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

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Jackson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

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Jackson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

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Jackson County Illinois (Class C) BFRO

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