Newport Indiana
1985
In 1985, I was attending
Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN. One Saturday morning I
was travelling to Chicago to visit relatives. I was driving north on
U.S. 41 and I looked to my right down into a small valley (more a depression
in the land than a valley) with a small stream running through it. About
100-150 yards from the highway, I saw a large dark-colored creature
walking away from the road (to the east.) It was very broad and I could
clearly see the creature's arms swinging. My view of the bottom part
of it was obscured by tall grass and I could only see the very tops
of its legs. The head never turned at all. I saw this for 4-5 seconds
before the trees on the north side of the depression obscured my view.
There were also trees on the south side. My immediate thought was that
I didn't really see what I thought I did. I continued driving, unsure
of what to do. After a few minutes, I turned around and drove back past
where I had seen it (my view from this side of the highway was blocked),
turned around again, drove to the bridge where the sighting occurred
and stopped where I had originally seen it. There was nothing there
at this time. Not being aware of any sasquatch sightings in this area
(or the Midwest in general), and not knowing what else to do, I continued
on to Chicago and didn't think much more about it for many years.
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