Class B First-hand BFRO #10879

Mushroom hunters find series of large footprints near Ste. Marie

BFRO YEAR: 2000(?) around 10 in the morning Ste. Marie, Jasper County, Illinois 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a companion were mushroom hunting when they found about ten barefoot-like prints crossing a muddy stretch of a mostly dry creek. The prints appeared to enter from water on one side and exit into water on the other, heading east toward a nearby river. The witness felt no barefoot person should have been in that remote bottoms area and no photos were taken before rain.

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Facts & provenance

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Time of day
around 10 in the morning
Stated BFRO report #10879 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Ste. Marie, Jasper County, Illinois
Stated BFRO report #10879 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
38.95, -87.98 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 10879 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #10879 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Stated BFRO report #10879 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
mushroom hunting
Stated BFRO report #10879 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #10879 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Stan Courtney (BFRO)
Tracks

About ten barefoot-like prints with recognizable toe and heel crossing a muddy creek section heading east toward river

Measurements: about the size of size twelve shoe; about thirteen inches long and five inches wide; stride described as longer/quite large

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tracks

Follow-up phone call recorded print size as thirteen inches long and five inches wide with quite large stride

Measurements: thirteen inches long and five inches wide; stride quite large, not measured

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

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and documented the reported print dimensions.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2005-03-08 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 1fac1c90c84b
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The report refers to

  • “several incidents of sightings around the Ste. Marie area”
    Not in the Anomadex yet