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Bigfoot sighting in Marion, Illinois
28 Jul 2006 · Marion, Illinois, United States
A teenage boy saw a large dark figure in tall grass across a cove at Lake of Egypt near Marion, Illinois, at night, and heard a whistle returned.
Facts
- Reported as
- Woman describes her son's possible sighting near Lake of Egypt in Shawnee National Forest
- Date
- 28 Jul 2006
- Place
- Marion, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 37.611, -88.932
- Located within
- 3.4 km
- Time
- about 22:00, night
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Behaviour
- standing, vocalizing
- Sounds
- whistle
- In the account
- alone, answered call, childhood memory, felt fear, flashlight, headlights, near water, only silhouette, whistle, witness fled
- Account
- secondhand
- 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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- Memory told of a daylight sighting along railroad tracks east of Plumfield
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