Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning.
In this episode, we're talking about Bigfoot reports from
Illinois. That's correct, Bigfoot reports
from Illinois. I found this first article here
on Journal Stars, pjstar.com, pjstar.com.
I'll put these over at Kofi today.
Title says I was just stunned Peoria truck driver in viral
video after seeing Bigfoot in rural Peoria County Written by
David Eminian Peoria Journal Star says this is dated October
18th, 2024. Peoria.
Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail shall keep the postman
from there pointed rounds. Not even if Bigfoot is involved.
A Peoria truck driver transporting mail for the US
Postal Service in a 24 foot truck in rural central Illinois
reported seeing a huge creature alongside the road believed to
be Bigfoot. While completing his route on
October 5th, he was interviewed by Bigfoot investigators who
labeled it as an official sighting of the mysterious
massive creature, also popularly known as Sasquatch or Skunk 8.
Troubled by what he saw, truck driver Gary Rutherford junior
look for Bigfoot research online found a community message board
and posted his encounter. Bigfoot researchers and
investigators found him from that report and now his tales.
Part of a viral video on TikTok, it has 360,000 views and more
than 830 comments in less than 24 hours.
The information from the video came in came via a post from
Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization founder Matt
Moneymaker, who Co hosted the show Finding Bigfoot, which
aired on Animal Planet from 2011 to 2016.
I'm not calling it Bigfoot. The investigators have concluded
that's what it was, and I accept that, Rutherford said.
All I know is it scared the absolute hell out of me.
I can't get it out of my mind. I thought about it for days and
felt like I needed to tell someone, report it.
That's how I ended up online. Now I'm hearing from people all
over the place. Rutherford Junior is not alone.
The TikTok video is packed with comments from viewers talking
about their own encounters with Bigfoot in the Peoria area.
One comment noted someone has erected a giant cut out of
Bigfoot on the top of a hill between 2 fields on a road
between Glassford and Mapleton. Gary Rutherford Junior is a 42
year old Peoria native. His son, Gary Rutherford, the
third, was a star linebacker for Peoria High School and is now a
red shirt freshman at Wyoming. Rutherford drives for 10 Roads
Express, a Peoria trucking firm that moves mail for the US
Postal Service. I have a regular route.
I've been driving for about a year and a half, Rutherford
junior said. I leave from downtown Peoria and
head out to surrounding small towns.
I take Route 9 between Glassford and Canton six days a week.
On October 5th I was maybe 3/4 of a mile onto Route 9, had my
little beams on, still fairly dark, was around 6:00 AM when I
saw it. I didn't process this thing
until I was right up on it. I did a double take.
It was standing, 2 legs, brown fur.
I drove past it in about 5 seconds and that moment it
locked eyes with me. Orange yellowish glowing eyes
and I realized it was eye to eye even though I was still, even
though I was sitting high up in a 24 foot truck.
So I estimated the thing had to be 8 feet tall.
I was just stunned trying to figure out what I saw.
He arrived in Canton to offload his mail.
Shaken, he told employees there about it.
Later on, he told family members he went back in daylight to look
at the area, hoping to find footprints, but it was heavily
lined by grass. The encounter really bothered
him, so he started to research Bigfoot sites online and found a
message board where he posted his story.
Bigfoot investigators contacted him.
The TikTok video happened. He got teased by some people,
supported by others. But he has an ongoing mystery to
square in his mind. And he still drives that route
every day. That's all he can do.
The truck is equipped with an exterior camera but is only
triggered to start taping if there is a collision.
I replay it over and over every day in my mind, Rutherford said.
That thing was just so huge. It was walking along the side of
the road like it was getting ready to cross and it was just
me and him out there. I think it was, I think it was a
surprise as I was then. It says history of Bigfoot the
in the Peoria area. The online research group
Bigfoot Field Research Organization interviewed
Rutherford and filed his report online where I can still be
seen. Here are other reports in the
area since August 2011. A man walking along a Creek bed
in Peoria County reported to finding extremely large
footprints in the mud and took pictures posted with his report
on BFRO. May 2010 A mushroom hunter in
Princeville near Evans Mill Road and Jubilee College State Park
area found footprints larger than 16 inches long with a
stride of four feet. His lab alerted and was scared
and he left the area after hearing animal type screams.
