Incident #991024
Cairo, Pulaski Cty, Illinois
Jul 1972
Account
LeRoy Summers reported to Cairo police that he saw a 10-foot white monster with a bit of red around the middle and a large head standing by a small brick building on the Ohio River dike between 28th and 17th streets about 7.30 p.m.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 26 1972
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Pulaski Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cairo
- Latitude
- 3702
- Longitude
- 8911
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- empty building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- LeRoy Summers, Cairo, IL, quoted in the Cairo Evening Citizen, Jul 26, 1972
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- white
- Movement
- staying still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- jogging
- Action on sighting
- fled