Incident #991006
Effingham, Effingham Cty, Illinois
early 1900's
Account
Mrs. Beulah Schroat wrote that she was 76 and when they were children at home South of Effingham her two late brothers used to see hairy creatures on their hind legs with large eyes, the size of an average person, or less, on a farm near a creek where the boys fished. "They walk, they do not jump."
When
- Year
- early 1900's
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Effingham Cty
- Nearest Town
- Effingham
- Latitude
- 3906
- Longitude
- 8833
What was seen
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
Source
- Source
- Mrs. Beulah Schroat, Decatur, Illinois, writing to The Decatur Review, Aug. 2, 1972, quoting her two brothers.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Posture
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Action on sighting
- fled