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Memory told of daytime encounter near Farmdale Park
As a child hunting in snowy woods along a creek, the witness came over a hill and watched a tall black hairy figure moving around a stick hut in a blackberry patch and picking berries. After the figure noticed the witness, it left very quickly. The witness then reported a multi-hour gap with no memory of leaving before arriving home.
Memory told of a possible childhood encounter at Georgefield Barracks
The witness was staying at home with her older sister while her parents were out. After hearing movement outside and seeing a large head at the window, she opened the front door, turned on the porch light, and came face to face with a tall hair-covered figure. Her middle sister arrived and ran toward the figure, which then left and quickly disappeared. The sisters did not discuss the incident at the time and only recalled it decades later.
Memory told of encounter at a remote cabin at Sandy Run
The main witness was sleeping in the front room of a remote lakeside cabin with a relative when she awoke at night to the porch screen door opening and footsteps. She watched a large, red-haired, bipedal figure pass three front windows and pause at the door to peer inside, bending down to look in. Frightened, she fled to sleep with her grandparents and did not speak of the incident for years.
Sasquatch sighting near Evanston, Illinois (1919)
A newspaper article described a place called Devil's Hole in lonely woods where a thick-bodied, long-armed hairy half-beast called the Gorilla Moron was said to haunt. It was claimed to have attacked dozens of women within a year, leaving many unconscious. The specific attack on two student nurses detailed in the same article was stated by the reteller to have been by human muggers, separate from the hairy-figure reports.
Youth has daylight sighting in corn field near Rock Falls
The witness was in a garage when the dog barked frantically and then hid in its doghouse. The witness then heard heavy running like a galloping horse and felt vibrations, and saw a large bulky humanoid with reddish-brown hair running through a cornfield. The figure glanced briefly, pushed through the corn with swinging arms, attempted to jump an irrigation ditch but fell short, then disappeared into brush.
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.
Unidentified sound near Rockford, Illinois
The witness reports having heard many odd things at night while working in the garage before and after the sighting.
Sasquatch sighting near Mount Vernon, Illinois
A witness saw red eyes and a large bipedal form behind a tree about 40 feet away before it fled while a relative watched a large figure crouch on the pond dam about 125 feet away.
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.
Whoop near Mount Vernon, Illinois
The family on the back porch heard whooping animals from five locations as close as 150 feet south of the house.
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.
Scat near Mount Vernon, Illinois
Two family members checking across the pond found unidentified scat, a strong foul odor, and footprints with about a 7-foot stride.
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.
Odor near Mount Vernon, Illinois
The witness noticed a brief skunk-like smell by a window on three occasions between spring and summer with no skunks found the next day.
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.
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.
Movement only near Carmi, Illinois
Two nights later the witness and companion heard something large crash around the property snapping branches and fled inside.
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.