Bigfoot reports in Illinois
269 cases, best-documented first. Page 3 of 3.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Bigfoot · Dawson, Illinois · 1995
Witness reports seeing a huge, white-to-grayish furred creature on the road that watched them drive away and then ran on its legs like a human.
Bigfoot · Bunker Hill, Illinois · 1994
Witness reports seeing a huge dark furred creature standing around 7 feet tall crossing a trail in the woods behind their cousin's house.
Bigfoot · Alton, Illinois · 2004
Witness reports seeing a 7-8 ft tall creature smash a tree and later being howled at with rocks thrown.
Bigfoot · LaSalle, Illinois · 2015
Witness reports seeing a greyish tan, 7 or 8 feet tall creature with long strides crossing the road near Marseilles.
Bigfoot · Girard, Illinois · 2008
Witness reports seeing a large dark shape moving bipedally through fog and hearing drumming on trees while living in Girard, IL.
Bigfoot · Olive Branch, Illinois · 2011
Witness reports seeing a large, dark brownish hairy humanoid with broad muscles running down a ridge after finding a large footprint and feces.
Bigfoot · Rock Falls, Illinois · 1980
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy humanoid running through a cornfield near Rock Falls in the late summer of 1980 or 1981.
Bigfoot · Will County, Illinois · 1970
Witness reports seeing a big foot with burnt orange hair and emerald green eyes crossing Lorenzo Rd near I-55 in November 1970.
Bigfoot · LaSalle, Illinois · 2011
Witness reports seeing a large human-like figure with yellow eyes near cornfields while riding a motorcycle at night.
Bigfoot · Otterville, Illinois · 1997
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy creature straddling a road line at night near Hardin, which stood up as they passed.
Bigfoot · Grundy County, Illinois · 2009
Witness reports seeing a 7-foot+ creature cross Old Stage Rd east of Seneca in summer 2009.
Bigfoot · Lawrenceville, Illinois · 2011
Witnesses report seeing a tall, black figure running fast across 12th Street in Lawrenceville approximately three weeks prior to the report.
Bigfoot · Carlinville, Illinois · 1978
Witness reports hearing a loud howl/scream and smelling a foul stench while parked in a car near Carlinville.
Bigfoot · Lawrenceville, Illinois · 1953
Witness reports seeing a large creature with honey blonde hair and amber eyes at the window of their childhood home in George Field.
Bigfoot · Alto Pass, Illinois · 2013
Witness reports seeing a solid black, muscular, 8-foot-tall animal walking through a clearing near their deer stand in Alto Pass.
Bigfoot · Gorham, Illinois · 1978
Witness reports seeing a tall, black, hairy humanoid creature with white around its eyes while mushroom hunting near a creek.
Bigfoot · Illinois · 2025
Witness reports seeing a huge, white/gray creature with glowing eyes and long arms standing near their car in open cornfields.
Bigfoot · Illinois · 2012
Witness reports seeing a large form standing on the other side of a fence while watching a meteor shower, which then bolted to the tree line.
Bigfoot · Gorham, Illinois · 1975
Witness reports that headlights illuminated a creature standing on a creek bank near a wooden bridge on Happy Hollow Road, which then looked at them and walked away.
Bigfoot · Grundy County, Illinois · 2005
Witness reports seeing a large silhouette and a smaller fur-bodied creature walking in the woods near a road bend.
Bigfoot · Granite City, Illinois · 1977
Witness reports his wife saw a bigfoot standing behind their car in the woods near the Mississippi River before it moved away.
Bigfoot · Ellisville, Illinois · 2009
Witness reports finding a bare footprint and later hearing low growls and wood knocks near Ellisville.
Bigfoot · Illinois River, Illinois
A fraternity member recounts a story where his brother and he heard something banging on their house, later finding large bare footprints around it.
Bigfoot · Sparland, Illinois · 1974
Witness reports that their mother and they saw an unknown bipedal creature walking towards their house near Sparland, Illinois, in about 1974.
Bigfoot · Granite City, Illinois · 1972
Witness reports that their family regularly encountered bigfoot standing at their picture window and in the barn with horses near Granite City.
Bigfoot · Madison County, Illinois · 1984
Witness reports that she and her mother saw a large, brown, hairy creature run across the road on all fours then two legs at night.
Bigfoot · Belleville, Illinois · 2015
A farmer reports being scared by a large figure in his field at dark, describing it as the biggest guy he ever saw wearing a big heavy coat who ran into the woods.
Bigfoot · Carmi, Illinois · 1984
Witness's brother reported seeing a tall, black-haired creature with piercing yellow eyes that was cross between a man and an ape while hanging laundry.
Bigfoot · Pinckneyville, Illinois · 1940s
Witness reports a man driving at night saw a large, hairy, upright ape-like creature cross the road between Pinckneyville and DuQuoin.
Bigfoot · Harrisburg, Illinois · 2005
Witness reports that his nephew saw a large, dark silhouette walking on two legs near Mitchellville in November 1994.
Bigfoot · Troy, Illinois · 2017
Witness reports a friend saw a large, grayish-black, upright animal standing in the road near Troy, IL.
Bigfoot · Marion, Illinois · 2006
Witness reports her son saw a large black figure in the grass near Lake of Egypt that whistled back at him.
Bigfoot · Saint Clair County, Illinois
Witness's father's girlfriend reports seeing a hooded figure with glowing red eyes peering at them from the road.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, Illinois · 2012
A friend reports seeing a 7 to 8 feet tall creature with glowing eyes that moves at night in the woods near Makanda.
