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 these recordings [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 here [...]
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 [...]
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 Rt. 2, at [...]
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 woods in the area [...]
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 [...]