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Bigfoot sighting near Carbondale, Illinois
1980 · Carbondale, Illinois, United States
Witnesses near the Big Muddy River in Murphysboro, Illinois, in the late 1970s-early 1980s reported a foul smell, vocalizations and footprints, and hunters' dogs fled a barn.
Facts
- Reported as
- The "Big Muddy Monster" flap of Murphysboro
- Date
- 1980
- Place
- Carbondale, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 37.745, -89.359
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- other
- Height
- 1.9 m (6 ft)
- Described as
- mixed hair
- Behaviour
- vocalizing
- Sounds
- growl, howl, scream
- Animals
- dogs reacted
- In the account
- dog cowered, dog present, felt fear, firearm present, footprints found, growl, howl, near water, repeat location, returned to spot, scream, smell, smell rotten, witness fled
- Account
- secondhand
- 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
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