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1/4/09 (6:30pm) Mount Vernon, Washington County, Illinois Related account #24766

Wood knock near Mount Vernon, Illinois

Relatives outside north of the house heard tree knocking from the treeline, noticed a quick-dissipating skunk-like smell and agitated geese, and saw red eye-shine across the pond.

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October, almost every night 1-2am Mount Vernon, Washington County, Illinois Related account #24766

Wood knock near Mount Vernon, Illinois

Almost every night in October around 1 to 2 am the family was awakened by loud knocking sounds west of the house.

Wood knock
9/20 12:30am Mount Vernon, Washington County, Illinois Related account #24766

Vocalization near Mount Vernon, Illinois

The witness knocked and made guttural sounds and heard similar responses and chattering for a minute, then with a relative heard a loud branch break and later distant knocks.

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around 4:00am Mount Vernon, Washington County, Illinois Related account #24766

Wood knock near Mount Vernon, Illinois

The witness woke around 4 am and heard four knocks from across the pond while a dog barked and growled for several minutes.

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Date unknown Keensburg, Wabash County, Illinois Related account #43148

Whoop near Keensburg, Illinois

On later return visits to the area the witness heard whoops and wood knocks without another close visual encounter.

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Date unknown Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois Related account #29836

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.

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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.

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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.

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