Bigfoot sighting near Effingham, Illinois
Date unknown · Effingham, Illinois, United States
Mrs. Schroat reported that her two late brothers repeatedly saw hairy bipedal creatures with large eyes near a creek on a farm south of Effingham, Illinois, as children.
Facts
- Date
- Unknown
- Place
- Effingham, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 39.108, -88.558
- Located within
- 926 m
- Witnesses
- 2
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- walking
- In the account
- childhood memory, eyes seen, farm or orchard, multiple, near water, repeat location, reported years later, walked upright
- Account
- secondhand
- Sources
- 1 independent
Sources
- John GreenRead the report
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