Incident #991017
Decatur, Macon Cty, Illinois
Sep 1965
Account
Four youths parked in Montezuma Hills northwest of Decatur, a black, manlike monster approached car, they left. Two males returned, it happened again. Sheriff's deputies found nothing, but said youths appeared well frightened.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 22 1965
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1965
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Macon Cty
- Nearest Town
- Decatur
- Latitude
- 3952
- Longitude
- 8857
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 4
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
Source
- Source
- Decatur, IL, Review, Sep 22, 1965, quoting two young men and two young women.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled