Incident #991023
East Peoria, Tazewell Cty, Illinois
Jun 1972
Account
Randy Emert said he and friends heard of a creature in the Cole Hollow area, and in the past two months had seen it twice. It was between 8 and 12 feet tall, kinda white, and moves quick. He said footprints with three big toes were all around there and had been seen by many of his friends, and that the creature lets out a long screech kinda like a steam whistle. A friend in Wisconsin has the track photos. Mrs. Ann Kammerer, 607 E. Republic, said all her children, and her daughter-in-law, had seen the creature.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- midnight
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Tazewell Cty
- Nearest Town
- East Peoria
- Latitude
- 4040
- Longitude
- 8935
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- No. of Track Witnesses
- many
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- Pekin, IL, Journal-Star, Jul 26, 1972, quoting Randy Emert, 18, of Peoria, IL
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- white
- Sound
- scream
Footprints
- Number of Toes
- 3
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- fled