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Paranormal encounter near Chicago, Illinois (2009)
The witness was asked to check a woman's claim of a demon in her attic bedroom. During a daytime visit with a friend and a photographer, the woman duplicated his drawing exactly, an invisible barrier blocked him from entering the attic, the air turned cold, her eyes turned solid white, and he fled. Returning about ten days later, the house was gone and replaced by a gravel lot, and a neighbor said it had been torn down four years earlier.
Paranormal encounter near Belvedere, Illinois (1986)
After moving into a rented house by a hospital, the family heard night noises and found objects moved. Coming home one night, the witness and a parent both saw a human-like silhouette in the hallway that fled and vanished. Days later the front doorknob turned and the door opened by itself, and a parent reported being tapped on the shoulder with no one there. They left and later learned others had also left quickly and neighbors had seen lights and shadows when empty.
Youth watches animal digging in burn barrel behind home near Metropolis.
When the witness was about ten, a backyard motion light drew attention at the family farm late at night. The witness watched from a back bedroom through blinds as an animal pulled trash bags from cans and a burn barrel, scattering and rummaging through garbage. The witness told no one at the time and cleaned up the scattered trash the next morning.
Unidentified sound near Decatur, Illinois (1984)
The guest, age 14, moved with his parents into a rented house outside Decatur in 1984. Over months in his large bedroom he experienced a picture and nail falling, drawer opening, clock resetting, lamp failing, scratching on the headboard, blanket pulled off and yanked across the room, feeling of someone sitting on the bed, warm spots, phone chirping even unplugged, breath blown in his ear, and being bounced on his bed off its frame. After moving his bed to the other window and clearing the original wall, activity subsided.
Memory told of strange occurrences while growing up near Castle Rock State Park
In the fall of 1965 the witness was staying in a trailer on the family property when loud screaming was heard approaching from the direction of the river. The witness and a relative heard something pacing behind the dwelling while the screaming continued, then striking the trailer sides four or five times. The witness fired a gun once from the doorway, after which no further sound was heard that night.
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.
Property disturbance near Chatham, Illinois
Fruit regularly disappears before maturity, with apples missing above the footprint location.
Property disturbance near Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois
The witness reported missing sweet horse feed and barn loft doors repeatedly left open.
Property disturbance near Metroplis, Illinois
Game cameras placed on the property were chewed, smashed beyond data recovery, or disappeared.
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.
Unidentified sound near Shipman, Illinois
On several prior nights the witness heard banging on the back shed and found its door open.
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.
Property disturbance near Utica, Illinois
Two areas of the chain-link fence surrounding the home were found mashed down as if something heavy had crashed into or climbed over it.
Property disturbance near Utica, Illinois
The family was awakened at 2 a.m. by something banging two or three times on the outside wall of the house.
Property disturbance in Illinois
In Illinois the witness reports being tugged on his shirt or jacket on multiple occasions, feeling like a small child pulling to get attention. He initially dismissed it as his children, but has recently paid more attention as it recurred.
Property disturbance near Atkinson, Illinois
While lying in bed, the witness felt the blankets pulled as his young daughter commonly does and lifted up to respond, but no one was there. He then heard fast movement through the bedroom door and checked his daughters' room to find them deeply asleep. The experience kept him up checking on his family.
Sasquatch sighting near Wayne County
A bow hunter waiting in a deer stand at sunrise heard something approach and saw a non-deer face staring up at him from all fours. He drew his bow but did not shoot, and the animal walked slowly away on all fours. When he later climbed down he found the bottom eight feet of his ladder crushed like an accordion.