Investigator summary Related account BFRO #24766

Sasquatch sighting near Mount Vernon, Illinois

2/17/09 (6:40pm) Mount Vernon, Washington County, Illinois 2 witnesses

Same witness, another occasion. This event is described inside another report — On-going activity experienced by a family east of St. Louis. It is catalogued separately because it is a different occasion, not a duplicate.

Account

A witness saw red eyes and a large bipedal form behind a tree about 40 feet away before it fled while a relative watched a large figure crouch on the pond dam about 125 feet away.

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Sightings

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Facts & provenance

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Date	2/17/09 (6:40pm) Stated BFRO report #24766 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Place	Mount Vernon, Washington County, Illinois Derived BFRO report #24766 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Map point	38.3142, -88.9175 (± 15 km) Derived BFRO report #24766 · derived:same-place-as-main · read with 50% confidence The report places this event at its main event's location (GEOCODED_LOCALITY)
Witnesses	2 Stated BFRO report #24766 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #24766 Primary

Published 2008-09-19 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 60ae2bfd1391

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