr Lockridge	Herbert Peiffer	Driving tractor late at night, saw 5-ft shaggy black creature on all fours get on hind legs and walk towards him. He left the area quickly. A hunt was unsuccessful, but partially eaten turkeys were found.
22 Aug. 1976	Ocheyedan River, nr Ocheyedan	Dan Radunz (13)	Saw Bigfoot drinking from river.
Mid Dec. 1977	Mich Coal Mine near Oskaloosa	Theresa McGee	8-10-ft Bigfoot with 'bristly-like fur' and arms held out jumped from shadow of tree when witness went to sweep snow.
c.25 Feb. 1978	Pella Bridge nr Harvey	Boy (10 or 11)	Saw Bigfoot on road near bridge; it looked at him, then went into woods.
27 July 1978	Ottosen	Donette Henkins (9)	Saw 'short, hairy, apelike animal with fangs and deep-set eyes' which stood in shadows a few inches away and growled.
27 July 1978	Ottosen	Mrs. Jan Henkins & two others	After Donette's sighting, saw similar creature between 2 buildings while walking downtown.
30 July 1978	Ottosen	Dawn Henkins (11), Mrs. Henkins & neighbor	Apelike creature with wide forehead walked from between buildings on Main Street at night.
31 July 1978	Ottosen	Three or four boys aged 10-12	Saw Bigfoot in shed, and again later. It did not attempt to attack.
28 Aug. 1978	Dean Bottoms nr Moulton	Two students	Saw 7-8-ft Bigfoot on dirt road at night; next day 3-toed prints 14 ins long found at the site.
11 Sept. 1978	Ottosen	Anna Dodrill & Elery Lynch	Red-eyed, blackfaced Bigfoot stared in at kitchen window.
Sept. 1978	Ottosen	Robert Newell IV (18)	Watched tall, hairy, hunchback Bigfoot exploring farm buildings early in the morning.
27 Sept. 1978	Farm S of Renwick	Forty high-school students	Saw two Bigfeet in cornfield, one with red eyes and one with blue eyes.
27 or 28 Sept. 1978	N-W of Renwick	Mark Thompson (16)	Saw 7-ft, brownish-black-haired Bigfoot in soybean field. Moved away when witness flashed pickup lights and honked horn.
Sept. 1979	Nr Manchester	Jerry Erwing	Saw 7-8-ft Bigfoot with 'topknot' walking bent over.
12 Oct. 1979	Nr Webster City	Bryon Davis	At 3:30 am saw 7-ft, reddish-brown Bigfoot in woods. It got up and left, as if disturbed while sleeping.
15 Nov. 1979	Minburn	Larry Wilson	Saw dark, hunched Bigfoot in farmyard; officers found prints in grass but no creature.
Early Jan. 1980	Adel	Larry Wilson	Farmer went outdoors when dogs barked and saw'hunched over, dark thing' in yard; police found foot-long prints in grass.
13 Jan. 1980	Nr Edgewood	Tim BuShaw & friend	Saw 8-ft Bigfoot with 'topknot' and long hair within 6 ft of their car.
15 Jan. 1980	Nr Manchester	Cyrii O'Brien	Railroad engineer on train saw strange creature on all fours eating carcass; 6-toed tracks found in area.

Data from "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings (1818-1980)"
(The Bigfoot Casebook, Janet & Colin Bord, 1982, New York: Granada Publishing)