Cook County, Illinois

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Cook County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

August 2014

Chimpanzee noises at work. Went outside, seen in hedge apple tree. Tan reddish hue, wedge shaped head from behind. Went away after I yelled, still heard noises.

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Cook County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Motorist has possible nighttime sighting in the Forest Preserves outside Chicago

I was driving home from my shift at UPS at about 4 a.m. last night. Traveling east on 95th street, most likely before Lagrange road, but I am not certain of which main cross street I was near, because...

July 2014

Cook County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Man recalls possibly seeing a bigfoot playing peek-a-boo in headlights while parked west of Midlothian

The following on-site interview was conducted by Stan Courtney. The first name of the witness has been changed. Stan - Jim, can you explain what happened? Jim - When I was about 16 years old, m...

July 1974

Cook County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Possible footprint and handprint found in Plum Creek Play Meadow - Forest Preserve

I have pictures of a foot print and a hand print that I took in the forest preserve that is on the east side of my town. The foot print in my opinion based on the size of my husband's shoe size would ...

July 2008

Cook County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Motorists have nighttime sighting north of Matteson

My wife, daughter and I saw a very large dark figure cross the road no more than 50 feet in front of us. This thing cleared the road in not even two steps. The arm on this thing was long and extremely...

December 2012