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the following spring Place not stated Related account #25704

Tracks

The following spring the witness documented a set of eight large footprints measuring fourteen inches long a couple miles from the campsite.

Tracks
the next day Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois Related account #27692

Tracks near Princeville, Illinois

The witness returned the next day with a relative and found about six large footprints scattered within fifty yards along the creek in the same area.

Tracks
this spring Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois Related account #28429

Tracks near Princeville, Illinois

A companion later found footprints in the same hunting area in the spring.

Tracks
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #37758

Tree break

The witness sometimes finds broken and bent trees in the woods.

Tree break
late June 2007 Shipman, Macoupin County, Illinois Related account #37758

Tracks near Shipman, Illinois

The witness found a series of large barefoot flat prints crossing corn stubble toward the woods.

Tracks
the next two nights Place not stated Related account #25273

Wood knock

Over the next two nights the witness continued packing while armed, feeling watched while large branches broke and tree knocking occurred.

Wood knockTree breakAnimal behaviour
all year round Granite City, Madison County, Illinois Related account #32196

Sasquatch sighting near Granite City, Illinois

The witness claims repeated sightings over several years around the house, barn and surrounding woods, including figures at the window and in the barn, plus snow prints and scat finds.

Full-body sightingTracksScat
Winter 1972 Granite City, Madison County, Illinois Related account #32196

Sasquatch sighting near Granite City, Illinois

A relative reported seeing a figure standing at the house picture window looking in on a winter morning, with large footprints later noted in snow outside the window.

Full-body sightingTracks
Earlier that summer, before harvest Place not stated Related account #3471

Structure or nest

Earlier that summer the reporter and siblings found corn stalks trampled and squashed near the field edge as if something large had slept there.

Structure or nest
1980 to 1999 Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois Related account #36667

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.

FootstepsTracksOdorProperty disturbanceTree break
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #2806

Growl

Two raccoon hunters whose dogs trailed something to an old barn heard low growling and a high shriek, fled, and later found footprints leading toward the road.

GrowlScreamTracks
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #40120

Animal behaviour

The witness relayed other stories of something stalking through woods, shaking branches, and waking a friend at camp who fired a gun.

Animal behaviourTree break
summer of 2012 Place not stated Related account #40120

Tree break

The witness and a companion found snapped branches and a large log shelter with a path to a watering hole in summer 2012.

Tree breakStructure or nest
About 2 weeks after this incident Place not stated Related account #11295

Tracks

A neighbor found large barefoot footprints around his pond about two weeks later and asked about trespassers.

Tracks
Jan 11, 2010 Ellisville, Fulton County, Illinois Related account #27146

Tracks near Ellisville, Illinois

The witness with three companions found large tracks approaching a fence then returning across a dirt road near where the growl had been heard.

Tracks
Late October, 2009 Place not stated Related account #27146

Tracks

The witness and a companion found a single bare footprint while deer hunting.

Tracks
the last ten years or so Midlothian, Cook County, Illinois Related account #28525

Structure or nest near Midlothian, Illinois

The witness describes finding a large teepee-like structure and dozens of bent, broken and twisted trees throughout the woods over about ten years.

Structure or nestTree breakTwist
A day or two after seeing the black figure in the corn field Place not stated Related account #30367

Tracks

A day or two later two children followed strange footprints to a hog house where they found a large two-toed print and a smelly hair clump.

TracksHair
this July 2014 River Grove, Cook County, Illinois Related account #46494

Structure or nest near River Grove, Illinois

The witness returned to the area with a spouse in July 2014 and found a log structure resembling a shelter but saw no creature.

Structure or nest
On previous hikes Place not stated Related account #28679

Twist

The witness had previously found a small-diameter tree off the path with its top twisted nearly broken off at about six feet high.

Twist