Memory told of daylight sighting while mushroom hunting along Happy Hollow Road near Gorham
Account
While mushroom hunting with a child near a creek, the witness noticed movement behind a tree across the creek and then saw part of a dark hair-covered entity, including knee, shoulder and face. The entity moved behind the tree out of view, and the witness left immediately with the child. She later returned with a firearm and found footprints where the entity had stood.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Height src
- six feet tall
- Build src
- over 350 lbs
- Hair colour src
- black
- Face src
- hairy from top to bottom
- Eyes src
- blinked, white around eye
- Arms src
- shoulder seen
- Legs src
- knee seen
- Other features src
- no flesh tone visible
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
April 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
2 p.m.
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| Place |
Gorham, Jackson County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #41916
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
37.68, -89.49 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 41916 (5 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 |
mushroom hunting
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| Witness's word for it |
the actual creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
footprints where the entity had stood on the side of the creek
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and summarized the reported details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #41916 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference