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Jan 1974
Aurora, Kane Cty, Illinois
Aurorans said to tell of a huge, hairy monster, dirty white, with a peculiar howl. Others sat they have seen footprints like a barefoot man but much larger and with longer toes. Reports are from North Lake Street region where…
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Aug 1974
Carol Stream, Du Page Cty, Illinois
Robert Calusinski and Gus Fuentes fooling around in corn field at night when something hit Calusinski hard on the right side. They fled, but came back the next night, heard "Brrr, Whrrr" sound that came closer, threw some rocks, and…
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Aug 1974
Carol Stream, Du Page Cty, Illinois
Mrs. Evelyn Papa said she and two other women saw a 7 ft. shiny brown creature in the next cornfield to the one where a creature was seen the night before. (1032) Chicago Tribune, Oct. 6, 1974, refers to a…
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Jul 1975
Murphysboro, Jackson Cty, Illinois
Two men gigging frogs said the spotted a white, shaggy creature about 7 ft. tall in a country churchyard. It moved quickly away, breaking a tree limb as it went. County authorities found a broken limb, no other clues.
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Jul 1976
Dixon, Lee Cty, Illinois
One fisherman said that early in the morning park benches in 200-acre Lowell Park were thrown around and big footprints all around them. By afternoon the only tracks found were upstream to the North, two good prints and several heel…
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Mar 1977
Downs, McLean Cty, Illinois
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.
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Jun 1988
Murphysboro, Jackson Cty, Illinois
Charles Straub, watchman in auto salvage yard just North of Murphysboro, phoned the owner, Bob Reiman, suspecting a prowler. They searched and encountered 8 t0 10 foot creature covered with fur, with lots of teeth, not fangs, and a strong…
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1979
Westchester, Cook Cty, Illinois
Skipping school, Tom Mackie and a friend were walking into the woods when they saw a very large, black, hairy animal running away from them down the path, arms swinging, much faster than a man could run. (Mackie claims to…
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Oct 1989
Reevesville, Johnson Cty, Illinois
Two girls and two boys, about 15, hiked to an abandoned cabin in wooded hills at night. Jennifer Rigsby was inside the cabin when the other three rushed in saying that they had heard something moving in the woods and…
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1975
Vandalia, Fayett Cty, Illinois
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…
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1839
Indiana
Four-foot-high, chesnut colored creature runs among the sand hills around Fish Lake, with great velocity and when pursued makes hideous yells. Also whines piteously.
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Apr 1897
Lagrange, Lagrange Cty, Indiana
Adam Gardner and Ed Swinchart, well-known farmers, encountered a man-sized creature covered with hair, walking on two legs. Gardner shot and thinks he lamed it. It started to run on hind legs, then bounded on all fours. There had been…
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Jul 1949
Thorntown, Boone Cty, Indiana
Charles Jones and George Coffman reported being chased from the banks of Sugar Creek where they were fishing, by a brown Gorilla. Nearly 30 Thorntown residents were reported to have seen it. Estimated weight 250 lbs. It had protruding teeth.
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1962
Madison, Jefferson Cty, Indiana
Several farmers saw a sasquatch which left tracks. Search was unsuccessful.
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Aug 1962
Richmond, Wayne Cty, Indiana
Group of young people saw 7-foot ape with long arms at the Indian graveyard at Blue Clay Springs. It stands on two feet but runs on all fours. Never seen in the daytime. Other reports describe a large one, 6…
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Sep 1972
Sylvania, Parke Cty, Indiana
Farmers reported hairy monster killed two coon dogs and a pig by slashing them across the stomach. Location near the Parke County border with Fountain County. Fate Magazine apparently gave the date as 1966. (I have only a typed copy)
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1968 to 1969
Clay City, Knox Cty, Indiana
Everett Quackenbush said he that while driving home from work at the edge of the maple woods he saw as sasquatch cross the road ahead of him.
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May 1973
Rising Sun, Dearborn Cty, Indiana
George Kaiser was walking through the farmyard to a tractor when he saw the creature standing 25 feet away. It did not notice him for a couple of minutes as he stood watching, but when he moved it leaped a…
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Aug 1970
Winslow, Pike Cty, Indiana
Armed teenagers hunting in McCord's Ford area for "monster" or "booger man", described as 10 feet tall, hair-covered, top speed 60 mph. Sightings reported Aug 13 and 14, and in the preceding two weeks.
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Jun 1971
Sharpsville, Howard Cty, Indiana
Dale King went out in his yard and saw a great apelike creature that his Alsatian dog was lunging at it but not actually attacking, while the creature would swing at it slowly but did not touch it. He called…
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Aug 1972
Roachdale, Putnam Cty, Indiana
This is one of the cases investigators at the scene believe has a UFO link. Lou Rogers heard the creature outside their trailer home one night in the first week of August. The next couple of nights she heard something…
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Aug 1972
Roachdale, Putnam Cty, Indiana
Carter and Junior Burdine drove into Carter's farmyard and found dozens of dead chickens, ripped apart but not eaten. Town marshal Leroy Cloncs came to investigate. Something they did not get a look at dashed across a road and went…
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Oct 1973
Galveston, Cass Cty, Indiana
Jim Mays, Kokomo, was fishing at a lake called The Pits northwest of Kokomo when he felt he was being watched, turned and saw a large figure 20 feet behind him in the woods. Looked somewhat like an ape, but…
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Oct 1973
Galveston, Cass Cty, Indiana
Jim Mays and John Grey and three others returned where Mays had seen a creature two days before. They saw a sandy-colored, giant, apelike creature standing at the edge of the woods where the thing Mays saw had disappeared. Two…
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Aug 1977
Elwood, Madison Cty, Indiana
Driving on County Road 1100 N, saw 10-foot creature walking on county landfill. Slowed car and turned on bright lights, it hurried off.