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Bigfoot sighting near Rock Falls, Illinois
Jul 1981 · Rock Falls, Illinois, United States
A child witness saw a large humanoid run through a cornfield near Rock Falls, Illinois, on a late-summer morning around 1980-1981.
Facts
- Reported as
- Youth has daylight sighting in corn field near Rock Falls
- Date
- Jul 1981
- Place
- Rock Falls, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.780, -89.689
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- at home
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Duration
- 20 s
- Height
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Described as
- heavy, reddish hair, biped
- Behaviour
- running, watching
- Sounds
- footsteps
- Animals
- dogs reacted
- In the account
- alone, childhood memory, dog cowered, farm or orchard, felt fear, field or clearing, leaped, livestock or pets nearby, looked at witness, near home, reported years later, vanished, very tall
- 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
- Fisherman see creature walk out into open area on two legs
- Memory told of a daytime sighting on a farm south of Rock Falls
- Bigfoot sighting near Dixon, Illinois
- Law enforcement officers find and follow fresh snow tracks 33 miles NE of Moline
- Large unknown bipedal animal seen possibly chasing deer near Dixon
- Hikers find large footprint along Franklin Creek
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