Incident #991013
Decatur, Macon Cty, Illinois
Nov 1962
Account
Bob Earle and Steve Collins saw a large, grey animal standing upright in the middle of a creek East of Decatur off East William Street Road.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1962
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Macon Cty
- Nearest Town
- Decatur
- Latitude
- 3952
- Longitude
- 8859
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
Source
- Source
- Bob Earle, Decatur, quoted in Carbondale Daily Egyptian, Dec. 11, 1969, by Loren Coleman. Other witness Steve Collins, according to John Keel book.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Movement
- staying still
- Water Activity
- wading
- Position when first seen
- erect