Meriam Websters Online defines anomaly as being: 3 : something anomalous : something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified. There have been several recordings made by different recordists in scattered parts of the county that at first sound like coyotes. But when studying them with sound analysis software differ from coyotes. And several of [...]
Monday, August 19, 1968 10-foot-tall ‘what’s it’ reported seen Carbondale Southern Illinoisan There’s a “thing” roaming the woods near Chittyville several area residents have reported, but no one knows exactly what it is. Tim Bullock, 22, of West Frankfort, said today his girl friend, Barbara Smith, 17, of Carterville, sighted the “creature” Aug. 11 while [...]
Saturday, 12 May 1973 Wabash “monster” being sought Robinson Daily News Enfield, Ill. (UPI) – An anthropology student who has made a study of sightings of ape-like creatures plans to hunt the , “Enfield monster” with a camera and a tape recorder today. Loren Coleman, 25, who is studying at the University of Illinois at [...]
Monday, May 07, 1973 ‘It’s Something That’s There” – Monster Lurks Along Wabash The Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune Enfield, Ill. (UPI) – Henry McDaniel said he’s seen it twice: a gray, hairy, three-legged monster standing tall like a human being with pink-reflecting eyes bulging from a huge head. The second time was Sunday morning, after his original report on [...]
Saturday, December 07, 1985 Reliving the tale of the Big Muddy Monster By Ann Schottman Knol The huge creature was the stuff of nightmares. Monster sightings – note – the entire article is located here: Reliving the tale of the Big Muddy Monster – Jackson County, Illinois Because of the reference to Union County I placed that excerpt [...]
Monday November 06, 2006 Did a hairy monster stalk Tazewell County, Illinois? By Nick Vogel Pekin Daily Times Pekin, Illinois – Thirty-four years ago in Tazewell County, 100 armed men walked the woods around East Peoria’s Cole Hollow Road in search of a monster. The search was called off about 7:45 p.m. when one of [...]
Friday, July 28, 1972 Woman Picking Berries Says She saw Monster Near Rt. 98 Thursday The Pekin Daily Times A rural Pekin woman reported to Tazewell Co. sheriff’s officers that she saw Cohomo (Cole Hollow Road monster) while she was picking berries by the old coal mine on Rt. 98, about 3 miles east of [...]
Thursday, July 27, 1972 ‘Hey, Bud, Did You See A Monster Go By…’ The Pekin Daily Times Tazewell Co. Sheriff’s officers discovered a serious safety hazard in East Peoria woods Wednesday night, but it wasn’t “Cohomo” (Cole Hollow Road Monster). The real danger they did find was Homo Sapiens-about 100 monster hunters walking thru the [...]
Because this recording is of such poor quality I debated a long time whether to share this sound file or not. It was recorded from the patio of my home here in Central Illinois on the 13th of March, 2010. The sound was buried in the white noise of the recording. I am guessing the [...]
July 26, 1972 Man Reports Seeing ‘Hairy Creature’ In Woods Near Cole Hollow Road The Pekin Daily Times A Peoria youth reports he has seen a large, hairy creature in the East Peoria area near Cole Hollow Road. Randy Emert, 18 of 3527 Twelve Oaks, Peoria says he and many friends have seen some type [...]