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Bigfoot sighting near River Grove, Illinois
15 Aug 1967 · River Grove, Illinois, United States
A lone cyclist on the Des Plaines River in River Grove, Illinois, saw a hairy creature in the morning in 1967; it threw rocks at him and he fled.
Facts
- Reported as
- Memory told of a daytime sighting in Schiller Woods
- Date
- 15 Aug 1967
- Place
- River Grove, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.959, -87.857
- Time
- about 08:00, daylight
- Witness was
- cycling
- Witnesses
- 1
- Described as
- dark brown hair
- Behaviour
- aggressive display, throwing, vocalizing
- Sounds
- howl, scream
- Traces
- structure
- Recorded
- photo
- In the account
- alone, eyes seen, face seen, felt fear, howl, likened to ape, multiple, near water, photo taken, reported years later, returned to spot, ridge or mountain, scream, silent movement, structure found, swam or waded, threw rocks, witness fled, witness yelled
- 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
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