First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 632

Sasquatch sighting near Victoria, Illinois (1972)

July 1972 daytime Victoria, Illinois 2 witnesses

Account

The witness, then about 11, was hiking with friends and a cousin to a tall strip-mine hill south of town on a sunny July weekend. A cow on a nearby tailing began bellowing, then a cream-colored, 8- to 9-foot biped walked into view about 100 yards away. The witness screamed, the creature stopped, turned to stare and tilted its head side to side for several seconds before walking away the way it came; only one friend saw it before it left, and parents at the cabins did not believe them.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: about eight to nine feet tall
Build src: very broad shouldered, big chest
Hair colour src: white, cream color, dirty looking
Hair length src: not long shaggy, no more than four inches
Face src: weather beaten pink face, flat gorilla-like nose, less protruded
Eyes src: dark
Arms src: longer than human, to between hip and knee, swinging
Gait src: biped walking like a man
Posture src: stood straight up when stopped
Apparent sex src: likely male
Clothing src: none, just hair
Other features src: head about as wide as five gallon bucket

Facts & provenance

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Date	July 1972 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 632 · transcript:00:00:57-00:02:57 · read with 80% confidence
Time of day	daytime Derived Bigfoot Society EP 632 · transcript:00:14:47-00:16:39
Place	Victoria, Illinois Stated Bigfoot Society EP 632 · transcript:00:00:57-00:02:57
Map point	41.0336, -90.0873 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 632 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Victoria village (GEOID 1777811), matched from nearest town 'Victoria'
Account type	First-hand Derived Bigfoot Society EP 632 · transcript:00:02:57-00:04:58
Witnesses	2 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 632 · transcript:00:04:58-00:06:59 · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 632 · transcript:00:04:58-00:06:59
Witness was	hiking with friends to hilltop Derived Bigfoot Society EP 632 · transcript:00:02:57-00:04:58
Witness's word for it	this big white monster Stated Bigfoot Society EP 632 · transcript:00:06:59-00:09:00
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 632 · transcript:00:00:57-00:09:00

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Bigfoot Society EP 632 Podcast Interview

Published 2024-12-28 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:00:57 (account ends about 0:09:00) Hash d5f7f4583196

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