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Bigfoot sighting near Canton, Illinois
Apr 1980 · Canton, Illinois, United States
A young man saw a tall, black creature standing about 18 m away near Canton Lake, Illinois, on an April afternoon in 1980, then ran uphill after it raised its arms.
Facts
- Reported as
- Youth has daylight sighting in swampy area near Canton Lake
- Date
- Apr 1980
- Place
- Canton, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 40.533, -90.059
- Time
- about 14:00, daylight
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 18 m (60 ft)
- Behaviour
- standing, watching
- In the account
- alone, felt fear, looked at witness, near home, near water, smell, swamp or marsh, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Nighttime sighting near a dumpster by a bicyclist in Canton
- Wood knock and possible nighttime sighting east of Canton Lake
- Memory of seeing something chimp-like in the trees and being chased out of the woods near Brereton
- Memory told of seeing a bigfoot on the side of a road along Middle Branch Creek
- Hikers find possible footprints by a cornfield north of Norris
- Recollection of possible encounters at a cemetery in the village of Cuba
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