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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.

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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.

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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.

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BFRO YEAR: 2000(?) Ste. Marie, Jasper County, Illinois Class B #10879

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.

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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.

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Late October, 2009 Place not stated Related account #27146

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

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

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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.

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before and after the incident Place not stated Related account #31419

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The witness reported seeing trails in the woods before and after the incident that looked made by a similar animal.

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Earlier in the day Place not stated Related account #35574

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The witness group noticed a strange footprint in mud earlier the same day.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #9174

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The witness found a bare footprint in sand by the swamp that was several inches longer and wider than the witness's own foot and appeared to have an arch.

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3 days ago Place not stated Related account #21979

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A few days before the vocal night the witness found a large bare-foot print near his home and measured it after bringing a relative to see it.

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BFRO YEAR: 1985 86 Lakeland Fla, Polk County, Florida Class B #3918

Hunter has unexplained, late night encounter while in small boat on Saddle Creek

Late at night the witness paddled a small boat up a creek with two dogs and heard something following on the bank, then a loud blowing noise. The dogs refused to go ashore and later barked intensely. The witness shone a light and saw a large ape-like figure running away over a hill, then noticed a group of tracks while leaving. A skunk-like brassy odor was noted before the sighting.

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BFRO YEAR: 74-75 Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida Class A #414

Year long sightings by family

The witness describes repeated nighttime visits to a rural property over about a year by a family of large hairy creatures that ate fruit, looked in trailer windows, and once bit a penned hog. The witness reports seeing three individuals of varying heights, hearing frequent chattering, noticing odor, tracks and hair, and attempting to hunt them without driving them away. After about a year the visits stopped, believed to have ended when habitat regrew.

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a couple of weeks later Hudson, Pasco County, Florida Related account #7627

Door or window contact near Hudson, Florida

A couple of weeks later the witness and a relative heard a loud bang that shook the residence and later found a fist-like dent and large bare prints at the rear door.

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In 1988 or '89 Pasco County, Florida Related account #737

Footsteps near Pasco County

In the late 1980s the same group heard something walking through tall grass toward an abandoned house, heard something hit the house, fled, and the next day found a path through the grass and a damaged wall under a window.

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in 2009 Place not stated Related account #40584

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As a youth the witness and two relatives found very large human-like tracks by a pond connected to a swamp and measured them with a tape measure.

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the following hunting season Indiantown, Martin County, Florida Related account #26271

Tracks near Indiantown, Florida

The following hunting season the witness found a large human-looking bare footprint with five toes near the same area while dragging out a tree stand.

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Over an 11 year period Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Tracks near Brooksville, Florida

The witness found footprints in the field repeatedly over an 11-year period.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #32426

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The witness reports finding a large human-like footprint at a wildlife management area and photographing it next to a shoe for scale.

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On 11/03/06 Place not stated Related account #15318

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The witness returned to the area and found a large solitary left-foot track in moist soil next to a canal and compared it to a boot impression.

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