Man recalls possibly seeing a bigfoot playing peek-a-boo in headlights while parked west of Midlothian
Account
The witness was parked in a car with two companions at a forest reserve pull-off on a summer evening when a large furry hand appeared gripping a tree. Moments later a large furry head peeked around the tree and quickly withdrew without approaching. The group left the area immediately and rarely spoke of the incident afterward.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- eight foot range
- Hair colour src
- blackish-brown
- Face src
- wasn't a gorilla face
- Hands src
- big furry hand
- Other features src
- all furry
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
23 July 1974
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| Time of day |
Warm, clear summer evening
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| Place |
Midlothian, Cook County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #45041
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.63, -87.80 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 45041 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
parked by the woods with friends
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| Witness's word for it |
a big furry head
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| Source classification |
Class B
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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)
An investigator met the witness near the site but could not reach the exact location because the road was abandoned and overgrown.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #45041 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference