BFRO #29455: Truck driver has early morning sighting on Highway 44 near Missouri River
π Location
Missouri River vicinity on SD-44 near Burke/Gregory, South Dakota, Burke, SD
Specific Location: Highway 44 near Platte-Winner Bridge, Missouri River
Coordinates: 43.25000, -99.57000
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43.2500Β°, -99.5700Β°
π Description
Hello I am from rural South Dakota and i have a strange sighting that I saw about 6 years ago. I was Driving truck and this was about at 5 in the morning still dark in the fall of the year around the end of november. I come onto hwy 44 from 1806 and i turned east onto 44 about 2 miles from the platte-winner bridge on the missouri river. About 200 to 300 ft or so from when i turned there was a dark figure on the right hand side of the road crouching down. At first i thought it was a deer or a fabled moutian lion but it was too dark colored and the only thing that made me write this now was as i drove past it it stood up. this thing was tall enough to look into the top of the passengers side window of my straight truck. This would have made it a little over 7 feet tall. I have never said anything to anyone about this around here because no one would have beleived me. I have lived in this area my whole life and an avid hunter and fisherman, i have never seen anything like this.
π Circumstances
Just myself in the truck.
π€οΈ Weather Conditions
It was around 5 am. The sun was just about to start comming up in an hour.
βΉοΈ Additional Details
It was around 5 am. The sun was just about to start comming up in an hour.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmizi11jp02ty8fys75rzgmft
- Primary Source
- BFRO
- Added to Map
- December 10, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 10, 2025