BFRO #23395: Deer hunters have close sighting along Dry Fork Creek
π Location
Dry Fork Creek area near Old Ripley Trail, Sorento, Bond County, Illinois, Sorento, IL
Specific Location: Old Ripley Trail near Dry Fork Creek, Sorento, IL
Coordinates: 38.90000, -89.34000
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38.9000Β°, -89.3400Β°
π Description
Me and my son and daughter were hunting deer during the 2006 youth deer season. My son shot and wounded a deer and it ran into the woods. We all three went into the woods looking for it. Something started to beat on a tree making a hollow pounding sound. Then a lot of thrashing noise and tree shaking. I got scared but did not want to scare the kids so I said lets go. We got about 100 yards from the truck and smelled a real foul odor exactly like rotting meat. I mean real bad. At the truck it smelled so bad it was hard to breathe. I know there is something out there. My kids both saw this creature. It was black and hairy and it climbs trees. About six foot, broad shoulders, no neck, a lot like a man but hairy.
π Circumstances
Three shooting deer.
π€οΈ Weather Conditions
Late evening, sunny, no wind at all.
βΉοΈ Additional Details
Late evening, sunny, no wind at all.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmiykk43701888fyskjc9pqzr
- Primary Source
- BFRO
- Added to Map
- December 9, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 10, 2025