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Bigfoot sighting near Marion, Illinois
Dec 1977 · Marion, Illinois, United States
Around 2 am in December 1977, a ten-year-old heard a loud scream outside a bedroom window in Marion, Illinois, during heavy snow; family suggested a cat.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Possible vocalization heard in Marion, Illinois
- Date
- Dec 1977
- Place
- Marion, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- vocal
- Point
- 37.727, -88.949
- Located within
- 273 m
- Time
- about 02:00, night
- Witness was
- in bed
- Witnesses
- 1
- Sounds
- scream
- In the account
- childhood memory, felt fear, near home, nothing found after, reported years later, scream, searched after, snow on ground, witness froze, woken by it
- 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
- Possible nighttime sighting while driving in Orient
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