Other / Unknown reports in Illinois
9 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
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.
Other / Unknown · Rockford, Illinois
Witness and brother heard a maniacal laugh sounding like the devil while leaving the woods.
Other / Unknown · Champaign, Illinois · 2020
Witness reports seeing a tan, deer-dog hybrid creature with long ears and an upright stance running through their yard in Champaign, IL.
Other / Unknown · Galena, Illinois · 2010
The narrator reports a face-to-face encounter with an unspecified creature in Galena, Illinois.
Other / Unknown · Northwestern Woods, Illinois · 2017
Witness reports hearing distorted echoes and screams mimicking their voice coming from the woods while standing near the camper.
Other / Unknown · Beardstown, Illinois · 2019
Witness reports hearing a guttural scream followed by a car crash in nearby fields, with police dismissing the incident.
Other / Unknown · Beardstown, Illinois
Witnesses report strange shadows in the grass at an old airstrip and an inability to walk to the end of the runway at night.
Other / Unknown · McLean County, Illinois · 1885
Witnesses report a forty-foot serpent with spots and a roaring sound was seen crossing a road near Kilison.
Other / Unknown · Macoupin County, Illinois · 1868
Witness reports a hideous monster was captured and killed by hunters in the Illinois bottom near Jerseyville.
Other / Unknown · Chicago, Illinois · 1938
Witnesses report a strange animal sat on a newspaper on a front porch in Chicago, refusing to move and baring its teeth until captured by police.