Incident #993030
Vandalia, Fayett Cty, Illinois
1975
Account
At 5 a.m. T.L.looked out bedroom window and saw a large black thing bent down looking at something in snow. It stood up and took a step in her direction and she fled to her brother's room. Her brother and a friend of hers who was spending the night both refused to look. Black hair covered face except eyes. Not a gorilla face, more humanlike, but very "unfriendly." Eyes had no whites but showed a reddish tint. (Apparemtly not asked about tracks--should have been obvious in snow.)
When
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Fayett Cty
- Nearest Town
- Vandalia
- Latitude
- 3858
- Longitude
- 8906
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Snow Condition
- snow
Weather and light
- Lighting
- street light
Source
- Source
- BFRO from T.L., CIA, then 14, intv. by Bob Smith
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes
- Hair Colour
- black
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Expression
- angry
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got upýapproached
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýinside building
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled