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The "Big Muddy Monster" flap of Murphysboro
In the late 1970s to early 1980s, residents around the Big Muddy River reported a foul-smelling, hairy hominid-like creature. Witnesses described seeing and hearing it near the river and finding footprints, with size and color accounts varying. The writer compiled these secondhand accounts and notes the creature was never reported as violent.
Trapper recalls large footprints he found while trapping near Pinckneyville
In the late 1970s in December, the witness's friend found a short line of very large barefoot humanlike tracks in mud along a strip-mine pond while running traps. The prints showed five toes and a stride the finder said was too great for him to match. The account was relayed by the reporter and later clarified when an investigator spoke directly with the track finder.
Sasquatch sighting near Custer Park, Illinois
The children reportedly saw a similar figure in a similar area several years earlier that frightened them.
Sasquatch sighting near Fenton, Illinois
Relatives are said to have had multiple personal experiences on the same property over decades.
Tracks near Mount Vernon, Illinois
A relative of the witness reported finding sets of large footprints on two separate occasions as a teenager in the same area.
Sasquatch sighting near Eldorado, Illinois
A relative reported being alone at the cabin at midday and watching a large ape-like creature descend a rear cliff in a non-human manner.
Sasquatch sighting near Danville, Illinois
A relative was scared in the same woods and stopped hunting there but will not discuss details.
Animal behaviour near Alto Pass, Illinois
Other people reported being chased up trees, having rocks thrown at them, and having hunting stands torn apart on the same public land.
Sasquatch sighting near Shelby County
Neighbors reportedly saw large cats around the area, including in a cemetery tree.
Vocalization near Harrisburg, Illinois
The primary witness and family heard vocalizations in the same area five years earlier.
Sasquatch sighting near Litchfield, Illinois
The witness saw the animal return behind the house and tried to photograph it before it ran into the woods.
Tracks near Princeville, Illinois
A companion later found footprints in the same hunting area in the spring.
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.
Folklore near Between New Douglas And Livingston, Illinois
The witness's mother recalled childhood stories of a wild man living in the woods in the same area.
Howl near Godfrey, Illinois
Family members frequently hear distant howls that the witness says match recordings.
Sasquatch sighting near Godfrey, Illinois
A friend mushroom hunting in the woods felt surrounded and escorted out and never returned.
Sasquatch sighting near Ottawa, Illinois
A young relative ran inside reporting a hairy being eating a rabbit.
Whoop near Manteno, Illinois
The witness's father confirmed he had also heard the whooping noise and distant tree knocking while fishing with the witness.
Sasquatch sighting near Makanda Or Cobden, Illinois
A friend told the witness he had seen a weird creature once and heard it stalking him another time in the same woods.
Sasquatch sighting near Good Wine, Illinois
Previous owners of the property reportedly had unspecified strange animal-related occurrences.