Class A First-hand BFRO #28110

Night fisherman has sighting at Clinton Lake boat docks

27 June 2009 late at night Farmer City, De Witt County, Illinois 1 witness

Account

The witness was fishing alone late at night at a lake boat launch and felt watched amid unusual silence. After leaving and returning with vehicle lights, the witness saw a tall hair-covered figure with yellow eyes standing in trees about 20 yards away. The figure ran rapidly through the trees without pumping its arms, and the witness left quickly.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Eyeshine

Described appearance

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Height src: between six and seven feet tall
Build src: thin, not overly muscular, about 200 lbs
Hair colour src: dark brown or black
Hair length src: four inches in length
Face src: partially hair-covered, humanlike with strong jaw line, flat thick nose
Eyes src: big yellow eyes that reflected yellow
Arms src: did not pump when running, just swayed a bit
Gait src: ran very fast through trees, outpacing fastest runners
Posture src: standing
Other features src: pear-shaped head set low on shoulders

Facts & provenance

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Date	27 June 2009 Stated BFRO report #28110 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	late at night Stated BFRO report #28110 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Farmer City, De Witt County, Illinois Stated BFRO report #28110 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	40.20, -88.72 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 28110 (3 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #28110 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #28110 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #28110 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	cat fishing alone at night Stated BFRO report #28110 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	something Stated BFRO report #28110 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #28110 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Stan Courtney (BFRO)

Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #28110 Primary

Published 2010-08-12 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash f52bf04d1a0f

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“BFRO Media Article # 588 Farmer City 'Monster" Sparks Search, Debate”
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