Sasquatch sighting near Mount Sterling, Illinois
Account
A press account told of a wild man living in a cave or deserted mine who raided farms for calves and sheep despite a cash reward. A hunter entered the cave alone with a knife and fought hand-to-hand for an hour, reporting a towering, long-haired, savage-faced creature with thin bony hands. The hunter escaped crawled out at midnight exhausted after being knocked unconscious.
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- great, towering creature
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- huge creature
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- long, wiry hair
- Face src
- savage-looking face
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- bony hands, thin, flesh stretched like leather
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The report refers to
- “The Signal, Santa Clarita, California, January 27th, 1922”Not in the Anomadex yet