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Tracks near Shipman, Illinois
The witness found a series of large barefoot flat prints crossing corn stubble toward the woods.
Wood knock
Over the next two nights the witness continued packing while armed, feeling watched while large branches broke and tree knocking occurred.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Animal behaviour
The witness relayed other stories of something stalking through woods, shaking branches, and waking a friend at camp who fired a gun.
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.
Tracks
A neighbor found large barefoot footprints around his pond about two weeks later and asked about trespassers.
Close encounter while fishing remembered near Giant City State Park
The witness was fishing alone at a small wooded lake in the afternoon when brush breaking, snapping trees, and splashing rocks drew attention. The witness turned to see a large muscular creature standing nearby that emitted a loud high-pitched scream. The witness froze, the creature quickly retreated into the woods, and the witness fled down the trail to the vehicle.
Mushroom hunters find series of large footprints near Ste. Marie
The witness and a companion were mushroom hunting when they found about ten barefoot-like prints crossing a muddy stretch of a mostly dry creek. The prints appeared to enter from water on one side and exit into water on the other, heading east toward a nearby river. The witness felt no barefoot person should have been in that remote bottoms area and no photos were taken before rain.
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
The witness and a companion found a single bare footprint while deer hunting.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Structure or nest
Similar stick structures including arches, pyramids, an X, and blind-like forms, plus possible foot impressions, have been found in preserves in northern Cook County and southwest Lake County.
Handprint near Sauk Village, Illinois
The witness reported finding a single large possible hand print in the same area the following summer and photographing it in daylight.