Lake County, Illinois

Near Barrington

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Lake County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

2008

Spring 2008 at grid reference 42'10'32.77"N, 88' 5'42.21"W Near 24000 Cuba Rd, Barrington, Illinois. On the North side of the street is a township building, on the South side of the road is a heavily wooded area close to the road, with some small residential buildings and a large field behind that. Night/predawn, overcast, slight rain. Approx: 0430 Background of witnesses: My girlfriend and I are on this stretch of road quite a lot. We frequently stop to look at animals, especially large ones like deer. We are not scared in the slightest of dealing with animals at night. I grew up in the woods, I am an EMT, trained observer, a nature enthusiast and we are comfortable in rural areas. It was a fairly overcast and rainy night , my girlfriend and I were out driving for a few hours, it was a pretty uneventful night. We saw a few deer, some raccoons and a fox. As we were driving East on Cuba road, just past Ela, at about 0430 Central time, we came over a small rise in the r...

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