Class A First-hand BFRO #28423

Man recalls his face to face daylight encounter in Siloam Springs State Park

29 October 1972 Sunday morning Chestline, Adams County, Illinois 1 witness

Account

The witness was breaking camp for the weekend and walked down a path to smoke, sitting on a rock. After hearing a sound behind, the witness turned to see a large, bulky brown-gray hair-covered figure about twenty feet away downslope at eye level. They locked eyes for a few seconds while the witness noted facial details, then the figure swung around a tree and hurried down a gully making noise as the witness ran up the path.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Footsteps Unidentified sound

Described appearance

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Height src: about seven feet tall, maybe taller
Build src: really bulky, really wide, shoulders about four feet, at least 400 lbs
Hair colour src: different shades of brown, dark brown and gray
Face src: tan, human-like but ugly, heavy brow, no hair on face except chin, large flat nose, thin lips, very wide mouth with big yellow teeth
Eyes src: brown, little white visible, darting back and forth
Hands src: left hand holding onto a tree
Legs src: slight break (bend) in knee
Posture src: not standing straight, slight bend in knee, holding tree
Other features src: head came to a point

Facts & provenance

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Date	29 October 1972 Stated BFRO report #28423 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	Sunday morning Stated BFRO report #28423 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Chestline, Adams County, Illinois Stated BFRO report #28423 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	39.8448, -90.9599 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #28423 · gnis:422546 · read with 45% confidence USGS GNIS populated place 'Chestline', Adams, matched from nearest town 'Chestline'
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #28423 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #28423 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #28423 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	tearing down camp and taking a short walk to smoke Stated BFRO report #28423 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a very large man in a fur get-up Stated BFRO report #28423 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #28423 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Stan Courtney (BFRO)

Follow-up

An investigator met the witness out west and recorded an interview about the 1972 sighting.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Follow-up

The interviewer had also camped in a motor home in the same campground.

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #28423 Primary

Published 2010-10-25 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash b8067e35d844

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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