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Bigfoot sighting near Erie, Illinois
15 Nov 1986 · Erie, Illinois, United States
A teenager alone at home by the Rock River in Illinois saw a hairy humanoid figure at the river edge around 7 p.m. in November 1986; large footprints were in the snow.
Facts
- Reported as
- Youth has nighttime sighting along Rock River
- Date
- 15 Nov 1986
- Place
- Erie, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.600, -90.100
- Time
- about 19:00, night
- Witness was
- at home
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Animals
- dogs reacted
- In the account
- alone, dog present, firearm present, footprints found, near water, snow on ground
- 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
- Memory told of a daylight sighting as a youth near Fenton
- Photos taken of possible footprints found on rural property near Albany
- Law enforcement officers find and follow fresh snow tracks 33 miles NE of Moline
- Creature seen at a flooded rock quarry near Hampton
- Nightime sighting by fisherman on Wapsipinicon River 11 miles SW of Clinton
- Memory told of a daytime sighting on a farm south of Rock Falls
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