Bigfoot Society - "We Saw a Hairy Head in the Middle of the Raccoon River that Night" | Bigfoot Seen in Dallas County, Iowa

Episode Date: October 3, 2023

Dave came up to my booth at the 2023 Van Meter Visitor Festival and shared that he had seen what he believed to be a Bigfoot in the Raccoon River near Minburn, Iowa in 1984.I was excited to chat with Dave for the podcast after the Festival as this is a previously undocumented sighting and there have been other sighings a few years earlier along the Raccoon River in 1978 and also in 2012.If you have had Bigfoot encounters as well in Iowa (or any other states) please reach out to [e-mail] to share.Resources: http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_county_reports.asp?state=ia&county=DallasWATCH THE IOWA EPISODE IN THE “SASQUATCH: A SEARCH FOR SABE” DOCUMENTARY SERIES BY TATE HIERONYMUS // FIND OUT ALL ABOUT MY FIRST BIGFOOT ENCOUNTERS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8O4rvywzECall the Bigfoot Society BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER hotline! Have you seen a Sasquatch and would like to get what happened “off your chest” but don’t have time for an interview? NOW YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR TIME AND SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD! Share it here - https://www.speakpipe.com/bigfootsocietyTo unlock more bonus content and much more, become a supporting member of Bigfoot Society by joining the Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/thebigfootsocietyBecome a Youtube Channel member here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Qq45W6iaTU8FE9kelxT7Q/joinSupport Bigfoot Society one time by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bigfootsociety To pick up a Bigfoot Society shirt, stickers and more, check out our merch by heading on over to https://www.etsy.com/shop/BigfootSocietySend me a voice message to potentially be used for the show by calling 515-809-0165 Here’s a fun prompt - “Hey, my name’s [your name] and you’re listening to the Bigfoot Society podcast!”If you’d like to send me fan mail, Bigfoot related products to check out or written out Bigfoot encounters then you reach me at the following address: Bigfoot Society 125 E 1st St. #233 Earlham, IA 50072Join our private Facebook group "Bigfoot Sasquatch Encounters" for a chance to connect with others who have had similar experiences. Follow the directions to ensure your entry is accepted.https://www.facebook.com/groups/5762233820540793/?ref=share_group_linkTune in to our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Qq45W6iaTU8FE9kelxT7Q) for new episodes of Bigfoot Society, and visit our website (www.bigfootsocietypodcast.com) for all the links mentioned above and more.Don't miss out on the Bigfoot action! —— Affiliate links mean I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. This helps support my channel at no additional cost to you.—— MY GEAR —— My Audio Interface: https://amzn.to/3L1q8XYMy Podcast Mic: https://amzn.to/3AlYwb9My Computer: https://amzn.to/40CCjQyMy Headphones: https://amzn.to/40A8gcrMy Webcam: https://amzn.to/3NqfddhThe best Bigfoot book: https://amzn.to/41x8IcNLose the weight along with me on Noom. Get 20% off your subscription with link below. (Consult your doctor first) https://noom.com/r/GdkaWNddL?1251Join Whatnot and pick up some sweet video games and vintage shirts. Use my link below and we both get $10 credit after you place your first order. https://whatnot.com/invite/bigfootsocietyLearn more and up your creative game with Skillshare. Use my link and get a $50 gift card. https://share.skillshare.com/bigfootsocietyIf you want an amazing website like Bigfoot Society has that is extremely easy to set up and connects to your podcast in an incredible way then check out Podpage. https://www.podpage.com/?via=jeremiah (Use this affiliate link and you help out Bigfoot Society)

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so i'm glad that i had gotten your phone number so i could give you a call yeah i remember there's quite a line there a lot of people want to get in absolutely so davy you've told me a little bit about what happens, but I'm just curious if you kind of let the listeners know what you had experienced back in the 1980s with your sighting. Sure. Yeah, it was in the summer of 84. And it was the, I can't tell you what day of the week it was, but I remember that a friend of mine by the name of Rob and I were catfishing.

And we normally fish off a boat, but this time we decided to do a little, uh, high bank fishing. In other words, we go to the river and fish off the high side, the highest bank, because that's usually where the water cuts in deep. And the catfish like to lay down in there. And we just put our lines out and kind of let it float down in. So it was about 10 o'clock that night. And we've been there for maybe an hour and kind of give you a lay of the land. We're about maybe a quarter mile from the road where we pulled over and walked up into the riverbank. And we're in trees. It's kind of a wooded area.

And we're just out there fishing in the dark with one little dim flashlight because we don't usually need to see much when you're just fishing. You kind of just let the line do the talking to you. About that time, we heard something stomping through the woods upstream from us. And that's not unusual for us because we'll hear deer, occasional beaver will come down and splash the water. but this time it was kind of breaking the sticks, making a bit of a noise, and then all of a sudden there was a splash. So we figured whatever was walking through there kind of fell off into the high banks, just like we were fishing.