Bigfoot · Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area, Illinois
[name] reports that his brother-in-law and a summer helper heard a hellacious roaring scream and felt territorial presence while walking on [name]'s grandparents' land.
Bigfoot · LaSalle, Illinois · 1985
Witness reports that his friend saw a huge creature on a dirt road near the Vermilion River at night, causing the dog to flee and the driver to leave immediately.
Bigfoot · Vermilion County, Illinois
Wife reports seeing another dark figure near a tree in the front yard at night with flood lights on.
Bigfoot · Fulton County, Illinois · 1985
Witness reports that a friend and his brother's dad saw a small, hairy, bipedal creature in a ravine while hunting.
Bigfoot · Elizabethtown, Illinois · 2021
Witness reports his wife saw a large, upright, black/brownish creature emerging from the woods near Camp Cadiz.
Bigfoot · Custer Park, Illinois · 2023
Witness reports two grandkids spotted a bigfoot standing in a ditch watching them before it moved away.
Bigfoot · Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Witness's mother reports finding a huge piece of poop with fur in it while walking the dog.
Bigfoot · Moultrie County, Illinois · 1999
Witness reports a nine-year-old girl heard screaming and saw trees shaking in a straight path while walking to a pond, followed by rocks being thrown at her and her sisters.
Bigfoot · LaSalle, Illinois · 2005
Witness reports that he and a friend encountered an upright-walking, tall, wide creature with a musky smell that circled their campsite for hours before running away.
Bigfoot · Cook County, Illinois · 1968
Witness reports a tall, upright, hairy humanoid creature with long arms and a flat face crossed a road in front of their van while they were lost near Carpentersville.
Bigfoot · Brussels, Illinois · 1968
Witness reports their brother saw an upright white animal while playing with tadpoles in the woods near Brussels.
Bigfoot · Chatham, Illinois · 2010
Witness reports his dog became extremely nervous and spooked by an unseen presence emitting a foul odor near the tree-line.
Bigfoot · Morgan County, Illinois
Witness reports that a neighbor's wife swears she has seen Bigfoot twice in the woods near her property.
Bigfoot · Henderson County, Illinois
Witness's mother reports seeing something very large jump over a backyard fence and run through a field while her dogs chased it.
Bigfoot · Cook County, Illinois
Witness reports objects being thrown at him and a friend, including a large log that flew out of the trees near them.
Bigfoot · Glenarm, Illinois · 2011
Witness reports that their son found strange prints in the woods near the Sugar Creek Covered Bridge on June 16th.
Bigfoot · Taylorville, Illinois · 2008
Witness reports a very large hairy thing walked out of a ditch across in front of her car and stepped over a guard rail into the timber.
Bigfoot · Jacksonville, Illinois · 2005
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, muscular humanoid walking across a road near a corn field in 2005.
Bigfoot · Midlothian, Illinois · 2010
Witness reports hearing deep growling sounds and feeling followed in the woods, which he now considers indicative of possible sasquatch activity.
Bigfoot · Shelby County, Illinois
Witness reports a walnut thrown into the woods being returned and landing three feet in front of his toes.
Bigfoot · Kane County, Illinois · 2011
Witness reports that [name] and her husband observed large tracks in deep snow leading from their patio to an outhouse and over a fence during a blizzard.
Bigfoot · Crawford County, Illinois · 1987
Witness's cousin reports seeing a nine-foot tall bigfoot with white hair take two steps to cross the road.
Bigfoot · Saline County, Illinois · 2006
Witness reports hearing a loud, amplified howl resembling Bigfoot vocalizations while camping at Williams Hill Pass.
Bigfoot · Pekin, Illinois · 2005
Witness reports that her brother heard a noise while camping and they found large footprints the next morning, which were not deer tracks.
Bigfoot · Pawnee, Illinois · 1978
Witness reports hearing odd tapping noises and finding fresh matted grass and a large human-shaped footprint in dried mud before fleeing with a friend after hearing crashing timber and being told to…
Bigfoot · Canton, Illinois · 2010
Witness reports a friend saw a shadowy sasquatch shape with puffy balloon feet behind a shed near a dumpster in Canton.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, Illinois · 1983
Witness reports that he and his father saw a creature growling on the bank before it pencil-dived into a pond and swam toward them while they were fishing.
Bigfoot · McLean County, Illinois
Witness reports their disabled brother heard whoops and stick fighting and saw figures at the fence line every night.
Bigfoot · Shelby County, Illinois
Witness reports hearing wood knocks and logs being thrown, feeling watched, and witnessing a large creature charge the edge of the cemetery before vanishing silently.
Bigfoot · White County, Illinois · 1945
Witness reports her aunt saw a large, red-haired, pointed-headed humanoid figure looking into their cabin window at night.
Bigfoot · Pinckneyville, Illinois · 1970s
Witness reports a friend found large bare-foot humanlike footprints in mud at a strip-mine pond in December.
Bigfoot · Vermilion County, Illinois
Wife reports seeing something in the same location where the narrator had previously seen a dark figure.
Bigfoot · Freeburg, Illinois · 1996
Witness reports a sister saw a squatting humanoid with white hair and a rough expression that quickly bounded away near strip mines.
Bigfoot · Edinburg, Illinois · 2013
Witness reports her daughter saw a very tall, hairy biped chasing deer near Edinburg.
Bigfoot · Rantoul, Illinois · 1975
Witness reports a 7-foot tall, hairy, beefy animal that emerged from a ditch on all fours, stood up, and walked away near a vehicle.