Press report Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/YScIFc6KhOX9bnVSe-Zq_N8HMM1bxaBDF02R-yZwEzE

Sasquatch sighting near Mount Sterling, Illinois

recently late afternoon into night 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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What was reported

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Described appearance

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Height src
great, towering creature
Build src
huge creature
Hair length src
long, wiry hair
Face src
savage-looking face
Hands src
bony hands, thin, flesh stretched like leather

Facts & provenance

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Date
recently
Time of day
late afternoon into night
Place
Mount Sterling, Illinois
Map point
39.9854, -90.7641 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Mount Sterling city (GEOID 1751154), matched from nearest town 'Mount Sterling'
Account type
Press report
Figures reported
1
Witness was
hunter entering cave to capture wild man
Witness's word for it
wild man
Creature category
SASQUATCH

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2019-06-09 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Listen from 0:36:40 (account ends about 0:40:24) Hash 45c8e7295d5b
    Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)

The report refers to

  • “The Signal, Santa Clarita, California, January 27th, 1922”
    Not in the Anomadex yet