Didn't think much of it. And then just a few minutes later we could hear it. It had swum across to the other side. The other side of the bank, you could hear it kind of stomping around on the bank, and then another splash like it fell back in. By this time, it was swimming again. back towards our side of the bank, but the current of the river was pulling it down towards us, and we could hear the thing breathing.

We can hear this thing rather breathing heavy because I think it was running earlier. So we're starting to get a little concerned about this thing going to get caught up with our interfishing lines. So we're reeling our lines, and it's not really splashing, just breathing heavy. And we finally decided to get our flashlight out and try to light up what this thing was. at this point, remember, we had kind of a dim flashlight. So what we saw right in the middle of the river was a head. And I'll say it was a head like a human head in shape,

but didn't have any ears sticking out. It didn't have any antlers. There was no muzzle or nose sticking out. It was just a round head. And, of course, it was covered with hair, and the water had gotten it wet. So when we hit it with a flashlight, it kind of shined a little bit off of the wet hair. His eyes were looking right at us.

They were in front of us like stereoptics. And when it saw the flashlight, it went under the water. And that's what kind of spooked us. What animal would be swimming in the water, above water, breathing heavy, looks like a human face, human head. And then the minute we light it up, it was able to. to grab a breath and go underwater. We decided to get out of there. We weren't too sure what the thing was.

All we knew was it was coming closer to us and it was going to end up between us in the car. And we decided at that time we should get out of there. That's really about it in a nutshell. That's wild. And that was in 1984, you said. Yes. And what river was that? I believe that was a raccoon.

I believe you're on the back moon. Yep, that's what I figured being over by Minburn. That's your main river over there. And have you ever shared this with anyone else before? No, well, other than my family, the night of, but didn't really talk about it a lot. The gentleman I was fishing with was one of the local teachers of the school system in that area.

And he was a science teacher. And he really, he kept it to himself. he told me later on when we got together. He said that you really was concerned about telling anybody about that because of his position. Well, that's, you know, being a student teacher. That's even interesting. So he was a science teacher. Man, what kind of conversation did you guys have afterwards after you saw that,

that hairy head kind of disappeared down into the water? We did have a little bit of a conversation like, what did we just see? I mean, we tried to rule it out because, like I say, we both do a lot of catfish, and we've been on the rivers before. And, you know, if you ever been out at night, the beaver sometimes will slap that water pretty hard with their tails. And that's kind of what we thought the first splash was, might have been a beaver or that thing had fallen in. So he ruled that out because beavers don't duck. I mean, yeah, they can swim underwater, but this head was much larger than a beaver head would ever have been when we lit it up.

So we ruled out beaver and muskrat any kind of a critter that likes the water. And, of course, the fact that we didn't see any ears or antlers kind of took care of anything like deer. So we just kind of checked off what it wasn't and kind of left us with what could it be. And that's where we kind of felt that, you know, if anybody tries to, we tell this story to anybody, they probably won't believe us. And I remember in 1984, you know, a couple of guys. out fishing. I could just hear them, you know, oh yeah, how much beer did you have

before you go fishing? The truth of the matter was that we didn't have any beer that night. So we were stone cold, sober, just did not enjoy what happened to us. You know, that's a great detail to know, because sometimes, you know, I have these interviews and the person can't say that they were actually 100% sober. And that makes a huge difference. So that's a,

that's a huge detail that you were actually, you know, you weren't drinking that night. You know, when you remember, if you can remember back looking at the head in the water, the hairy head, was the hair mostly on one part of the head? Or was it just like completely covered with hair that you could see? Or do you remember any details like that? Yes. It was looking right at me. Rob was to my right. And by the time I had the flashlight. So the time I lit it up, it was basically straight in front of me. And I'd say the distance from where I was standing to where it was in the river might have been 20 feet. We'll be back with more Bigfoot Society after these words from our sponsors. I have type 2 diabetes, but I manage it well. It's a little pill with the big story to tell. I take once daily Jardians at each day start.

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Normally, you know, when you light up a raccoon or something, those eyes flashed back gold at you on the flashlight. Now, these eyes are just black, cold, black, not reflective, just two black spots. and the only thing that was reflecting was the wet hair. Very, very interesting. Could you see the skin color at all? No. No, we couldn't see the skin color. But I will say the hair overall was a very dark color,

very dark brown, maybe black. It was night, it was dark, the river was black. The sky was, there was no moon or anything that night, if I remember. And like I said, the flashlight wasn't that bright. We just had an old flashlight where this wasn't a, it wasn't a very bright light, enough light to make sure you didn't step in a hole or something when you're trying to walk back to the car.

