Bigfoot sighting near Vandalia, Illinois
1975 · Vandalia, Illinois, United States
A 14-year-old witness in Vandalia, Illinois saw a very tall dark figure bent over snow outside a bedroom window at 5 a.m. in winter 1975, which stood and took one step toward them.
Facts
- Reported as
- Early morning sighting of creature looking at "something" in the snow in Vandalia
- Date
- 1975
- Place
- Vandalia, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 38.975, -89.108
- Located within
- 926 m
- Time
- about 05:00, artificial
- Witness was
- at home
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 1.8 m (6 ft)
- Described as
- massive, biped
- Behaviour
- approaching, standing, watching
- In the account
- approached, childhood memory, eyes seen, looked at witness, near home, seen through window, snow on ground, very tall, witness fled, witness froze
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 3 independent (6 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- John GreenRead the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Possible footprints found five miles east of Vandalia
- Hunter has daylight sighting near Sandoval
- Possible nighttime sighting and vocalizations in a backyard near Old Ripley
- Two squirrel hunters have sighting near Shoal Creek
- Deer hunters have close sighting along Dry Fork Creek
- Hiker has nighttime sighting near Carlyle
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