Law enforcement officers find and follow fresh snow tracks 33 miles NE of Moline witnessed in Whiteside County, Illinois

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My name is Jerrod Reynolds. Years ago I was one of the biggest critics and thought that bigfoot was a spoof. I grew up hunting and fishing in central Illinois. My father who is a USMC Vietnam Vet taught me at a young age to hunt and track and pay close attention to my surroundings. After High School I joined the USMC infantry where I served two tours. One tour was Iraq in the Al Anbar Province where I walked point. My job was to read the lay of the land and look for anything out of place that was not natural to the surrounding terrain. The second was counter piracy operations on the coast of Africa in 2009. I am now 33 years old and I am a Police Officer and a Swat Operator in North Western Illinois. The first agency I worked for was right on the Rock River, and 3 miles from town is the Big Bend State Park which is over 1000 acres of wetland and forest. On Feb 13th 2018 around 11:00 PM I was given information about a stolen four wheeler which we recovered. During that time I was gi...