Sangamon County, Illinois

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Sangamon County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

1995

About ten years ago I saw something very peculiar. It was laying in the middle of the road and I didn't notice it until I was about to hit it. As my ex-girlfriend and I swerved to the left lane to go around, it got up and watched us drive around it. This thing was HUGE! I'm not exaggerating it had to be close to ten feet tall, with white to grayish colored fur. I watched it watch us drive away in my rearview for about a minute then it ran away on it's legs just like a human. At that time and for a few years after I was in sort of a denial, telling myself it had ot be some kind of Polar Bear that had gotten loose form a local zoo or something. After never hearing any news story about a missing Polar Bear I put in the back of my mind always suspicioning that it may have been a Bigfoot. As for my ex-girlfriend (the other witness), I haven't spoke to her in years but I know that she saw it too, and was just as dumbfounded as I am!

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Sangamon County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Possible sighting near University of Illinois Springfield soccer fields

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October 2012

Sangamon County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

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July 2011

Sangamon County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Two paranormal investigators find possible evidence at Cumberland Sugar Creek Cemetery

[Witness first names have been changed] On Tuesday evening June 28, 2011, I along with fellow paranormal investigator James arrived at the Cumberland Sugar Creek Cemetery in rural Sangamon County near...

June 2011

Sangamon County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Vocalizations recorded and possible footprint found near Sugar Creek

I was just outside and my 3 yearold lab was spooked by somethig like I've never seen. Barking--in a fear sound-- and running in circles! Wind is in the west and that is the direction of her concern. ...

June 2011