Morgan County, Illinois

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Morgan County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

January 1986

It was winter in 1986-87 in Central Illinois, Morgan county, just 3 miles east of Jacksonville off the old state road. Myself and another friend were riding a 3 wheeler in the snow thru a pasture area along a creek and wooded area about 11-1130 PM. We were taking turns riding it and while 1 was riding the other would wait for the rider to come back. 1 of the times while I was riding aprox 200 yds off the road, I spotted a bigfoot aprox 7 ft tall and probably 400lbs. It was walking across the narrow part of the pasture aprox 30yds wide from one stand of woods to another, This part of Illinois is all farmland with a lot of creeks and rivers but not an extreme amount of woodland, my only thoughts were that what the heck had I just seen...

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Morgan County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Runner has sighting near home south of Jacksonville

The following interview was conducted by Stan Courtney. The first name of the witness has been changed. Stan - Can you please explain what you saw? Mark - It was just before football and I was t...

August 2006

Morgan County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Vocalizations and a sighting with a spotlight near Murrayville

During the summer months of July and August my family has had a number of events that we have heard and seen what we believed to be a big foot here in Central Illinois. We know he has left the area no...

July 2006

Morgan County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by a motorist near Lake Jacksonville

I spoke with the witness by telephone. I visited the site and spoke personally with his parents in their home which is a couple of miles from the sighting location. Stan - Can you please explain w...

November 2005

Washington County Minnesota (Class A) BFRO

While bowhunting, man saw creature walking

I was bowhunting and just sitting in my stand looking around and it walked about 75 yards away. It was a long time ago and I did not know about Bigfoot at that time and told my partner I had seen a sw...

September 1972

Hot Spring County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

Nightime sighting by motorists on Hwy 7 North

A tall (7-8 feet) furry creature was observed walking (on two legs) across the highway, at the outer limits of the high beams on my car. As we passed the spot where the creature crossed the road, we s...

October 1996

Okaloosa County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by Five witnesses of a large, humanoid form.

At Dusk, 4 people and myself witness a comotion in woods nearby. Sounds as if something large is approaching. As it gets closer we see a large humanoid form and flee. This thing is big, upright, and d...

January 1996

Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

a daylight sighting by a family on a camping trip

My family and I were hiking on a nature walk in the forest. When we walked across a small bridge over a stream. We stopped to rest and i allowed my two sons to go explore. A few minutes later they ret...

July 1997

El Paso County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

Multi-witness account of an observation of a strange creature on a ridge

The creature was seen during mid fall snow storm from the east bound lane of Highway 24. Traffic was backed up due to snow and ice on the highway bringing traffic to a standstill after stepping out of...

November 1997

Coos County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by two young men on motorcycles

My name is Dustin Anderson and my friends name is Dustin Evernden. We were riding our motorcycles one day and we decided to stop and rest for awhile.When we looked across the valley,we saw a large ani...

January 1996

Clarion County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Squirrel hunter turns to see 6 to 7 foot tall beast walking upright for 200 yards

About 25 years ago maybe 1972 I was hunting squirrels with a 12 gauge double barrel shotgun. I was sitting on a giant rock when I heard a noise behind me, I saw a big hairy animal approx. 6 to 7 fe...

January 1972

Park County Wyoming (Class A) BFRO

Noon sighting by family of four near Mount Washburn, Yellowstone National Park

In Yellowstone park on road on Mt Washburn. My Wife, myself, and my two boys observed from our car a large, big chested, very tall (8 foot), dark colored humanoid figure walk up a ridge line some 300 ...

July 2002