Saturday, September 08, 1883 A Roaming Madman – Startling Experiences of An Illinois Lady with a Wild Man – As Naked as the Day He was Born The Saturday Herald – Decatur, Illinois Centreville, Ill., Sept . 4 – A wildman, naked as Adam, has been roaming around the country in this vicinity for several days, causing intense [...]
Thursday, June 12, 1890 Stackmer’s Bend Wild Man Davenport (Iowa) Morning Tribune STACKMER’S BEND, near Jacksonville, Ill., is much alarmed over the presence of a wild man in a section of wood near town.
Wednesday, March 30, 1977 Spring resurrects ‘Kickapoo Monster’ By Rick Baker Bloomington Pantagraph Downs – “You didn’t really see that thing, did you, Dale Mitchell?” “Yes, I did,” Dale Mitchell said earnestly. “Aw, come on.” “I saw it,” Dale Mitchell said. Dale Mitchell, a 23 year old mechanic from Downs, said he saw, and was pursued by, something [...]
Tuesday, August 11, 1970 Hairy ‘Human’ Sighted At Kickapoo Creek by James Keeran Bloomington Pantagraph The mystery continues. Something somewhat like the Farmer City monster of a few weeks ago was sighted near Heyworth last week. The report has it that three Rantoul youths, camping on the banks of Kickapoo Creek, sighted a strange-looking human [...]
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 Researchers look for Bigfoot; zoologist skeptical By Sharon K. Wolfe Bloomington Pantagraph FUNKS GROVE – Researchers have been looking for Bigfoot in Funks Grove, but a local zoologist interested in the elusive creature’s lore said he would be very surprised if one is found there. A report last fall by people [...]
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 Eyewitness believes he saw hairy Bigfoot-like creature By Greg Cima Bloomington Pantagraph BLOOMINGTON – Tom Vielhak said he wasn’t drinking, under the influence of drugs or hallucinating when he spotted large, hairy, man-like creatures walking upright in Funks Grove. “I know there’s a lot of people who’re saying they don’t believe [...]
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 Bigfoot encounter in central Illinois? Bloomington man says huge creature hit his car. By ANDREA FRAMPTON Peoria Star Journal FUNKS GROVE – He has such names as Bigfoot, Yeti and Sasquatch, and he may be lurking around central Illinois, according to Tom Biscardi. Biscardi, a California resident, believes Bigfoot is more than a legend [...]
Media Article – Madison County, Illinois – # 6 Sunday, August 09, 1970 ‘Monster’ Sighted Near Kickapoo Champaign-Urbana – News Gazette Possibly Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster has wings . . . or there are a few “strange types” left over from the recent Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival…. One way or the other, there are people who claim “monster [...]
Saturday, July 4, 2009 Bigfoot announces his presence Big-time in little-known Illinois Gothic hotspot By Eddie Middleton Memphis UFO Examiner There is an isolated, wooded area just outside of the little town of Hartford, Illinois that has long been reputed to be a very spooky spot indeed. This is where the old Lakeview Castle was [...]
Thursday, June 07, 1973 Police Told of Red ‘Creature’ Edwardsville Intelligencer What is 5-feet 8-inches tall, broad-shouldered and reddish in color, has red eyes that can’t stand light, smells musty and walks without making a sound? A Frederick Street resident doesn’t know what it is either, but he told police there’s one lurking in Springer’s [...]