Memory told of family encounters near Granite City
Account
The witness reports that while staying at the parents' rural property with a friend around dusk in late summer 1972, they observed a large hairy figure filling the barn doorway from about a hundred yards away. The pair ran to tell parents inside the house, and when they returned the figure was gone. The witness estimated the figure at eight feet tall, broad enough to fill the doorway, and brownish-black in color.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- eight foot
- Build src
- broad enough to fill the entire doorway
- Hair colour src
- brownish-black, not like a reddish tint
- Posture src
- standing
- Other features src
- had to turn sideways to get through the door
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1972–1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
just starting to get dusk
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| Place |
Granite City, Madison County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #32196
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
38.75, -90.15 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 32196 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
spending the night at parents' house with a friend
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| Witness's word for it |
a big, hairy
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the witness at home.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #32196 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference