BFRO #39268: Homeowner has nighttime sighting near Edwardsville
π Location
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois (near I-55), Edwardsville, IL
Specific Location: Near I-55, along a bike trail parking lot in Edwardsville
Coordinates: 38.81000, -89.96000
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38.8100Β°, -89.9600Β°
π Description
I had just gotten my son down to sleep. It was 1 o'clock in the morning. He sleeps in the back bedroom. I happened to walk by the window in the hallway because I had to go to the bathroom. For some reason I heard a cough. It sounded like somebody clearing their throat. I had just put the pool down. We have one of those quick set ring pools that you blow up for my son. I just took it down and it was drying off, I thought somebody was out there looking at it or messing with it. So I opened the blinds and looked. I didn't see anything right off the bat.But then I saw something between the woods and my shed. It was just standing there and it was big. The head looked huge. So I ran upstairs and got my night vision. When I kicked that night vision on I could see every detail. It was staring up in the trees. He was at least eight and a half foot tall. He was about 40 yards from the window. He looked gray in color.It looked like a really big human. If people want to know what the face looks like, if you put this guy in a Viking movie with a horned helmet on people would say he was a Viking, that's how human looking he was. He had really sunken eyes. But he was just looking up in the trees.And then I heard somebody's radio down at the parking lot of the bike trail. It was pretty amazing. I was watching him and thinking "He's hanging out there because he's waiting for people to leave." Nobody could see him there, and the only reason I did is because I was walking by the window and saw something in my yard that is not normally there.I even went to wake my wife and have her see too, but he was gone.
π Circumstances
None
π€οΈ Weather Conditions
1 a.m.
βΉοΈ Additional Details
1 a.m.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmiymjyzt01bo8fyshr55iw32
- Primary Source
- BFRO
- Added to Map
- December 9, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 10, 2025