Youth has sighting along abandoned railroad line on edge of West Frankfort
Account
On a summer evening in the late 1970s, the witness rode a bicycle onto an abandoned railroad-bed trail near woods. Behind dumped washers and dryers the witness saw a hair-covered figure that stood upright, grunted, and shook a sapling. The witness fled east, looked back to see the figure on the trail, then watched it walk back into the treeline.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- 7 to 7 1/2 feet
- Build src
- broad built
- Hair colour src
- dark dingy brown
- Face src
- shadowed, nose and lips discernible without great detail
- Eyes src
- shine in its eyes
- Arms src
- long
- Gait src
- walked
- Posture src
- erect
- Other features src
- covered in hair; small head
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
17 August 1979
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
just prior to dusk
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| Place |
West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #11273
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
37.91, -88.93 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 11273 (2 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 |
riding a bicycle on a trail
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| Witness's word for it |
the thing
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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)
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and recorded height, hair color and facial visibility details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #11273 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “other acounts, both prior to mine, and after”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “Big Muddy Monster at Murphysboro, IL”Not in the Anomadex yet