First-hand
Bigfoot Society EP 621
Sasquatch sighting near Farmington, Illinois (2008)
October 2008
night, dark, around 7 pm
Farmington, Illinois
1 witness
Account
While on mid-tour leave, the witness was driving at night on gravel back roads through dry cornfields west of Farmington. He noticed a very tall, shiny jet-black humanoid walking parallel to the road in the corn. He kept driving without stopping and later learned others in the area reported similar figures.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- 8 to 9 feet
- Build src
- tall, frail and thin
- Arms src
- long arms, elbow down and lower arm visible
- Hands src
- long wide fingers tapering to point, maybe three plus thumb
- Legs src
- legs visible, no unusual joint noted
- Gait src
- walking at slow steady pace
- Other features src
- shiny jet-black skin with elephant-like texture, larger dome-like head, no ears seen
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
October 2008
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night, dark, around 7 pm
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| Place |
Farmington, Illinois
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| Map point |
40.6970, -90.0023 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Farmington city (GEOID 1725531), matched from nearest town 'Farmington'
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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 alone at night on leisure drive
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| Witness's word for it |
figure
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 621 Podcast Interview