Bigfoot sighting near Sandoval, Illinois
Oct 1989 · Sandoval, Illinois, United States
A hunter saw a very large dark brown creature standing near a field in Sandoval, Illinois, in late afternoon in October 1989, and it grunted before retreating into woods.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Hunter has daylight sighting near Sandoval
- Date
- Oct 1989
- Place
- Sandoval, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 38.687, -89.097
- Time
- about 16:00, daylight
- Witness was
- hunting
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.0 m (6 ft)
- Described as
- dark brown hair, biped
- Behaviour
- crouching, standing, vocalizing, watching
- In the account
- alone, bare face, crouched, face seen, felt fear, field or clearing, growl, looked at witness, thought bear first, vanished, 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
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- On-going activity experienced by a family east of St. Louis
- Hiker has nighttime sighting near Carlyle
- Beige upright creature seen at a distance of 1000 yards near Kell
- Early morning sighting of creature looking at "something" in the snow in Vandalia
- Possible footprints found five miles east of Vandalia
- Homeowner describes possible activity near Richview
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