Cryptids and UFOs in Minnesota

Creatures reported in Minnesota

Minnesota Icemanaka Iceman, Frozen BigfootA hairy 'missing link' frozen in a block of ice, shown at fairs in the 1960s.

Famous cases

1. 1968Sanderson and Heuvelmans examine it
   Minnesota Iceman · Rollingstone, Minnesota

UFO files

• 152 US Air Force Project Blue Book files from Minnesota, 1947 to 1969
• Saw a strange light? Check whether it was a planet

From the old newspapers

Strange creatures, sea serpents and mystery airships reported in Minnesota papers before 1927.

1. 1839A wild man of the woods brought back from the Mississippi
   Mendota
2. 1886A horned, rainbow-scaled monster at Lake Mazaska
   Shieldsville
3. 1897A star that stopped to rest over St. Paul
   Saint Paul
4. 1897A locomotive engineer's light in the sky
   Hinckley
5. 1907Blazing eyes in a Lamberton barnyard
   Lamberton

All 5 newspaper reports from Minnesota

Places to visit

• Remer Bigfoot DaysRemerThe self-proclaimed Home of Bigfoot throws a two-day party with storytelling, Bigfoot Olympics, a 5K, a calling contest and BBQ.
• Remer, "Home of Bigfoot"RemerA Chippewa National Forest town that leaned into Bigfoot after a 2009 trail-camera video, with Bigfoot cutouts, casts and a statue at the gas station.
• Lake Pepin (Pepie)Lake CityLake City says a serpent called Pepie lives in this wide stretch of the Mississippi and offers $50,000 for proof.

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