Press report Bigfoot Society EP 660

Sasquatch sighting near Murphysboro, Illinois (1973)

June 1973 Murphysboro, Illinois

Account

The investigator recalled a 1973 episode in southern Illinois in which several people reported a large creature over about a week. He said he read about it in a former conservation publication and it prompted him to spend time in the area.

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Date	June 1973 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 660 · transcript:00:45:49-00:47:30 · read with 70% confidence
Place	Murphysboro, Illinois Stated Bigfoot Society EP 660 · transcript:00:45:05-00:45:49 · read with 60% confidence
Map point	37.7672, -89.3324 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 660 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Murphysboro city (GEOID 1751453), matched from nearest town 'Murphysboro'
Account type	Press report Derived Bigfoot Society EP 660 · transcript:00:45:05-00:45:49 · read with 70% confidence
Witness's word for it	the big mighty monster down there Stated Bigfoot Society EP 660 · transcript:00:45:05-00:45:49 · read with 70% confidence
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 660 · transcript:00:45:05-00:47:30 · read with 50% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 660 Podcast Interview

Published 2025-01-25 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:45:05 (account ends about 0:47:30) Hash 52c85bb4c20b

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