BFRO #28533: Daylight sighting by a motorist near Lake Jacksonville
π Location
Lake Jacksonville area, Morgan County, IL, Jacksonville, IL
Specific Location: Near Lake Jacksonville, off Illinois Route 267
Coordinates: 39.82912, -90.39345
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39.8291Β°, -90.3935Β°
π Description
I spoke with the witness by telephone. I visited the site and spoke personally with his parents in their home which is a couple of miles from the sighting location. Stan - Can you please explain what you saw?Mark - It was my junior year of high school, so 2005, probably November. I was driving home on the back roads to the house. I saw a big black head sticking out the top at the corner of the corn field. And I stopped and saw this big black hairy thing. Then the head disappeared and a couple of seconds later it came walking across the road, and disappeared in the corn across the road.I took off then, I didn't even take time to turn and try and see it walking, I just kept going.Stan - How tall do you think it was?Mark - Eight feet to nine feet.tall.Stan - And what color was it?Mark - Dark, very dark brown.Stan - How was it built?Mark - Very muscular.Stan - How much would you think it weighed?Mark - Close to 300 lbs.Stan - Did it walk slowly or did it run across the road?Mark - It had a normal walking pace, it just walked across like nothing was bothering it.Stan - Did it look at you?Mark - It looked at me when I stopped, when it was sticking its head out of the corn.Stan - Were you able to see its face at all? Mark - No, I couldn't see the face.
π Circumstances
None
π€οΈ Weather Conditions
Clear, about 3:30 in the afternoon.
βΉοΈ Additional Details
Clear, about 3:30 in the afternoon.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmiymy84w01ck8fysg86akl2u
- Primary Source
- BFRO
- Added to Map
- December 9, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 10, 2025