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Counties in Illinois with reports
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Grundy County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Two teenagers have sighting east of Seneca
I have told my story to very few people for the fact that all they do is laugh. I saw a bigfoot in the summer of 1979 just east of Seneca. I lived there for about 15 years just north of the river brid...
June 1979
Madison County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Memory told of a daytime sighting near Edwardsville
I've been wanting to talk about this years, to give this report about what happened to me. I went and reported it when it happened to the local police but they didn't make an official report because o...
October 1978
Madison County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Memory told of family encounters near Granite City
I live in Granite City. Just across the river from St. Louis Missouri. Where we lived we used to see bigfoot on a regular basis. Had encountered many sitings from them standing at our picture window o...
September 1978
Jackson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Memory told of daylight sighting while mushroom hunting along Happy Hollow Road near Gorham
I was out mushroom hunting and had my small son with me. I was standing on a small hillside. He was standing on the other side of the creek behind a tree which I didn't know at the time. I had my ...
April 1978
Jackson County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Memory told of possible vocalizations and rocks thrown at Lake Kinkaid
In 1978 I went fishing with a friend in his boat which was an 18 ft aluminum fishing boat to Lake Kinkaid, southwestern Ill. We trolled around the banks of the lake all morning and all day fishing for...
April 1978
Macoupin County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Couple in car terrified by loud howl/scream near Carlinville
Sir, Back in the spring of 1978 at the age of 17 myself and my High School sweetheart were parking just off a seldom traveled country road in Macoupin County about 10 to 13 miles south of Carlinvil...
January 1978
Madison County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Memory told of daylight sighting along railroad tracks near Granite City
I lived on Old Rick Rd. in Granite City Il. from 1970-82. One evening we were having a family get together and we seen a bigfoot. My brother and several cousins all seen it. It was standing at the rai...
January 1978
Sangamon County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Memory told of a possible encounter and footprint found along Horse Creek north of Pawnee
This was circa 1978. As my friend and I were walking from his house along his 1/4 mile driveway that meandered through the woods along side of the creek we had heard some odd noises that caught our at...
January 1978
Williamson County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Possible vocalization heard in Marion, Illinois
In 1977 my family and I were visiting my grandmother in Marion, IL (Williamson County) for the Holidays during what was called "the blizzard of '77". This being my first experience of heavy snow I was...
December 1977
Livingston County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Memory told of a possible sighting at dawn by a hunter in his tree stand southeast of Pontiac
I had been bow hunting with my best friend for about 4 years. His Dad leased a new area that was only accessible through a locked gated field. We scouted the area for roughly a month and put up 2 ...
October 1977
Franklin County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Memory told of a daylight sighting along railroad tracks east of Plumfield
It was about 1977 me and a friend from high school, we had dirt bikes, and the only way you could get to the place with motorcycles, was to go down some railroad tracks and there at the railroad trest...
September 1977
Madison County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Memory told of a possible sighting while parked in a car near Granite City
My wife actually saw a bigfoot one evening getting close to dark. We were sitting in the car talking while we were dating. And she saw one standing behind the car. We were talking and she all of a sud...
September 1977
Sangamon County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Man tells of the strange occurrences and his sighting as a teenager near Buckhart
[ Note: The first names of the witnesses has been changed. ] Preface: This information is based on witnessed facts, and is as close to the events as I can recall. I am blessed with a near photog...
September 1977
Perry County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Trapper recalls large footprints he found while trapping near Pinckneyville
This happened to a friend of mine. It happened in the late 1970's when a friend of mine while running his traps along a small strip-mine pond noticed a line of very large, bare-foot, humanlike foot...
December 1975
Champaign County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Memory told of roadside sighting at night south of Rantoul
I spoke with the witness by phone. In summary: ' The animal was 7 feet tall. ' The animal was very hairy and beefy in appearance. ' The hair was dark brown. ' The animal was very close to t...
October 1975
Jackson County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Memory told of a possible sighting along Happy Hollow Road near Gorham
The place where it happened was on Happy Hollow Road. It was some school function I think we were going to, I don't really remember. On Happy Hollow Road there were two wooden bridges. The second wood...
October 1975
Fayette County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Early morning sighting of creature looking at "something" in the snow in Vandalia
I was 14 years old. had to walk a friend home she spent the night, she had to be home to babysit so her parents could go to work it was 5am and I looked out my bedroom window to see how much it snowed...
January 1975
Perry County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Possible vocalization heard near Pyramid State Park
Way back in 1975 I was outside at my grandparents farm just outside Pinckneyville (Perry County) located next to a state park when I heard the most hair raising sound ever. I was so petrified that I c...
January 1975
Calhoun County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Memory told of a possible sighting on a back road west of Hardin
I was riding with a friend in the summer of 1974, on the back roads at night when we had to stop to relieve ourselves. First thing we noticed upon opening the car doors was the worst odor we had ever ...
July 1974
Cook County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Man recalls possibly seeing a bigfoot playing peek-a-boo in headlights while parked west of Midlothian
The following on-site interview was conducted by Stan Courtney. The first name of the witness has been changed. Stan - Jim, can you explain what happened? Jim - When I was about 16 years old, m...
July 1974
Marshall County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Witness recalls possible nighttime sighting near Sparland
My mother and I had a possible sighting back in about 1974. We used to watch for my step dad to come back from deer hunting. Depending on the moon light, we could see him coming down from the woods. O...
January 1974
Randolph County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Woman recalls her possible encounter on a farm outside Prairie du Rocher.
I have never told anyone this, except my husband ( who never did believe me, he knows something happened but he can't wrap his mind around this possibility ) for fear of ridicule. I was alone when thi...
June 1973
Knox County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Recollection of daylight sighting as youth near Victoria
This occurred in the summer of 1973. I was 10 years old at the time I am currently 50. The area in which this is located was around Victoria Illinois. It was all strip mine areas run by the Peabody co...
June 1973
Madison County Illinois (Class C) BFRO
Series of three incidents describing a human sized creature near edge of Edwardsville
The first incident occured on Monday night, 4 June 1973; the other two happened between 4 June and 8 June 1973. In three separate incidents, three residents reported seeing and being chased by a m...
June 1973
Kankakee County Illinois (Class A) BFRO
Fisherman has closeup encounter with a juvenile near Kankakee
As a fifty-six year-old man, I am sincerely bewildered when harkening back to my youth and pondering my former naivety. The saying goes, 'I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid'. What concerns me is that I...
May 1973