And the dogs don't seem to like them too much.
October 2007 A Deer Hunter in Jubilee State Park saw a tall
creature walking at dusk through a clearing from 120 yards away.
The hunter said the creature's coat was brownish and red and it
appeared to be over 8 feet tall. Also, there have been 12 reports
of Bigfoot encounters in Fulton County since 1969 and three in
Teaswell County going back to 1957.
Yeah, it does seem like quite a few for this one particular
area. Well, we'll go over here to
Bigfoot Research Organization and looks in these reports up.
Such an awesome resource. I mean, I just love New Fork for
the UFO sightings and BFRO for the Sasquatch Bigfoot sightings.
Just seems like a very thorough organization just out there
really helping people. The first one we're looking at
here says report number 41718 Class A submitted by witness
Thursday July 25th 2013 at motorcyclist has daylight siding
South of Kellersville gives us a date was June 22nd is when it
actually happened. I guess you reported it on the
25th. Adams County, Illinois from
County Road 12 hundredth to 2870 third E going South at the
bottom of the first hill on an embankment on the West side of
the road nearest town, Kellerville, nearest road 2873
E. My husband and I were on a
motorcycle ride to Siloam Springs State Park.
We were travelling about 40 to 45 mph down a blacktop Rd. when
I noticed what I initially thought was a burnt tree trunk
ahead on my right. As we got closer I realized it
had hair. I observed it closely and was
shocked by what I saw. The figure had a human like
body, larger and more muscular than a typical man.
It was covered in dark reddish brown hair, about two to three
inches long, except for its head and face which were grey and
white. I could even see light flesh
between the hair. The creature was standing
upright with its arms down by its sides and I could make out
his fingers. It appeared to be looking at the
ground and stood very still. The back of its head was
rounded, but from the side it had a pronounced brow that
slanted upward to the crown of its head.
Its head seemed to sit directly on its shoulders.
I did not notice a neck. Its face had minimal hair and
its lips were thin and wide. When we returned to the spot
about 20 minutes later, the figure was gone, says her
husband and her both saw other witnesses.
Yes, my husband and I. However, he did not see the
figure. Other stories I heard a story
about an older couple who were walking in the woods about 3
miles southwest of this area approximately 3 years ago.
They claimed to have been chased out of the woods by a large
Harriet man wielding a stick and making unusual noises.
This occurrence happened at 1:30 PM.
It says sunny and warm. The road runs through a valley
with sparse trees and shrubs. The sighting occurred on an
embankment built up alongside the road under the investigation
that says Investigator Stan Courtney.
A drawing made by the witness accompanies report.
It does look like Bigfoot. The animal's height was
estimated to be over 7 feet tall.
Its weight was estimated to be over £350.
It appeared well toned and very muscular.
The hair was dark reddish brown, approximately 2 to 3 inches in
length. The animal was approximately 50
feet from the witness, positioned alongside of the
road. The sighting occurred at 1:30 PM
on a warm and clear day. The witness believed the animal
state as still as possible to avoid drawing attention.
Man, isn't that something very cool right along on your
motorcycle to come across that thing?
This one here it says October 29th, 1972 also happened in
Adams County. Location details Slum Springs
State Park nearest town Chesterland nearest Rd.
County Road 14 The following interview was conducted by Stan
Courtney. The first name of the witness
has been changed. I've also camped in my motorhome
in the same campground. John Well, we camped over the
weekend and I think it was Sunday morning we were turning
down the camp and I decided to take a short walk to smoke a
cigarette and I went down a path and sat on a rock and smoked a
cigarette and I heard a sound behind me.
I turned around and about I would say 20 feet maybe a little
further standing down slope. We were eye to eye was what I
thought initially. It was a very large band in a
fur get up with the stocking cap on because his head came to a
point. The collar was it wasn't a
uniform collar, it was different shades of brown, dark brown and
Gray. The face look more human than
ape. I would have estimated it was
about 7 feet tall, maybe taller, and we locked eyes for just a
matter of a few seconds. Then it rounded the tree that it
was standing next to and took off down the slope of a golly,
and I took off up the path running like crazy.
My exposure was a matter of seconds.
Stand. So the height was about 7 foot.
