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Bigfoot sighting near Kankakee, Illinois
13 May 1973 · Kankakee, Illinois, United States
A fisherman near the backwaters of the Kankakee River in Illinois in May 1973 met a juvenile upright hair-covered creature face to face at close range, and it ran off.
Facts
- Reported as
- Fisherman has closeup encounter with a juvenile near Kankakee
- Date
- 13 May 1973
- Place
- Kankakee, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.161, -87.581
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- fishing
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1, with young
- Height
- 1.6 m (5 ft)
- Described as
- brown hair, biped
- Behaviour
- running, watching
- In the account
- alone, eyes seen, face seen, felt fear, juvenile, long arms, looked at witness, near water, no smell noted, reported years later, ruled out bear, silent movement, told no one, walked upright, 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
Nearby sightings
- Hiker has daylight sighting in Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve
- Possible footprint and handprint found in Plum Creek Play Meadow - Forest Preserve
- Family experiences strange occurences while fishing Kankakee River
- Possible early morning sighting near Glenwood Woods
- Motorists have nighttime sighting north of Matteson
- Motorists have possible nighttime sighting in Green Belt Forest Preserve
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