Sasquatch Map
Bigfoot sighting near Ottawa, Illinois
1986 · Ottawa, Illinois, United States
Witness reports repeated encounters on a farm in Deer Park Township, Illinois, 1980-1999, including a close nighttime view of a hairy creature that walked away.
Facts
- Reported as
- Memory told of encounters on a farm near Ottawa
- Date
- 1986
- Place
- Ottawa, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.304, -88.954
- Located within
- 1.5 km
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- at home
- Creatures
- 1
- Behaviour
- crossing road, standing, walking, watching
- Sounds
- footsteps, tree break
- In the account
- alone, branches breaking, childhood memory, eyes seen, family lore, farm or orchard, felt fear, footprints found, heavy breathing, indigenous lore, killed animal, looked at witness, near home, red eyes, repeat location, reported years later, smell, smell musky, smell rotten, walked away calmly, witness froze, woods silent
- 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
- Hiker has a daylight sighting in Buffalo Rock State Park
- Possible activity experienced by a family near Utica
- Fisherman recalls his possible nighttime sighting near Vermilionville
- Late night encounter by a motorcyclist outside of Marseilles
- Woman recalls daylight sighting north of Marseilles
- Second nighttime sighting by motorcyclist north of Marseilles
Facts and links only. Each report belongs to its witness and the site that published it; read it there.