Sasquatch sighting in Illinois
Account
A cousin and two friends around 14-15 were on bikes in the woods in Farmdale valley. One boy turned white, dropped his bike and ran home after seeing a very huge dark brown almost black Bigfoot walking along the tree line. He still maintains the sighting in his forties.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- very huge
- Hair colour src
- dark brown, almost black
- Gait src
- walking
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
when they were fourteen fifteen years old
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|---|---|
| Place |
Illinois
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| Map point |
40.6659, -89.5112 (± 15 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Farmdale'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Farmdale', Tazewell)
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| Account type |
Second-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
riding bikes and playing in woods
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| Witness's word for it |
a bigfoot
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
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Bigfoot Society EP 987 Podcast Interview