Incident #991019
Farmer City, De Witt Cty, Illinois
Jul 1970
Account
Ennis, Lamb, Faircloth and Hardwick camping on wild 10-acre buffalo grass-covered piece of land south of Farmer City near Salt Creek. Heard something moving in the tall grass, coming between their fire and their tent. Turned on car lights, saw widely-separated eyes gleaming, thing squatting by tent ran off on two legs. Other reports of furry creature in same area on 12th and 14th.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 09 1970
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- De Witt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Farmer City
- Latitude
- 4015
- Longitude
- 8838
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- fire
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 4
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Fate magazine, March, 1971, Loren Coleman quoting Don Ennis, Beecher Lamb, Larry Faircloth and Bob Hardwick, all 18.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- got upýfled
- Reaction
- approachedýfled from
- Position when first seen
- squatting
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled