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Bigfoot sighting near Mt. Vernon, Illinois

Oct 1941 · Mt. Vernon, Illinois, United States

A squirrel-hunting minister near Mt. Vernon, Illinois, in October 1941 was reportedly rushed by a half-man creature that screamed and left tracks like a raccoon's, four times larger.

Facts

Date
Oct 1941
Place
Mt. Vernon, Illinois, United States
Evidence
visual, vocal
Point
38.308, -88.925
Located within
926 m
Witness was
hunting
Witnesses
1
Creatures
1
Behaviour
approaching
Sounds
scream
In the account
bluff charge, firearm present, fired weapon, footprints found, hunting season, leaped, near water, scream, searched after, swamp or marsh
Account
secondhand
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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