Fisherman recalls his possible nighttime sighting near Vermilionville
Account
A fisherman was driving out on a dirt road by a river after dark with headlights on while his dog ran ahead. The headlights revealed an upright animal standing in the road ahead, which then dropped to all fours and ran out of sight. The dog ran back to the truck and jumped in through an opened door, and the witness drove away without getting out.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- seven feet tall
- Build src
- 300 lbs
- Hair colour src
- black
- Face src
- unable to see the face
- Gait src
- dropped to all fours and quickly ran off
- Posture src
- standing upright
- Age / size src
- huge
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
July 1985
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
10 p.m.
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| Place |
Vermilionville, La Salle County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #34980
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.26, -89.03 (± 2 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 34980 with published 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 |
leaving after fishing and driving out on dirt road
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| Witness's word for it |
the animal
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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)
An investigator spoke with the fisherman by phone to collect details of the sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #34980 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference