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Unidentified sound near Rockford, Illinois
The witness reports having heard many odd things at night while working in the garage before and after the sighting.
Wood knock near Mount Vernon, Illinois
Relatives outside north of the house heard tree knocking from the treeline, noticed a quick-dissipating skunk-like smell and agitated geese, and saw red eye-shine across the pond.
Whoop near Mount Vernon, Illinois
The family on the back porch heard whooping animals from five locations as close as 150 feet south of the house.
Wood knock near Mount Vernon, Illinois
Almost every night in October around 1 to 2 am the family was awakened by loud knocking sounds west of the house.
Vocalization near Mount Vernon, Illinois
The witness knocked and made guttural sounds and heard similar responses and chattering for a minute, then with a relative heard a loud branch break and later distant knocks.
Wood knock near Mount Vernon, Illinois
The witness woke around 4 am and heard four knocks from across the pond while a dog barked and growled for several minutes.
Whoop near Keensburg, Illinois
On later return visits to the area the witness heard whoops and wood knocks without another close visual encounter.
Footsteps near Radom, Illinois
The witness reports once being followed along the field edge at night by something in the woods that moved and stopped with him.
Unidentified sound near Chatham, Illinois
The witness said the same couch-window creaking noise with the dog watching the window had happened seven or eight times that summer.
Tracks near Chatham, Illinois
On an October night the witness and dog heard creaking at the living-room window, and next morning the witness found a large footprint in fresh landscaping and photographed it with a tape measure.
Footsteps near Chatham, Illinois
Late at night the witness heard heavy steps in twigs, called out and heard a whoo-oo reply, then distant coyotes and nearby high-pitched child-like chatter, while the dog froze.
Vocalization near Rochester, Illinois
The witness and a companion sat in a parked vehicle on a hilltop at night and heard a low wet rolling sound growing closer before driving away.
Vocalization near Harrisburg, Illinois
The primary witness and family heard vocalizations in the same area five years earlier.
Vocalization near Harrisburg, Illinois
The reporting relative had previously reported a vocalization experience in the same area.
Unidentified sound near Harrisburg, Illinois
The witness states that on prior visits to the same forest with his wife they heard strange animal noises and found and photographed a footprint.
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.
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.
Footsteps near Eddyville, Illinois
A few nights later at the same campsite the witness woke around 3 a.m., heard footsteps about 20 yards away, then packed up and left.
Vocalization near Colchester, Illinois
After the main sighting the witness heard gibbon-like primate vocals while fishing late at night coming from the same draw.
Howl near Granite City, Illinois
The witness and a friend spending the night in the barn hay loft heard a loud howl at dusk and later heard heavy breathing and bipedal footsteps moving in the barn below without seeing the source.