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Bigfoot sighting near Freeburg, Illinois
29 Jun 1996 · Freeburg, Illinois, United States
Secondhand account of a June 1996 afternoon sighting in Freeburg strip mines: a crouched figure with white hair moved quickly toward a motorcycle rider, who fled.
Facts
- Reported as
- Memory told of daylight sighting while dirt bike riding east of Freeburg
- Date
- 29 Jun 1996
- Place
- Freeburg, Illinois, United States
- Point
- 38.432, -89.871
- Located within
- 512 m
- Time
- about 17:00, daylight
- Witness was
- driving
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Described as
- white hair
- Behaviour
- approaching, crouching, running
- In the account
- approached, crouched, face seen, family lore, in vehicle, near water, nothing found after, repeat location, reported years later, searched after, silver or grey, vanished, very fast, witness fled
- Account
- secondhand
- Sources
- 1 independent (4 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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