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Nighttime encounters close to home near Morgan
The witness was outside behind home around 9 pm and heard heavy leaves crunching. The witness then saw a large hairy slouched figure standing under a security light watching, estimated at about nine to ten feet tall. The witness whistled several times, the figure turned to look and then walked with a long stride behind nearby trailers toward the woods.
Kayaker has rocks thrown and observes the culprit near Union Grove
Last summer the witness was kayaking down a creek around midday when rocks splashed near him. He looked toward the source and saw a creature kneeling like a person, which then stood, made eye contact for about 30 seconds, and ran through the woods. He noted its stride was wider than a human's and it went straight through brush. He then paddled back to his truck.
Daylight sighting of a large bipedal animal near Sunbright
Three people were glassing for deer when they noticed a large dark animal about 75 yards away in the woods. The animal stood on two legs and moved away through a hollow with swinging arms, described as having a flat face and long brown-black hair. The witnesses were startled and tried to track it, but found no prints due to ground cover.
Runner has sighting near home south of Jacksonville
The witness was out running in the evening to get in shape and stopped at a road. He saw a very tall, dark brown, muscular figure standing in the road watching him, saying he could see its whole body but was too far away to identify it. He estimated it was close to nine feet tall and then turned around and went home.
Vocalizations and a sighting with a spotlight near Murrayville
In 2007 the witness led an armed group with spotlights to an area where relatives had heard screams. He shone a light across a field and saw a large dark hairy figure with outstretched arms run away in a split second. The group pursued into trees hearing walking and branches breaking but found nothing.
Daylight sighting by a motorist near Lake Jacksonville
The witness was driving home on back roads in the afternoon when he noticed a large dark head at the edge of a cornfield. After stopping, he watched a tall, dark, muscular, hairy figure walk across the road and disappear into corn on the other side. He then left the area without watching further.
Daylight sighting by husband and wife near home near Valhermosa Springs
The witness and her husband were driving on a narrow gravel road looking for deer in the early afternoon when they noticed a large brown hairy figure bent over near a pine thicket. The figure then stood upright on two legs, showing long arms, broad shoulders, and an estimated 7- to 8-foot height, before running quickly into the thicket. The pair returned the next morning and reported finding small and large footprints, hair on a fence, damaged fencing and poles, and a persimmon with no nearby tree.
Daylight sighting by lady while her husband was clearing trees
The witness was sitting on a car watching tree-clearing work on a summer afternoon in 1999 when she glanced toward the treeline several hundred feet away. She saw a tall reddish manlike figure with no apparent neck standing in the shadows, and a young relative beside her saw the same thing. When she looked back after gesturing to her husband, the figure was gone.
Youth bicyclist has daytime sighting near Gravois Mills
The witness was riding a bicycle on a gravel road on the way home from a friend's house when something in the woods drew attention. About 100 yards away in the woods, a hair-covered creature walked perpendicular to the witness for about a minute before stopping beside a large birch tree. When the witness looked away to decide which way to run, the creature was gone, and the witness ran back to the friend's house and got a ride home.