Motorist has a nighttime sighting near Karnak witnessed in Pulaski County, Illinois

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I was driving back to my home at night. It was 1999. Not sure what day of the week, but it was a week day. I was driving at night back from a friend's house in a town close by. At the time I resided in a small village in IL named Karnak pop only about 650. I was driving back from another small village named Grand Chain. I decided to take the "back roads" that night like I almost did every night. It was around 11 PM. It was fall, because I had my windows down, all four of them in my four door Corsica. The road I was driving on was a red gravel road, (not sure if it still is, a lot of the roads in that area are paved now.) so I was taking my time and watching for deer who infest the area. I have hit deer before, so I was being very very watchful of animals along the road, and I estimate my speed was around 20-25 MPH. I went up a small hill that had a long but even plane. As I started going down the hill I noticed eyes off to the side of the road. I know most reports I have seen do not de...