Memory told of a possible sighting at dawn by a hunter in his tree stand southeast of Pontiac
Account
The witness arrived before sunrise on opening day to bow-hunt from a tree stand at the edge of a bean field. While in the stand the witness heard loud bipedal footsteps moving through dense saplings and then saw a tall hair-covered figure standing about 20 yards away. The two stared at each other for several minutes before the figure walked away, after which the witness fled to a companion's vehicle and did not return.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- eight and a half feet tall
- Build src
- like a damn big linebacker with shoulder pads
- Hair colour src
- very dark
- Gait src
- bipedal
- Posture src
- standing
- Age / size src
- huge
- Other features src
- covered in hair with no neck
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
October 1977
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| Time of day |
roughly 15 minutes before sunrise
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| Place |
Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #36702
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.83, -88.50 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 36702 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
bow hunting from a deer stand
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| Witness's word for it |
something
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
Source timeline
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BFRO report #36702 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference