Woman recalls daylight sighting north of Marseilles
Account
About 20 years ago on a sunny afternoon, the witness walked toward the creek at the back of her property after noticing her horses were excited. She then observed a six-foot-tall dark brown bipedal animal walking up the bank and into the woods. Her dogs stayed close to her side at the time.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- six feet tall
- Build src
- full bodied with wide shoulders
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Face src
- unable to see the animal's face
- Legs src
- large legs
- Gait src
- walking
- Posture src
- upright bipedal
- Other features src
- hair on chest was sparse
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1987
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
Afternoon
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| Place |
Marseilles, Ill, La Salle County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #33859
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.43, -88.71 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 33859 (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 |
walking toward creek to check horses
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| Witness's word for it |
an upright bipedal animal
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and summarized the account.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #33859 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “some around Marseilles has seen what I was”Not in the Anomadex yet