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Bigfoot sighting near West Frankfort, Illinois
17 Aug 1979 · West Frankfort, Illinois, United States
A youth about 12 saw a hair-covered upright figure about 20 feet away on an abandoned railroad trail at West Frankfort, Illinois, just before dusk in August 1979.
Facts
- Reported as
- Youth has sighting along abandoned railroad line on edge of West Frankfort
- Date
- 17 Aug 1979
- Place
- West Frankfort, Illinois, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 37.910, -88.929
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- cycling
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Height
- 2.2 m (7 ft)
- Described as
- heavy, biped
- Behaviour
- standing, vocalizing, walking, watching
- In the account
- broad shoulders, childhood memory, corridor, eyes seen, eyeshine, face seen, food source nearby, growl, long arms, looked at witness, no smell noted, on trail, returned to spot, thought person first, very tall, walked upright, 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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- Possible vocalization heard in Marion, Illinois
- Family has daylight sighting while fishing on Rend Lake
- Bus driver has afternoon sighting on U.S. 51 north of De Soto
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