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Scream
The witness and a companion heard prolonged horrible screams and smelled a foul odor during a Friday evening cookout.
Structure or nest
The witness had noticed several bedded-down spots in nearby fields, with an unpleasant odor around them once or twice.
Odor
The witness had repeatedly noticed a nasty musky rotten odor when returning home from night-shift work in the spring.
Odor near Mount Vernon, Illinois
The witness noticed a brief skunk-like smell by a window on three occasions between spring and summer with no skunks found the next day.
Movement only near Carmi, Illinois
Two nights later the witness and companion heard something large crash around the property snapping branches and fled inside.
Tracks near Danville, Illinois
While mushroom hunting in April the witness smelled the strong odor again and found a single very large detailed left footprint.
Odor near Danville, Illinois
The witness and a relative returned the next morning to follow the blood trail, found the deer vanished, and noted strong odor and feeling of being watched.
Odor
In late May to early June while driving through the park the witness smelled a terrible musky wet odor.
Odor near Chatham, Illinois
A year earlier the dog became fearful facing south, hid shaking in the basement, and that evening the witness smelled a strong locker-room and road-kill odor, after which deer and coyotes were rarely seen.
Vocalization near Atwood, Illinois
While taking trash out at night, the witness heard huffing sounds from the tree line followed by something large moving away, and found similar-sized prints the next morning.
Movement only near Oregon, Illinois
Throughout childhood the witness repeatedly felt watched in the woods, glimpsed fleeting movement, and saw dogs act strangely and block entry while growling.
Scream near Oregon, Illinois
In spring 1960 the witness and family heard terrible screaming from the woods with a horrible smell, and a relative searched outside with a gun and found nothing.
Movement only near Godfrey, Illinois
While putting up Christmas lights, the witness saw a large bush shake at the woods edge with no visible cause.
Footsteps near Ottawa, Illinois
Over many years the household heard loud walking and branch breaking at night, noticed quiet beforehand and foul smell, and found footprints and damaged rabbit cages.
Growl
A few months later the reporter and a companion heard growling and heavy bipedal running approach them in a weedy backyard at night, smelled a terrible odor, and heard it outside a window.
Animal behaviour near Manteno, Illinois
The witness states he had previously felt watched, smelled the same pungent odor, and heard the same whooping noise on earlier fishing visits to the same site.
Wood knock near Makanda Or Cobden, Illinois
The night after the eyes encounter the group walked the same path hearing movement, twig snaps, snorting sounds and one woodknock.
Vocalization
While catfishing at night the witness and a companion heard strange sounds and large splashes close by on three occasions.
Odor
The witness recalled smelling the same nasty odor years earlier while riding dirt bikes in the area with companions.
Odor
The witness and a relative repeatedly smelled a foul odor while walking through swamps that morning before the road sighting.