What about weight, John? It was really wide.
I mean, the shoulders. I would say 4 feet.
It was just bulky, really bulky. I didn't notice the waist.
I didn't notice the feet. I did notice quite a bit about
the face. The face was kind of a tannish
collar. Stan Did you notice a brow line?
John The brow line, It had a heavy brow, but no hair on the
face. There was hair on the chin, kind
of like the Patterson Gimlin creature, but it did not have a
characteristic face of a gorilla or ape.
It looked like a real ugly human.
Stan What about eye collar? John Eye collar was brown.
I did not see a whole lot of white in the eyes.
I did see some. I did see his teeth.
His teeth were really big and really yellow.
The lips were very thin, very wide mouth.
It didn't make a sound. I couldn't smell a thing.
Stan. What about the shape of the
nose, John? The nose was large and flat, but
did not have turned up nostrils like a gorilla.
I tell you Stan, if you look at the picture on the front of
Autumn Williams book just like that, he is referring to the
book Enoch. Stan What about weight?
John Oh, I would say at least 400 lbs, probably more.
And it made a lot of noise when it went down the hill.
I know that. Just its movement.
I didn't hear any vocalization whatsoever from it.
Stan Were you able to see its whole body from head to toe?
I should have been, but I didn't notice it.
I was looking straight at his head, which was at eye level
with me, but it was standing down the slope.
I didn't see his feet at all. And when it was standing there,
it wasn't standing like you or I would stand straight.
It had like a slight break in its knee and its left hand was
holding onto a tree, about 8 inch diameter tree.
And when it left, it just swung around the tree and the tree
rocked back and forth and it went down the hill and I went up
the hill. So you were both startled to see
each other? Yes.
We were the only people in the campground, nobody around.
So you were one of the fortunate few to have gotten to see so
many facial details. I felt fortunate that way.
The only thing I can remember in detail to this day, close my
eyes and remember, because it didn't have a menacing look, It
had a surprise look on his face. Its eyes were kind of darting
back and forth. That is how I got to see some
white. And then I turned it around and
ran. I was scared.
I was really scared. I had never heard of Bigfoot.
Subsequent to my sighting in that same time frame, there was
a lot of talk about the Momo monster in Missouri, but
Hannibal, which wasn't too far away.
Stan yes, the Momo sighting was in July of 1972.
John yes, that was the same time frame.
And my wife told me at the time if you tell anybody, I'll
divorce you because she didn't want to ridicule and I really
never told anybody. Also notice none other witnesses
know my wife was back at the campground.
Other stories just a Momo monster sightings close to
Hannibal, MO which was in July of 1970.
Two 25 miles to the southwest. Time and conditions, Morning
warm temperatures, clear weather, environment, mixed oak
and Hickory woods. This is follow up investigation.
I was introduced to the witness wall on a trip out West in July
2010. In conversation, he mentioned
that his sighting was in Illinois back in 1972 and I
asked him if he would allow me to do an interview.
Although his report is older, the train has not changed much
since 1972 and exemplifies the halibut effect.
In summary, the facial details observed were brow line heavy,
no hair on the face, Eye color was brown, nose was large and
flat. The lips were thin, very wide
mouth. Spectacular interview.
I think these guys just do such great work.
Just amazing. The snare was submitted on
August 14th, 2012 since hiker has daylight sighting near Olive
Branch. The actual sighting happened
October 10th, 2011. Alexander County, Illinois
nearest town Olive Branch nearest Rd.
Illinois Route 3 observation. On October 10th, 2011, a Tuesday
afternoon, I was walking along the trail on the Ridge nearby.
I had just returned from a campsite when I had been doing
tree knocks and whoops without success.
No sounds or response. As I came down from the river to
the main fire access trail, I noticed a large footprint.
The footprint measures 19 inches long, 7 1/4 inches wide at the
ball of the foot and 5 1/2 inches wide at the heel.
I was shocked and began measuring and documenting it.
Shortly after, I came across a pile of feces nearby.
Upon inspection, the feces consisted mostly of vegetable
matter, crayfish shells from the skull area, not the tails, and
freshwater moles shells. Unfortunately, while trying to
transfer the photo I I took of it my memory card and computer,
the image was accidentally deleted.
