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Bigfoot sighting near Eldorado, Illinois

1945 · Eldorado, Illinois, United States

Aunt saw a large red-haired figure at night and grandmother saw an ape-like creature on a cliff at midday, at a remote cabin near Eldorado, Illinois.

Facts

Reported as
Memory told of encounter at a remote cabin at Sandy Run
Date
1945
Place
Eldorado, Illinois, United States
Evidence
visual
Point
37.931, -88.362
Witness was
in bed
Witnesses
2
Creatures
1
Described as
reddish hair
Behaviour
approaching, climbing, walking
Sounds
footsteps
In the account
alone, cave or rocks, childhood memory, conical head, felt fear, likened to ape, near home, near water, reported years later, seen through window, told no one, witness fled, woken by it
Account
secondhand
Sources
2 independent (5 listings)

Sources

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