Incident #991007
Elizabeth, Jo Daviess Cty, Illinois
Jul 1929
Account
Farm women said terrorized by reports of huge gorilla seen wandering in woods. No clue how such an animal could be there.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1929
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Jo Daviess Cty
- Nearest Town
- Elizabeth
- Latitude
- 4219
- Longitude
- 9013
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
Source
- Source
- Washington Post, July 26, 1929, AP report from Freeport, Illinois.