As I walked a few steps further, I saw the creature.
It was about 7 to 7 1/2 feet tall, possibly larger, and
weighed an estimated 300 to £350.
It stood approximately 70 to 80 feet away, but close the that
distance in just three steps before veering off at a 45°
angle. It ran down the Ridge, which had
an 8% grade covering about 150 feet, before crossing the valley
between the ridges and climbing the next steep slope with
incredible speed and agility. Its agility was unmatched by any
horse, motorcycle or ATV. Even on a paved surface, the
creature appeared to be digging up a ground hornet's nest.
I later learned online that Hornets have created Hornet
honey, a concentrated nectar mixed with insect protein stored
in their larvae. Well, not in large quantities.
A full hornet's nest like the one I had dug up could provide a
decent amount of nutrition. I want to interject here.
If you have ever been stung by a Hornet, and I have, it is one of
the most painful things you can imagine.
A few years ago I was out messing around in the yard
barefoot like a dummy, and one got me.
They go down the ground all right where I was at.
Never had a problem with them, but we do have them around and
that sucker stung me and my whole bottom half my leg went
into excruciating pain and numbness.
It's like nothing I've ever experienced.
Probably should have went to the hospital and got a shot for it,
but it took probably a full day to recover.
And I'll tell you what, it hurts.
So imagine this thing is digging up a hornet's nest.
But for one thing, a lot of times these Hornets, they pick
really hard ground to Burrow down in and get their nest in.
So that's some power to be able to dig this thing out.
I mean, this thing's like a, this, this thing's like a
backhoe or something. Then and secondly, to be able to
withstand the sting from those Hornets while you're stealing
the nest, This thing is something else.
I, I don't get that. That's That's Wild goes on and
says despite its size, a creature moved almost silently,
making no sound louder than a squirrel rustling leaves.
Its chest was incredibly broad and muscular, and its fur was
dark brown with bright red tint. When sunlight hit directly, I
observed it running through patches of light under the tree
canopy before it disappeared up the Ridge.
Terrified, I gathered my belongings and ran back to my
car and it says didn't notice anything else.
No other witnesses of the stories.
Yes, time and conditions. 10:00 AM conditions Morning, partly
cloudy environment. Woodridge's investigator, Stan
Courtney says footprint measurements 19 inches 7 and a
quarter 5 1/2, just like he said.
Height over 7 foot tall £350. Extremely muscular build.
Hair color dark brown, Reddish brown highlights Stan Courtney
measured a hole at the site where the hornet's nest was dug
as 4 feet wide and two feet deep.
Wow. Courtney also consulted Tim
Cashet, the Illinois State Entomologist at the Illinois
State Museum, who confirmed that while Hornets may bring sweet
substances to their nest, they do not produce or store honey.
That's interesting. During his visit to the site,
the witness reported seeing a large upright animal across the
road behind them at at night. The following day, they
discovered a 26 1/2 inch footprint at the crossing site.
Although the print was highly visible in a soft dirt and
grass, it did not photograph well.
I'll tell you if these things are messing with Hornets, I want
nothing to do with them. I mean, that's that to me is
just, well, if you got, if you've got a death wish.
Yeah. There you go.
We'll take a look at a few more here.
This one says 1998 Spring mid-May Calhoun County Location
details. I don't drive out of town.
My husband was driving. We were going to our friend's
house in Hardin, Illinois. I am terrible with directions.
I'm going to have to ask my husband the name of the road.
I knew it was right next to the chicken house.
A farm family that always has a bunch of chickens in the yard.
The nearest town Hardin, Illinois.
Nearest Rd. Don't know.
Observed. I noticed that when we pass by
the chicken house. That the chickens were not out
and about as usual when I noticed a medium sized dog
running very quickly down the road toward us.
Then on the driver's side of the road I saw an animal that was
all black standing by a tree. It was barely 5 feet tall at the
time I saw it. I said nothing about it to my
husband. It was standing by the tree and
it just disappeared. I thought that no real animal
could just disappear like a ghost into the forest, but since
then I have seen deer disappear just like that into the forest.
So I don't doubt that what I saw was an animal.
It appeared to be an animal with thick black fur, not very tall,
only 5 feet. It was standing up like a human.
