Daylight sighting by a motorist near Brookfield Zoo
Account
The witness was driving in the morning when they saw a very tall, hairy figure running through woods beside the road. They stopped, pulled over, and went back to the spot on foot. There they found broken branches and a strong musky odor but no tracks or fur.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- between 8 and 9 foot
- Build src
- very big and very muscular, as wide as a gorilla
- Hair colour src
- orange tint, orange-ish copper-tone
- Face src
- unable to see the face
- Arms src
- had arms
- Gait src
- running
- Other features src
- hairy
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
16 November 2010
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| Time of day |
about 8:15 in the morning
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| Place |
Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #28728
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.84, -87.83 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 28728 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving on 1st Avenue
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| Witness's word for it |
something very, very tall, like between 8 and 9 foot and hairy
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
broken tree branches where entity ran
An investigator spoke with the witness by telephone and reviewed a satellite map to clarify the location.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #28728 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference