Bigfoot sighting near Metropolis, Illinois
3 May 2011 · Metropolis, Illinois, United States
A witness and family found a possible large footprint and a stick structure on wooded property near Metropolis, Illinois, around 6:15 pm on May 3, 2011.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Possible footprints found near Metropolis
- Date
- 3 May 2011
- Place
- Metropolis, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- vocal
- Point
- 37.228, -88.758
- Located within
- 1.3 km
- Time
- about 18:00, daylight
- Witness was
- walking
- Witnesses
- 3
- Traces
- structure
- Recorded
- photo
- In the account
- camera present, field or clearing, footprints found, near home, on or by road, photo taken, prints cast or photographed, ridge or mountain, searched after, structure found
- Tracks
- 36 cm (14.0 in) long
- 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
- Possible encounter and vocalizations heard by bowhunter near Metropolis
- Nighttime observation involving a pond on a farm near Metropolis
- Youth watches animal digging in burn barrel behind home near Metropolis.
- One sighting in October near a cabin, then another incident six months later less than a mile away from the first incident
- Bigfoot sighting in Kentucky, United States
- Motorist has a nighttime sighting near Karnak
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