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Counties in Illinois with reports
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Bond County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Deer hunters have close sighting along Dry Fork Creek
Me and my son and daughter were hunting deer during the 2006 youth deer season. My son shot and wounded a deer and it ran into the woods. We all three went into the woods looking for it. Something sta...
October 2006
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
Kendall County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Possible vocalizations heard near Yorkville
Around 11:23pm on june 20th 2006 my girlfriend, myself, and the dog stepped outside on the back porch so my girlfriend could smoke and to let the dog out to go to the bathroom. The porch faces a woode...
June 2006
Madison County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Nightime sighting and possible footprints found by homeowner near Edwardsville
Object was standing near a bush. Coloration was a gray or white. Thought it was odd for some person to be standing out in the country at that time of night. Object was about 7 foot tall....
June 2006
Saline County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Possible vocalizations heard by camper near Williams Hill Pass in the Shawnee National Forest
I am writing this report on behalf of my girlfriend. Although we were both together on this camping trip, I unfortunately was alseep and did not hear a thing. I have questioned her extensively and rep...
May 2006
Williamson County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Woman describes her son's possible sighting near Lake of Egypt in Shawnee National Forest
On Friday, July 28th- my 15 year old son was visiting his grandparents on the Lake of Egypt in Marion, Illinois. After dark he remembered that he didn't take the battery off the charger on the bass bo...
January 2006
Macon County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Motorist and son observe road crossing near Spitler Woods State Park
Me and my mom were driving home from dropping a friend off when about a 7 1/2-foot-tall creature ran across the road. It had brownish-red fur, its arms were longer than a human's could ever be. The wh...
January 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
Saline County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Youth has pre-dawn encounter on the way to deer stand near Mitchellville
Note: the witness names have been changed for privacy. My name is Jim, and I've reported a vocalization experience which happened approximately 11 years ago in the same area. Regarding this fol...
November 2005
Vermilion County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Possible sounds heard, etc., in Kickapoo State Park
This is a two part report of what may be easily explained,or not. My first odd experience was in Kickapoo State Park, in Vermilion County Illinois,in Oct.2005. I was fishing at a pond in the park, ...
October 2005
Tazewell County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Family hears vocalizations and finds footprints in their backyard east of Pekin
I have pictures of very large footprints outside our house when my brother was camping here. He said he heard something outside the tent and came inside. We checked the next morning and found very...
October 2005
Grundy County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Three men have daylight sighting near Seneca
The following phone interview was conducted by Stan Courtney. Because the witnesses do not have Internet access, the information was entered with their permission. The first names of the witnesses hav...
June 2005
Grundy County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Snake hunter has daytime sighting near Seneca
I was just out snake hunting the roads and I saw a spot and thought I would go up and look for some snakes. I heard like a rustling, kind of like something was futher in front of me. There was a tree ...
June 2005
Fulton County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Truck driver has a daylight sighting west of Ellisville
Ok, I seen this thing, and I loved it. The hair stood up on my head. I told the girl at the scale house because it was about a mile from there. She said she would not be surprised at seeing any thing ...
January 2005
Logan County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Nighttime sighting by motorists along I-55 near Lincoln
I had actually put most of the details out of my mind, until a friend asked me a few months back if I had ever had a sighting. It was October '04 between 9-9:30pm, heading south about 3/4 of the way t...
October 2004
McDonough County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Daylight sighting by resident near Vermont Lake
It was in 2004. I told my husband at the time I saw sasquach (not sure if I am spelling it right). He laughed and said I was nuts, so I really never brought it up again until.... 2 days ago I saw on t...
September 2004
Madison County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Two teens have daylight sighting near Alton
It happened like this. Myself and a friend were out on the edge of the woods. We had decided that we would build a blind for hunting squirrels. On the way in we spotted a dead tree. We both tried to p...
July 2004
Stephenson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Deer hunter has early morning sighting from tree stand near Pearl City
I live in Freeport, Illinois in a trailer pk. I was out bow hunting in my timber I own. I got up in my tree stand about 6:50 a.m. while it was still dark, hoping a deer would come in right at light. I...
October 2003
Iroquois County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Several sightings and strange occurences near a residence west of Goodwine
The first sighting was in late Sept to early October of 2003. I apologize for not remembering the date exactly. In the small town of Goodwine, IL on the west side. It was cool weather, clear skies, ab...
September 2003
Montgomery County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Two squirrel hunters have sighting near Shoal Creek
Me and my friend were looking for a place to hunt squirrels in about September of probably 1993. We were driving down the road on our way to McPherson bridge, an old condemned bridge that crosses Shoa...
September 2003
Lee County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Hikers find large footprint along Franklin Creek
My wife and I went Franklin Creek area for hiking and we found a bigfoot track by the creek. Its about 2 miles from parking lot. We have to walk about 2 hours back to parking lot before dark and h...
June 2003
Henderson County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Possible eye-shine and sighting at a rural home near Stronghurst
I was coming home from my girlfriend's house around 12:00 a.m. or 12:30 a.m. I was a junior or senior in high school (2002/2003) at the time. My house is situated outside of a small town in Henderson ...
April 2003
Crawford County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Memory told of a daylight sighting near Chauncey
I have had two sightings. The first was in July or August of 2002. It was one of those hot, and humid days of summer. Temperatures reached around 100 that day. So my then boyfriend, five year old daug...
July 2002
Hardin County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Late night screams heard near Rosiclare
I was in So. Illinois visiting my Grandmother and sister on my Grandmothers farm located in the Shawnee Nat. Forest. I grew up on this property and lived there for about 23 years. While living in this...
August 2001