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Bigfoot sighting in Illinois, United States
1988 · IDOC lake A-41 on the map, Illinois, United States
A man fishing at a small lake near Giant City State Park, Illinois, on a spring afternoon saw a tall upright creature that screamed and snapped trees before retreating into the woods.
Facts
- Reported as
- Close encounter while fishing remembered near Giant City State Park
- Date
- 1988
- Place
- IDOC lake A-41 on the map, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 37.633, -89.172
- Located within
- 1.8 km
- Time
- about 15:00, daylight
- Witness was
- fishing
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Behaviour
- standing, vocalizing, watching
- Sounds
- scream, tree break
- In the account
- alone, branches breaking, broad shoulders, felt fear, felt watched, near water, reported years later, scream, threw rocks, took food, vanished, very fast, very tall, witness fled, witness froze
- 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
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- Possible vocalizations and rock throwing east of Makanda
- Juvenile observed during the daytime by a bow hunter near Alto Pass
- Bow hunter has another daylight sighting from his stand near Alto Pass
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