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Bigfoot sighting near Murphysboro, Illinois
Apr 1978 · Murphysboro, Illinois, United States
At dusk in spring 1978, two men fishing from a boat on Lake Kinkaid near Murphysboro, Illinois, heard grunting from brushy cliffs and were hit by two thrown rocks.
Facts
- Reported as
- Memory told of possible vocalizations and rocks thrown at Lake Kinkaid
- Date
- Apr 1978
- Place
- Murphysboro, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- vocal
- Point
- 37.781, -89.457
- Light
- twilight
- Witness was
- boating
- Witnesses
- 2
- Distance
- 60 m (197 ft)
- Behaviour
- throwing, vocalizing
- In the account
- cave or rocks, growl, in vehicle, near water, repeat location, reported years later, threw rocks, witness fled
- 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
- Motorist has daytime sighting near railroad tracks west of Murphysboro
- Motorist reports his second sighting near railroad tracks west of Murphysboro
- Man tells of being followed by Bigfoot in the woods at night.
- Bigfoot sighting in Illinois, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Illinois, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Illinois, United States
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