It appeared to be very shy. Like I said, I have not said
much about this to anyone. My husband and I are Native
Americans and we have a great respect for animals.
We know that some of our people believe Bigfoot to be a
spiritual being, not a physical thing.
But the dog seemed to be running from it very quickly.
The whole atmosphere of the area seemed different, absence of the
usual animals, the dog running. The dog seemed frightened.
It was somewhat eerie that morning.
It was usually not like that. It's hard to explain.
No one else in the truck noticed the animal standing by the tree.
I have never heard anybody from that area say anything about
seeing unusual wildlife and I did not tell anyone there about
this. If there is something there, it
doesn't need to be harassed by locals.
It's an early morning at Daybreak.
The weather was misty but visibility was good.
It was a road going through the country.
There were forest and Bluffs right off the road.
Says in the follow up investigation.
During our investigation I heard a number of things that were
interesting to think about. The first point the witness
mentioned was how black and shiny this animal was.
She said it stood like a human and she could see its hands.
Also its face was very dark. She also mentioned when it
stepped and disappeared, it turned sideways and she thought
maybe there was a chance she would see a snout, maybe
indicating a bear, but she did not.
At first she thought it was strange how it disappeared so
fast, but after watching wildlife, she noticed the same
ability with deer. In other words, wild creatures
can disappear quickly into the vegetation, and this observation
was a good example of that. I inquired about its
bodybuilding. She thought it had a medium, not
thin or heavy build and that it was evenly built that way
throughout its body. She felt it was some sort of
primate maybe, and made it clear she could not see the feet as
they were in vegetation. Her observation was less than a
minute long. She also mentioned that some of
the stories she had heard Native Americans tell included.
But sometimes during the rain, people would enter a cave to
stay dry and these creatures would be inside and just turn
their backsides to them. The area she made the
observation at, it's not far from the Illinois River, and the
train there certainly provides ample cover for any shy, elusive
species. That's pretty neat.
And this was dated fall 2021, November 27th actually.
Cass County, Illinois location details heading north on Route
78 just across the San Diegamon River leaving Shanderville,
Illinois then it says nearest town Shanderville nearest Road
78 observed this Saturday night. I was driving at 10:30 PM in
central Illinois heading from Cass County to Tazewell County.
A car was probably 3/4 of a mile ahead of me and I can see their
tail lights. I saw a large animal jump into
the road about 40 yards ahead. When it hit the road I can see
very large legs spread wide in a dead run with large hairy
swinging arms. The arm switch back and forth
close to the ground as his body was leaning forward.
It leaped across the road in two jumps.
When it hit the shoulder, it looked back at me.
I said to myself out loud. Expletive Bigfoot.
It was about two seconds before it vanished into the darkness
altogether, but I could see it clearly.
It was very large, and even though it was hunched over
nearly horizontal, it still was close to being whiter than my
car and nearly to the top of my windshield.
It blocked out the lights of the car ahead of me.
It had shiny black hair. I could not see the eyes or
mouth but saw its head turn toward me before it jumped into
the dark field. Also notice it was running and
leaping very fast, nearly as fast as a white tailed deer.
Its gait and or side stride was huge.
No other witnesses, just me. Other stories.
After discussing the incident at work, my Co worker says hunters,
fishermen and barge operators have had multiple sightings in
that area. Supposedly the locals say a clan
of Bigfoot live there and they are not threatening to humans
time and conditions. 10:30 PM with clear weather and stars
shining environment farm with scattered timber.
Follow up investigations says Matthew Moneymaker.
Yep, this right kind of South Central Illinois to the West of
the state actually says this is a very reliable sighting.
I spoke extensively with the witness by phone.
Patrick Garver is a is 59 years old.
He has been a design engineer for the past 38 years, designing
parts for custom welding machines.
He is married and has two kids in college.
He was not particularly interested in the Bigfoot
subject, but he recognized what he was saying.
He was driving 70 mph and didn't slow down much until he reached
the next town. He kept going, then stopped in
Havana, the next town, to text his wife and kids to say he had
seen a Bigfoot across the highway.
He was driving north and the figure was running frighteningly
fast across the highway from left to right in an open field.
He commented at the pin position shown below, Maybe off somewhat
that you talked about the map here that they have.
