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Bigfoot sighting near Dawson, Illinois
1995 · Dawson, Illinois, United States
Winter 1995: two motorists on Rt 36 east of Riverton, Illinois, saw a near ten-foot creature get up from the road, watch them, and run away upright.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Multiple witness motorist sighting on Rt 36 east of Riverton
- Date
- 1995
- Place
- Dawson, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 39.853, -89.500
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- driving
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Duration
- 60 s
- Height
- 3.0 m (10 ft)
- Described as
- white hair, biped
- Behaviour
- running, watching
- In the account
- in vehicle, looked at witness, on or by road, reported years later, silver or grey, snow on ground, thought bear first, very tall, walked upright
- 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
- Recollection of a daylight sighting as a youth in Riverton
- Man tells of the strange occurrences and his sighting as a teenager near Buckhart
- Nighttime road crossing between Rochester and East Lake Drive
- Motorist has possible nighttime sighting just north of Springfield on Veterans Parkway
- Possible sighting near University of Illinois Springfield soccer fields
- Two fishermen hear possible vocalizations then find footprints west of Warren
Facts and links only. Each report belongs to its witness and the site that published it; read it there.