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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, August 10, 1949
Armed Squads To Seek Killer Bear Tonight Near Gooseville
Will Converge on Area Terrorized by Phantom Animal
Alton Telegraph
Bethalto - Seven armed squads of men, armed with loaded shotguns, are to comb the dense brush of the Gooseville area, nine miles east of Alton on Highway 140, [...]
Monday, March 15, 1976
Frolicking ‘ape’ startles 2 young campers near Moro
By Dennis McMurray
Alton Telegraph
Two youths camping in an abandoned strip mine pit near Moro claim that they were startled early Sunday morning when a four foot tall “ape or monkey” suddenly bounded with 15 feet of them.
Ron Barton, 19, of Bethalto, [...]
Thursday, March 18, 1976
Moro ‘ape” added to area’s list of animalistic spooks
By Dennis McMurray
Alton Telegraph
An “ape” near Moro Sunday was the latest of a menagerie of monsters and beasts reported in the Telegraph area over the years, including the famous “Gooseville Bear,” which has never been captured.
Other cryptic-creatures mysteriously congregating [...]
Friday, February 22, 2008
Bears and Bigfoot and snakes, oh my! Be
By Charlotte Stetson
Alton Telegraph
A bear in Bethalto? Bigfoot in Edwardsville? Monster snakes in East Alton? A variety of wild animals have made the news in The Telegraph over the years. But one of the best tales is that of the Gooseville [...]
Wednesday, September 22, 1965
Youths Report ‘Monster’ Near Edge Of City
Decatur Review
Sheriff’s deputies went on a “monster” hunt early today at the northwest edge of Decatur.
They were called to Montezuma Hills when four young persons claimed a black, man-like monster approached the car in which they were parked.
They said they left [...]
Friday, April 22, 1887
Wild Man Of The Woods
Decatur Daily Review
An alleged wild man of the woods is making life miserable for rustics of Logan county.