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Summer 1978 Granite City, Madison County, Illinois Related account #32196

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.

HowlFootsteps
Date unknown Alton, Madison County, Illinois Related account #10535

Rock throwing near Alton, Illinois

The witness reports having had rocks thrown at them on another occasion in the same area.

Rock throwing
Date unknown Alton, Madison County, Illinois Related account #10535

Howl near Alton, Illinois

The witness reports having been howled at on another occasion in the same area.

Howl
Just before Christmas of 2012 Godfrey, Madison County, Illinois Related account #41487

Movement only near Godfrey, Illinois

While putting up Christmas lights, the witness saw a large bush shake at the woods edge with no visible cause.

Movement only
Date unknown Godfrey, Madison County, Illinois Related account #41487

Sasquatch sighting near Godfrey, Illinois

The witness and relatives reported repeatedly feeling watched around the woods-surrounded home.

several times Shipman, Macoupin County, Illinois Related account #41043

Animal behaviour near Shipman, Illinois

The witness repeatedly felt watched when checking noises at the shed and when sitting by the French doors.

Animal behaviour
a couple of nights Shipman, Macoupin County, Illinois Related account #41043

Unidentified sound near Shipman, Illinois

On several prior nights the witness heard banging on the back shed and found its door open.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 1989? Hagaman, Macoupin County, Illinois Class A #43348

Memory told of sighting at night along SR 108 near Hagaman

The witness was driving west on a highway late at night after closing work when she saw a tall dark creature standing beside the road near a bridge. As her car drew even with it, the creature turned toward the car and reached out with its right hand. Frightened, she accelerated and drove away.

Full-body sighting
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 Hagaman, Macoupin County, Illinois Related account #46917

Sasquatch sighting near Hagaman, Illinois

The witness reports having seen Bigfoot once before in the same vicinity.

Earlier this year Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois Related account #30896

Sasquatch sighting near Marseilles, Illinois

The witness had an earlier sighting near Marseilles earlier that year, referenced as another report.

on previous visits Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois Related account #29836

Animal behaviour near Manteno, Illinois

The witness states he had previously felt watched, smelled the same pungent odor, and heard the same whooping noise on earlier fishing visits to the same site.

Animal behaviourOdorWhoop
the next night Makanda Or Cobden, Jackson County, Illinois Related account #40120

Wood knock near Makanda Or Cobden, Illinois

The night after the eyes encounter the group walked the same path hearing movement, twig snaps, snorting sounds and one woodknock.

Wood knockFootstepsMovement onlyVocalization
Date unknown Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois Related account #39267

Sasquatch sighting near Murphysboro, Illinois

The witness states he had seen similar figures in the same spot before this encounter.

BFRO YEAR: 1988-89 IDOC Lake A-41 On The Map, Jackson County, Illinois Class A #44003

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.

Partial sightingScreamRock throwingTree break
after a few month of seeing nothing Good Wine, Iroquois County, Illinois Related account #14404

Sasquatch sighting near Good Wine, Illinois

After months with no activity, the witness and spouse together watched a dark figure about six feet tall go down the driveway toward the road on a sunny mild afternoon.

Full-body sighting
A few days later Good Wine, Iroquois County, Illinois Related account #14404

Wood knock near Good Wine, Illinois

The witness went outside to check, heard a hollow knocking sound that got louder then stopped, and saw a crouching dark figure in tall grass, finding matted grass there the next morning.

Wood knockPartial sighting
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.

Tracks
Date unknown Cuba, Fulton County, Illinois Related account #38765

Sasquatch sighting near Cuba, Illinois

The witness returned to the area alone and with others on later occasions but did not see the object again.

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