St. Clair County, Illinois

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St. Clair County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

June 1996

My sister recalled a day sighting roughly 5 pm across from our home, in the strip mines. This was roughly 20 years ago. She was riding a small motorcycle down a rock road, she came over the hill to look at the mine lake. What she thought was a man was squatted sifting water with his hands. When it heard the motorcycle it turned and took off very quickly and uncharacteristically fast towards her. She turned and left as quickly as she could. She didn't notice the body but the face had a large amount of white hair with a rough expression, the movement was very quick and bounding. When she glanced back it was gone. My dad went over to see if he saw any signs of someone staying there and there was nothing. Come to find out there are many sightings in our area of something called the "silver creek freak".

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St. Clair County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Woman recalls her night time sighting while fishing behind her home near Columbia

I'm 51 yrs old. My sighting happened twenty odd years ago but I need to tell someone about it. I've finally come to grips with it and now it's time just to tell someone...who won't think I'm a nut-cas...

November 1991

St. Clair County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Possible footprints found east of Belleville near Illinois Route 4

I heard crashing in the woods I was walking through to get to a field I hunt Indian artifacts in.. and found tracks......

June 2015

St. Clair County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Possible footprints found and cast east of Belleville near Illinois Route 4

I found tracks and video documented them as well as cast them....this is the second time finding tracks , first time was in June of 2015 then January 15 2016...no actual sighting but have heard unusua...

January 2016

Harford County Maryland (Class A) BFRO

Large, dark creature seen crossing the road.

I was riding my motorcyle north on Rt 165 having just passed the John Deere dealership. This particular section of road is straight for more then a mile. I was about a quarter of the way into this mil...

July 1984

Columbia County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Unusual tracks found.

archery elk season,opening day. I was archery hunting, I found some very big tracks. I back tracked them to the canyon I had just hunted. These tracks went about 5 or 6 hundred yards along a clearcut....

September 1991

Walla Walla County Washington (Class A) BFRO

BFRO investigator finds tracks in snow 2001

While driving Blacksnake Ridge doing field work I came across large bipedal footprint going across Blacksnake ridge. i got out to investigate the tracks. From heel to heel to prints were 4 1/2 feet ap...

March 2001

Polk County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

Man sees a bigfoot 100' away, hears twigs break as it slowly walks

I was sitting at camp and could smell the familiar smell of a bear so I started looking around the area. I saw something move and at first I thought it was a man. Then it stood up as if it had been ea...

September 2000

Ontario Canada (Class A) BFRO

A sighting of a gray shape in the bush near the waters edge, large footprints found afterwards

From the Sioux Lookout Bulletin Volume 6 number 36 Wednesday July 2, 1997 a story by John Lynch. (Refer to Media Article #69 for full text of newspaper article)....

July 1997

New Brunswick Canada (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by campers

We were camping in late spring 1983 near Mills Creek. At approx. 7am we were awakened by our 2 dogs running into our lean-too. We had to force the dogs outside only to see them cower under our legs an...

January 1983

Marion County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Witness saw man-like creature in a corn field.

I was riding a four wheeler at my aunts out in the country. On an old gravel road I saw something that appeared to be a dog two-hundered yards ahead of me in a corn feild on my right side. As I got cl...

June 1997

Greene County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Late afternoon sighting by motorist on I-675 near Beavercreek

About two weeks ago while driving on I-675 northbound inside Greene co, coming toward Dayton, Ohio I looked in a corn field. I observed a dark-colored figure in the middle of the field, the top of the...

June 2002