Jackson County, Illinois

Near Makanda or Cobden

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Jackson County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

March 2013

It was in the summer of 2012 around 7 pm. It was very hot outside and we had been in a long drought. The nearest town is Makanda IL. The nearest road is Progress Lane which is off of Water V vcalley road. I believe it is near Union county. I had been told from a friend about some weird creature he had seen in the woods around this area. He claimed to have seen it once directly and heard it stalking him another time. He never said he thought it was a Bigfoot but I was still curious so I went out there to look around and see what he was talking about. He had told me that he had been out there many times and most of the time there was nothing strange. However, his girlfriend's grandfather had told him that there were weird creatures out in the woods. He described them to me as being 7 to 8 feet tall with glowing eyes and only moved at night for the most part. I have never seen any creatures out there but on one of my several trips out there in search of anything weird I could find I c...

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Jackson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Close encounter while fishing remembered near Giant City State Park

I had previously written an Email to BFRO and explained my encounter with a sasquatch that we called the big muddy monster at a pond called A-41. Well guess what, I was just watching TV and they just ...

January 1989

Jackson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Motorist reports his second sighting near railroad tracks west of Murphysboro

I was crossing the railroad tracks when I saw two, one standing and one sitting down. I have seen them in this spot before. ...

March 2012

Jackson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Motorist has daytime sighting near railroad tracks west of Murphysboro

I was traveling along the road when I saw a tall thin hairy bigfoot along a railroad track. He was off the tracks, he was off to the side. I thought, holy mackerel he is awefully tall....

March 2011

Jackson County Illinois (Class C) BFRO

The "Big Muddy Monster" flap of Murphysboro

In the early eighties and late seventies many incidents concerning what could only be classified as an unidentified homonid were reported in the area of Southern Ill. In particular, the area of Jackso...

January 1980

Midland County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

BF shakes bush and screams at 2 hunters

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November 1972

Allegheny County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Resident's nighttime sighting outside home near Sewickly

It was September of 1997 and I was outside on my back porch having a smoke. It was about 9 o clock at night and it was a bright clear night out. I had been out on my porch for about 2 mins when from m...

September 1997

Sumter County South Carolina (Class A) BFRO

Small. Child-like Bigfoot seen crossing road

My wife and I saw a small childlike bigfoot while in SouthCarolina a year ago. It crossed the road in front of us, about 25 yardsahead of the car. It stopped in the middle of the road and looked at us...

August 1995

Chelan County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Driver has road-cross sighting on Highway 2, north of Leavenworth

August 7th between 10:00 and ll:00 AM. Saturday. as driving on Highway 2 toward Levenworth. I was about 10 minutes out of the town. The car in front of me saw it first. He had to stop his car or he wo...

August 2004

Volusia County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by two newspaper deliverymen around 3:30 a.m

A large, hairy, ape-like humanoid standing in the middle of a dirt road at approximately 3:30am. A creature was sighted in the headlights of the witness' pickup truck. As the witnesses stopped their ...

January 1989

Fremont County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

Twenty-two inch tracks found

Four 22 inch long bare human tracks. Eight feet from toe to heel in order left right left right. These tracks followed a deer path doun a hill and crossed a dirt road. The road was very hard and the t...

April 1998

Boone County Indiana (Class A) BFRO

Evening sighting by motorists along I-65 near mile marker 131.

My wife and I were driving to Indianapolis to see our parents. It was around 10:30 PM when we saw a large creature cross the interstate. It crossed about 200-300 yards in front of our car from the lef...

December 1977

Allen County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Late night sighting by teen at Lost Creek Golf Course

I was walking home from my friends house around 1:00 am. We had been playing video games at his house. I was 15 at the time. I wasn't scared of walking across the golf course, I did it several times. ...

March 1987