First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 1126

Sasquatch sighting near Alton, Illinois (1969)

1969 broad daylight Alton, Illinois 1 witness

Account

As a young child visiting a grandparent's home in Alton, the guest ran down the back steps in daylight and saw a gorilla-like figure step out of evergreens. She immediately ran back inside, locked the door, and hid. Years later she linked the memory to newspaper reports of a local mud monster from the same year.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Other features src: looked like a gorilla

Facts & provenance

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Date	1969 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · transcript:01:08:12-01:08:54 · read with 80% confidence
Time of day	broad daylight Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · transcript:01:06:07-01:06:37
Place	Alton, Illinois Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · transcript:01:04:58-01:06:07
Map point	38.9039, -90.1512 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Alton city (GEOID 1701114), matched from nearest town 'Alton'
Account type	First-hand Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · transcript:01:04:58-01:06:07
Witnesses	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · transcript:01:06:07-01:06:37 · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · transcript:01:06:07-01:06:37 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	running down back steps at grandmother's house Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · transcript:01:06:07-01:06:37
Witness's word for it	gorilla Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · transcript:01:04:58-01:06:07
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1126 · transcript:01:04:58-01:07:29 · read with 75% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 1126 Podcast Interview

Published 2026-06-05 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 1:04:58 (account ends about 1:07:29) Hash 582f5e4d08e6

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The report refers to

“Autumn Telegraph Mississippi mud Monster report”
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