Can you think back to what the, let's say the soundscape, you know, what kind of things were you hearing around you at that time? If you remember any certain animals or anything out of the place or anything like that? Okay. Before the big splash, the first splash,

I'd say we could hear it in the wood, woods, you know, it was like you could hear it's breaking twigs or snapping branches, if you will. So we kind of thought maybe a deer was being, you know, was on the run or something. But it was 10 o'clock at night, and that's dark here. And so something, we could hear the cracking and the breaking of the twigs and then the splash. And I mean, it's like if you had jumped in, just jumped in off the bank, a big splash. then there was silence for a while then the next thing we heard was

I'm going to say like stomping feet stomping on a muddy bank if you will it's like it was trying to get its balance or climb up the bank and it couldn't so there was no real pattern it was a thump thumb splash and then more of a splash again

but not near as big a splash more like someone entering the water just turned around and kind of jump up back in. At that point, we didn't hear anything for a while. Then you could hear the breathing. And I'm going to say heavy nasal breathing through like a nose. And it was breathing heavy, big, heavy breaths. There was no splash into the water. It's like someone doing a swim with their arms, you know, breaking the water. It was none of that. So it was, it was, nothing breaking the water just as

you know almost like someone's out of breath breathing that was getting louder that's when we turn the lights on that's when what is making that noise because I've never heard an animal breathing in the water like that so then a duct it's very very interesting and what about let's say any any birds or other creatures of the forest or was it maybe no other sounds at all that you were hearing No, there was no other sounds. 10 o'clock, most of the birds are asleep. Trying to think if I heard anything else.

Not, no, I don't think he even heard any of the farm dogs in the area. I think it was pretty quiet that night. Interesting. By the Menburn area and the raccoon, there's a few nature areas. Were you in close proximity to any of those nature areas? We were about two to three miles west of Minburn itself, and we were down in the valley. And this is a pretty good little valley. This is some really nice bluffs and hills in that area.

So I can't tell you if there was a nature valley or a nature area of that, but I do know it was heavily wooded in that particular part. There was some cropland, but that was only in the floodplains. But for the most part, we were in between the hills. Which were all good at hills. That, yeah, that's, I mean, that's, that's the area. Yeah, the valleys, the ridges, the gulches. I mean, that's it, man. Do you remember around that time or maybe a few years before,

were there any other reports of creatures that being seen, like Bigfoot or anything else in this area? No, I can't say, remember. And at that time, I really wasn't following anything. wasn't even looking for anything. So unaware of anything at that time. Interesting. I don't know if you're familiar with the BFRO at all,

which is a Bigfoot Field Researchers organization. But if you look up Dallas County in there, there were a few reports by the Raccoon River around 1978, I believe. you may find that interesting. So in the reports around the Raccoon River, albeit, you know, not in Minburn area per se, but in other areas, you know, they've even gone into the 2000s

where there's been sightings. And it's just, it's a very, very interesting area, the Raccoon River. But, man, Do you ever feel like you want to see that kind of creature again? Or how did that affect the rest of your life? Well, I will say that it put a question mark in my beliefs of what's out there and what's not out there. I've got room for a lot of things that could be walking on this planet.

And when I listen to people that tell stories, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. But in this case, since I can have an experience, that I did have an experience, I'm going to say that I guess I lean more towards they're out there, but how can they be? You know, what allows them to continue? I mean, people talk about where are the bones, you know, where's more evidence?

Yet I saw one or think I saw one. And so more of a believer. But as far as wanting to see another one, maybe not at night with a dim flashlight. That's a little too close for comfort. Absolutely. And I'll end out with this question. If you had to categorize what you saw,

because people categorize Bigfoot in many different ways, would you, some people say maybe more of an ape type creature, more of some type of humanoid creature or something in the, middle. Do you have any leaning towards what you might categorize what you saw as? What I saw would I would lean towards more of a humanoid type person, more very, very hairy. I don't see a lot of ape features in it. It was more human shape with hair from head to shoulder. And of course, the shoulders are underwater. So that's where I would categorize it. Very interesting.

Well, Dave, I really appreciate you taking a few minutes to chat with me today. And this is pretty cool because it's yet another incident that happened in Iowa that was not documented. And now it's documented. So I really appreciate you talking to me this afternoon. Well, my pleasure. I enjoyed it. Here at Bigfoot Society, our goal is to provide a platform for those. that have encountered Bigfoot to share their encounter in a safe and respected environment.

But we need to hear your story. If you've experienced something that you just can't explain, please send me an email at Bigfoot Society at gmail.com. Then we can start the conversation. I know a lot of you have not shared your encounter at all. It's been 20 years. And it's time that you get this off your chest. and then you can get some well-deserved for rest

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