Incident #991036
Downs, McLean Cty, Illinois
Mar 1977
Account
Dale Mitchell, driving home on rural road along Kickapoo Creek, two miles North of Downs near Interstate 74, saw creature in headlights, stopped car for a closer look, but fled when it started towards him.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 28 1977
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- McLean Cty
- Nearest Town
- Downs
- Latitude
- 4024
- Longitude
- 8853
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- True UFO's, Spring, 1980, quoting Bloomington, IL, Daily Pantagraph, late March, 1977, quoting Dale Mitchell, 24, of Downs, Illinois.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Later Movement
- approached
- Reaction
- approached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Action on sighting
- studiedýfled