He thinks it happened a bit further north on 78, further
into the open field. There was no cover on either
side of the road at that point, so it's impossible for him to
pinpoint the exact crossing point.
He agreed to make a sketch of the figures so it can be added
to his report later. He was surprised that this is
the first posted visual sighting report for this county, Cass
County, Illinois. But he noticed the next county
to the east has 13 reports, and a county nearby the north has 12
posted reports. He noted that Cass County is
very sparsely populated, only 12,000 people.
Yeah, it got a lot of farmland, it looks like.
Then it gets a little bit of a bio.
Matthew money maker. We'll go ahead.
We'll do we'll do three more here.
This is from 1975, says October, Champaign County, Illinois
location details. Creature came out of the ditch,
loaded ground, then stood up on two legs, disappeared out of
headlights into the dark. The nearest town around to
nearest Rd. County Road observed.
I spoke with the witness by phone.
In summary, the animal was 7 feet tall.
The animal was very hairy and beefy in appearance.
The hair was dark brown. The animal was very close to the
car, perhaps 3 feet. The animal was very well lit by
the headlights of the vehicle. The animal, as it came out of
the ditch was initially on all fours, then stood up on two legs
and walked away. Although there are no large
woods in the immediate area, there are wooded creeks.
The waterways known as the Upper Salt Fork drainage ditch.
Also noticed nothing else. Two other witnesses.
Other stories. None.
Time and conditions. Evening environment.
Harvested farm ground, no trees. Small Creek.
This one here since 2013. March 4th actually.
Christian County, Illinois. Witness request no directions.
Nearest town. Edinburgh.
Nearest Rd. Illinois Route 29.
I'm writing this for my daughter.
She was driving and came to a stop sign.
This is a tee Rd. so she has to turn left to right.
Straight in front of her is an open field with trees on the
edge of it and a Creek after the trees.
After she stopped at the stop sign she noticed several deer
running very fast. She then noticed a large
creature running after them. She stated it was very very tall
on two legs and very very very hairy.
The deer and the Bigfoot ran into the trees.
She was so scared and was home in minutes.
We live about two miles from where she saw the Bigfoot.
She told Dad and I what happened.
I explained to her what she had seen and told her that she was
lucky to see it because not everybody gets to see them.
Of course she didn't feel that way.
Also noticed nothing. Other witnesses?
No witnesses. She had stopped at a stop sign.
It was going to turn right to go home.
Other stories? Yes, my sister told me a friend
of her husband stated to him that a juvenile has been spotted
several times in the past year by Clarksdale, Illinois, a small
town on Route 48 between Taylorville and Morrisonville.
This is about 16 miles from from where my daughter saw hers.
Time and conditions 11 O 5:00 PM Clear, cold, a few stars,
environment, open fields, trees, Creek.
On the other side of the Creek is a fence and more trees.
The ground is also muddy. I'll tell you, it's farm
country. And when that ground gets soft,
it gets really, really muddy. A lot of that ground over there
in Illinois, it's some of the best ground in the world outside
of maybe, you know, Iowa, and I don't know about Indiana, but
Illinois and Iowa. And some of that stuff is just
almost like a black gumbo and it's super productive.
But when it gets wet, it is really, really muddy.
If you're trying to walk through the stuff in the rain, I mean,
it is a nightmare. So imagine this three £400
creature running across a muddy field chasing these deer.
Now if he can cross that mud somehow quicker that even even
the deer are going to be slowed down by this mud because they're
going to be sinking in up to their knees probably every step.
So these things to me, just look at the accounts and some of the
really strange almost paranormal behavior.
The exhibit running full speed through heavy muddy fields,
digging up hornet's nest. I mean what for this one here,
OK, it's from Cook County. It says November, November 16th,
2010. We'll do this one and one more
Cook County Illinois location details.
I was headed north on 1st Ave. Illinois 171.
I remember seeing the sign that said Zoo Woods.
It was about a mile north of that sign, east of the road and
South of Cermak Rd. nearest town Brookfield nearest Rd.
S 1st Ave. I'm going to be honest, before
this happened, when it comes to Bigfoot I have been very
skeptical because there is not enough evidence that would make
me even consider that there could be a Bigfoot.
It was about 8:15 in the morning.
