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
- John GreenRead the report
Nearby sightings
- Motorists' sighting of a possible sasquatch along Interstate 64 outside Mt. Vernon
- Possible nighttime sighting by a homeowner near Bonnie
- Beige upright creature seen at a distance of 1000 yards near Kell
- Homeowner describes possible activity near Richview
- Family has daylight sighting while fishing on Rend Lake
- Possible sighting while hunting near Radom
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