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Bigfoot sighting near Metropolis, Illinois
1985 · Metropolis, Illinois, United States
In summer 1985 a youth at home near Metropolis, Illinois, watched an animal dig through trash, eat from a burn barrel and throw bags about 11 p.m.
Facts
- Reported as
- Youth watches animal digging in burn barrel behind home near Metropolis.
- Date
- 1985
- Place
- Metropolis, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 37.205, -88.638
- Located within
- 13 km
- Time
- about 23:00, night
- Witness was
- at home
- Witnesses
- 1
- Behaviour
- eating, throwing
- In the account
- alone, childhood memory, food source nearby, near home, reported years later, seen through window, told no one, took food, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (4 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Nighttime observation involving a pond on a farm near Metropolis
- Possible encounter and vocalizations heard by bowhunter near Metropolis
- Possible footprints found near Metropolis
- Bigfoot sighting in Kentucky, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Kentucky, United States
- One sighting in October near a cabin, then another incident six months later less than a mile away from the first incident
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