I was just driving the car. I was on 1st Ave., had gotten
off I-55. I was heading over to visit my
mother at her job. I was driving near Zoo Woods,
which is some sort of forest area.
I was driving and I was on the phone and I looked to my right
and I saw something very very tall, like between 8:00 and
9:00, foot and hairy. It was running through the
woods. I remember the sun reflecting
off the outside of the fur and it gave it like an orange tint.
A golden retriever has that collar hair.
Make that a little darker and with a little bit more copper
toned, more redhead feel to it. I think that would be the color
I'm trying to describe. I stopped in mid traffic.
I put my hazards on. I pulled over right away.
I had just seen something moving through the trees. 9 foot tall,
orange fur. Just kind of ran through about 5
feet of brush. The trees were moving.
I saw it. I slammed on my brakes, got out
of my car, put my hazards on. I ran over to where I saw it
because I had already passed it over.
Passed by it. I had to run back a little bit
to go. In the area where I saw it,
there were broken tree branches. I couldn't see any prints, no
fur, no evidence besides the broken trees.
There was a terrible odor, like a musky wet dog smell, maybe
worse than that, more putrid. It was like if you are running
through the woods and you are 9 feet tall and you are about 10
feet in the woods before the outside of the woods stopped,
that's how far into the woods it was.
It had arms, it was running and it was very big.
I only told a couple of people and then I let it go.
Wow. Also noticed terrible odor, like
a musty wet dog smell, says other witnesses.
None that I'm aware of. Other stories.
No time and conditions. 8:15 AM Clear weather, environment
witted investigator Stan Courtney.
I spoke with the witness by telephone.
In summary, animals close to 9 feet tall.
The animal was very big and very muscular.
The animal was as white as a gorilla.
The hair collar was orange juice, copper tone.
The witness was unable to see the face.
It was difficult for the witness to be precise about the exact
location. He had noticed the Zoo Woods
sign with driving while driving north on 1st Ave.
Illinois 171. He had the siding within about a
mile that sign. He also was sure that it was
South of Cermak Rd. There are also many
municipalities in this area, so it is difficult to ascertain
which jurisdiction he was in when the sighting took place.
According to Forest Preserve District of Cook County,
Illinois, the forest preserves contain over 67,800 acres.
That's a bunch. Although the forest appear to be
a patchwork, most of them are interconnected by wooded creeks,
as in another recent report. From this area, it is apparent
that animals are able to travel corridors from 1 wooded area in
this large network of county forest preserves to another.
The area does have a large population, so I review the
satellite map. The area of the siding location
is Circle. That's pretty cool.
I mean you have this heavily wooded area bumping right up
against a very densely populated area.
Very, very neat. This one here is from 1975 it
says winter date 15, so I'm not sure what the month is.
Location details Four O 5 N 5th St. nearest town.
Vandalia nearest Rd. 5th St. it says observed.
I was 14 years old. I had to walk a friend home.
She spent the night she had to be home to babysit so her
parents could go to work. It was 5:00 AM and I looked out
my bedroom window to see how much it snowed and what I saw.
While still no one believes me. I saw a very large black thing.
It was bent down looking at something in the snow only only
6 feet from my window. St. lights were on and also the
snow made things lighter. I froze and started crying and
begged my friend to look and she was afraid because I was saying
some kind of monster was out there.
Anyway it looked up at me and slowly stood up and took one
step toward me and I ran in my brother's room and jumped on his
bed begging him to help. He was afraid too so we hid in
his closet until my friend's mother was knocking at the door.
She was mad she didn't come home.
No one believed me. It was very tall, body was huge
and the eyes just stared at me. Times and condition. 5:00 AM
Environment Town. Wow.
Since I've spoken with the witness, she describes a
creature as just huge. She stated that the body and
legs looked about like pictures on the website, but the face was
different. There was more hair on the face.
Black hair covered pretty much all the face except around the
eyes. She recalls not seeing any white
in the eyes. She described the eyes as having
a reddish tint, not glowing red, just her reddish tint.
She had one major issue that she emphasized about the face.
She vividly recalled that the face was unfriendly.
Definitely not a grilled face, more human like, but unfriendly.
All caps. Wow, what an impression to
leaving that kid. Amazing.
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