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Class B First-hand BFRO #12836

Family hears vocalizations and finds footprints in their backyard east of Pekin

6 October 2005 12:30 a.m. Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois 3 witnesses

Account

The witness's brother was sleeping in a tent in the yard and woke around 12:30 a.m. feeling uneasy after hearing something outside. He looked around the tent, saw nothing, and went inside the house to sleep on the couch. The next morning very large footprints were found right outside the tent in wet sand and were photographed.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Unidentified sound

Physical traces

Tracks

Facts & provenance

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Date
6 October 2005
Stated BFRO report #12836 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
12:30 a.m.
Stated BFRO report #12836 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois
Stated BFRO report #12836 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point
40.61, -89.58 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 12836 (2 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #12836 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
3
Stated BFRO report #12836 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
sleeping in a tent in the yard
Stated BFRO report #12836 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section · read with 85% confidence
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #12836 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Stan Courtney (BFRO)
Tracks

One complete very large footprint in wet sand outside tent, plus additional incomplete prints

Measurements: 14 inches long, 6 inches wide at the ball and 4 inches at the heel

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Photograph

Witness photographs of both sets of prints showing five toes but lacking enough detail to include

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Tracks

Second set in muddy ash area east of tent, less detail but preserved enough for investigator to observe

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Tracks

An investigator visited the site on October 22, spoke with the three witnesses, observed the preserved second prints and photographed the woods.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

An investigator visited the site on October 22, spoke with the three witnesses, observed the preserved second prints and photographed the woods.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #12836 Primary
    Published 2005-10-18 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 1 image at source Hash 946283ddc7c4
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “several incidents in the 1970's”
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