Incident #991011
Medinah, Du Page Cty, Illinois
1953
Account
Bruce Houdek and Dean Refram, looking for golf balls in densely wooded area on golf course, when creature large, hairy, upright creature stood up in front of them (my notes of phone call say 50 feet away, Wayne's tape transcript says 15) and walked off. Course was Medinah Country Club.
When
- Year
- 1953
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Du Page Cty
- Nearest Town
- Medinah
- Latitude
- 4159
- Longitude
- 8804
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Albert Andrea, Wilmatte, IL, intv. with Wayne King, one tape, quoting Bruce Houdek.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- walked awayýentered woods
- Reaction
- avoided
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still