Morgan County, Illinois

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Morgan County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

January 1986

It was winter in 1986-87 in Central Illinois, Morgan county, just 3 miles east of Jacksonville off the old state road. Myself and another friend were riding a 3 wheeler in the snow thru a pasture area along a creek and wooded area about 11-1130 PM. We were taking turns riding it and while 1 was riding the other would wait for the rider to come back. 1 of the times while I was riding aprox 200 yds off the road, I spotted a bigfoot aprox 7 ft tall and probably 400lbs. It was walking across the narrow part of the pasture aprox 30yds wide from one stand of woods to another, This part of Illinois is all farmland with a lot of creeks and rivers but not an extreme amount of woodland, my only thoughts were that what the heck had I just seen...

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Morgan County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Runner has sighting near home south of Jacksonville

The following interview was conducted by Stan Courtney. The first name of the witness has been changed. Stan - Can you please explain what you saw? Mark - It was just before football and I was t...

August 2006

Morgan County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Vocalizations and a sighting with a spotlight near Murrayville

During the summer months of July and August my family has had a number of events that we have heard and seen what we believed to be a big foot here in Central Illinois. We know he has left the area no...

July 2006

Morgan County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by a motorist near Lake Jacksonville

I spoke with the witness by telephone. I visited the site and spoke personally with his parents in their home which is a couple of miles from the sighting location. Stan - Can you please explain w...

November 2005