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BFRO YEAR: 84 to 86 Atwood, Piatt County, Illinois Class B #47469

Memory told of possible vocalizations and footprints found near Atwood

On a winter evening around 10 p.m., the witness opened the door to let a dog out and heard an immense scream-howl from just north of the house. The sound felt like a physical impact and frightened the dog so it would not go outside. The witness's mother also heard the vocalization from inside the house.

HowlScream
As a kid Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois Related account #40475

Movement only near Oregon, Illinois

Throughout childhood the witness repeatedly felt watched in the woods, glimpsed fleeting movement, and saw dogs act strangely and block entry while growling.

Movement onlyAnimal behaviour
spring of 1960 Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois Related account #40475

Scream near Oregon, Illinois

In spring 1960 the witness and family heard terrible screaming from the woods with a horrible smell, and a relative searched outside with a gun and found nothing.

ScreamOdor
The day after I left to go back home Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois Related account #38337

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.

Partial sighting
Sunday around 3 a.m. Eddyville, Pope County, Illinois Related account #25704

Footsteps near Eddyville, Illinois

A few nights later at the same campsite the witness woke around 3 a.m., heard footsteps about 20 yards away, then packed up and left.

Footsteps
the next day Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois Related account #27692

Tracks near Princeville, Illinois

The witness returned the next day with a relative and found about six large footprints scattered within fifty yards along the creek in the same area.

Tracks
this spring Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois Related account #28429

Tracks near Princeville, Illinois

A companion later found footprints in the same hunting area in the spring.

Tracks
Date unknown Metroplis, Massac County, Illinois Related account #37972

Property disturbance near Metroplis, Illinois

Game cameras placed on the property were chewed, smashed beyond data recovery, or disappeared.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Metroplis, Massac County, Illinois Related account #37972

Sasquatch sighting near Metroplis, Illinois

Witness claims more than three sightings have occurred on the same property.

Date unknown Atwood, Moultrie County, Illinois Related account #29241

Rock throwing near Atwood, Illinois

The witness reports additional occasions when rocks were thrown at the witness group at the same pond embankment.

Rock throwing
BFRO YEAR: 1992-3 Panama, Montgomery County, Illinois Class A #10197

Two squirrel hunters have sighting near Shoal Creek

Two people driving to find a squirrel hunting area saw an animal in a field that first looked like a deer. The animal moved quickly away, then stood and moved on two legs with long arms swinging before walking into distant woods. The witnesses were speechless at the time and later concluded it must have been a bigfoot.

Full-body sighting
25 years apart Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois Related account #39569

Sasquatch sighting near Metropolis, Illinois

The witness had another sighting at the same family farm about 25 years apart, documented in another report.

Since my sighting Colchester, McDonough County, Illinois Related account #40995

Vocalization near Colchester, Illinois

After the main sighting the witness heard gibbon-like primate vocals while fishing late at night coming from the same draw.

Vocalization
Date unknown Shipman, Macoupin County, Illinois Related account #37758

Property disturbance near Shipman, Illinois

The witness reported ongoing odd happenings including a clanging gate, missing food, a shaken shed door, missing garden produce, and objects left in the mailbox.

Property disturbance
Four years ago Shipman, Macoupin County, Illinois Related account #37758

Door or window contact near Shipman, Illinois

Something ran past the witness's log cabin pounding the walls hard enough to shake the house.

Door or window contact
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.

Tracks
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.

Full-body sightingTracksScat
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
Winter 1972 Granite City, Madison County, Illinois Related account #32196

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.

Full-body sightingTracks
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