Geographical Index > United States > Illinois > Morgan County > Report # 28533
(Class A)
Submitted by witness on Sunday, November 21, 2010.
Daylight sighting by a motorist near Lake Jacksonville
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YEAR: 2005
SEASON: Fall MONTH: November DATE: 19 STATE: Illinois COUNTY: Morgan County LOCATION DETAILS: Go south of I-72 1 1/2 miles on Illinois 267. Then east on Lake Jacksonville Rd. NEAREST TOWN: Jacksonville NEAREST ROAD: Illinois 267 OBSERVED: I spoke with the witness by telephone. I visited the site and spoke personally with his parents in their home which is a couple of miles from the sighting location.
Stan - Can you please explain what you saw?
Mark - It was my junior year of high school, so 2005, probably November. I was driving home on the back roads to the house. I saw a big black head sticking out the top at the corner of the corn field. And I stopped and saw this big black hairy thing. Then the head disappeared and a couple of seconds later it came walking across the road, and disappeared in the corn across the road.
I took off then, I didn't even take time to turn and try and see it walking, I just kept going.
Stan - How tall do you think it was?
Mark - Eight feet to nine feet.tall.
Stan - And what color was it?
Mark - Dark, very dark brown.
Stan - How was it built?
Mark - Very muscular.
Stan - How much would you think it weighed?
Mark - Close to 300 lbs.
Stan - Did it walk slowly or did it run across the road?
Mark - It had a normal walking pace, it just walked across like nothing was bothering it.
Stan - Did it look at you?
Mark - It looked at me when I stopped, when it was sticking its head out of the corn.
Stan - Were you able to see its face at all?
Mark - No, I couldn't see the face. ALSO NOTICED: Nothing OTHER WITNESSES: None OTHER STORIES: Yes, I had another sighting a year later. TIME AND CONDITIONS: Clear, about 3:30 in the afternoon. ENVIRONMENT: Farms, woods, creeks.
Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Stan Courtney:
The sighting was brief but the witness does remember the following:
- The animal was about 8 to 9 feet tall.
- The animal weighed about 300 lbs.
- The body build was muscular.
- The hair was very dark brown.
- The animal walked in a normal walking pace.
- The witness was unable to see the face.
His sighting a year later is Report #28534.
About BFRO Investigator Stan Courtney:
Stan Courtney has a special interest in wildlife audio recording. He has attended numerous BFRO Expeditions. See Stan's blog StanCourtney.com for recordings he has collected over the years.
Stan Courtney can be reached at [email protected]
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