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Bigfoot sighting near Chestline, Illinois
29 Oct 1972 · Chestline, Illinois, United States
A man camping at Siloam Springs State Park saw a large upright creature about 20 feet away on a October 1972 morning, and it fled down a slope.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Man recalls his face to face daylight encounter in Siloam Springs State Park
- Date
- 29 Oct 1972
- Place
- Chestline, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 39.935, -89.889
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- camping
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Height
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Described as
- heavy, mixed hair
- Behaviour
- fleeing, standing, watching
- In the account
- alone, bare face, broad shoulders, conical head, eyes seen, face seen, felt fear, human like face, looked at witness, no smell noted, on trail, ridge or mountain, silver or grey, thought person first, told no one, very tall, witness fled
- Account
- investigator interviewed
- 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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- Recollection of a daylight sighting as a youth in Riverton
- Memory told of a possible sighting at night in a pasture east of Jacksonville
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