Youth has daylight sighting in swampy area near Canton Lake
Account
The witness went to the bottom of a hill near a relative's home at Canton Lake to smoke. After hearing a crushing and rustling noise, the witness saw a tall black bipedal being about twenty yards away that looked at the witness and raised its arms. The witness then ran back up the hill to the relative's home.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- six to seven feet tall
- Build src
- over three hundred pounds
- Hair colour src
- black
- Face src
- pale with fleshy area around eyes and nose, somewhat humanlike
- Eyes src
- fleshy area around the eyes
- Arms src
- long arms not in same proportion as human's
- Gait src
- always on two feet
- Posture src
- standing
- Other features src
- short neck
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
April 1980
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
afternoon, 2-3 p.m.
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| Place |
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #10892
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.53, -90.06 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 10892 (4 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 |
going down the hill to smoke
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| Witness's word for it |
a being
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and recorded additional descriptive details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #10892 Primary
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