Hiker has nighttime sighting near Carlyle
Account
Late at night the witness walked up a slight incline from a riverbank through timber and heard a loud scream from the east. The witness then watched an animal drop from a tree about six to eight feet up, land on its hind legs, take a few upright steps, then move to all fours and run quickly into the treeline. The witness fled toward the highway. The animal was described as large, muscular and fur-covered, tan or light brown in the moonlight.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 6 1/2 to 7 feet tall
- Build src
- slim but muscular, broad shoulders and muscular, approximately 300 lbs
- Hair colour src
- tan or light brown
- Face src
- facial features not made out, never looked towards witness
- Arms src
- long arms
- Legs src
- hind legs
- Gait src
- took 3 or 4 steps on hind legs then went to all fours and ran
- Posture src
- on hind legs then on all fours
- Other features src
- fur covered, appeared to have no neck, large and powerful and agile
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
27 October 2007
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 11 pm
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| Place |
Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois
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| Map point |
38.57, -89.34 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 24997 (3 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 |
strolling through timber at night
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| Witness's word for it |
whatever it was
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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 to collect additional details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #24997 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “2nd report from Illinois of an animal being up a tree”Not in the Anomadex yet