Memories told of encounters experienced by a family living near Villa Grove
Account
On a clear November mid-afternoon in 1964, several children and later their mother watched a distant upright black figure standing in a harvested corn field. The children shouted at it, it appeared to turn toward them then away, and a dog chased after it out of view. The mother, frightened, brought the children inside. Decades later the witness still interprets the figure as a bigfoot.
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.
- Hair colour src
- black
- Arms src
- long arms
- Gait src
- would walk several yards then squat, look around, then get up and walk
- Posture src
- upright, standing on two feet
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
7 November 1964
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| Time of day |
mid-afternoon
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| Place |
Villa Grove, Douglas County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #30367
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
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| Map point |
39.82, -88.17 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 30367 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
5
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
getting fuel oil and playing in the yard
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| Witness's word for it |
upright black figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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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)
one good two-toed footprint indented in the ground at the hog house
Measurements: 16 to 18 inches long
clump of hair with musty smell found on metal piece in hog-house window and kept in an envelope
same kept hair submitted for analysis with reported result of canine
An investigator interviewed two siblings by phone and had the kept hair analyzed, with results reported as canine.
An uncle reportedly sent some of the hair to a university for testing with no results ever heard.
An investigator interviewed two siblings by phone and had the kept hair analyzed, with results reported as canine.
An uncle reportedly sent some of the hair to a university for testing with no results ever heard.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #30367 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference