Motorists passing through the Wilmington, Illinois were looking for the landmark called the "Launching Pad" located on the main entrance into the city of Wilmington, IL on Rt 53. More people now are keeping an eye out for Sasquatch as the famed creature was
reportedly spotted twice in the area over the last week taking water near the old dam on the Wilmington Island Park District. Several people spotted something moving around the bank of the river during a pony League baseball game.
According to an eyewitness the legendary creature, witnessed two alleged encounters that occurred on Monday, May 20th as Marc Jones was driving down highway 53 heading toward Wilmington, IL just past the Launching Pad restaurant and noticed a very dark, 7-8’ tall, hairy, two-legged creature with a large head. The oddity disappeared into a nearby
patch of woods and the driver quickly pulled over in the hopes that
the possible Sasquatch would emerge from the forest, but it never did. Not until later when he arrived at the Wilmington dam that is located on the Kankakee River.
Jones subsequently spoke with people about his
sighting and, despite expressing concern that he would be the subject of
ridicule for sharing his story, provided a few more details about the incident.
Acknowledging the fantastic nature of his account, he revealed that even his friend, Blake didn't believe him when he told him about what happened. Nonetheless, Jones was adamant about what he saw, declaring "It wasn't no bear, bears are not around this area. It was
walking straight up, like a human, with long arms swinging back and forth like
a monkey." He ultimately described the encounter as a rather frightening
experience, recalling that he was so shaken at the time that "I wasn't
getting out of the truck and I wasn't going to go into the woods looking for
it."
Remarkably, it appears that Jones was not the only person in
the region to run into Bigfoot over the last week as a second individual came
forward yesterday with their own tale of seeing the creature. This particular
sighting occurred on the morning of Memorial Day as the unnamed witness was on
their way to the River Road forest preserve and saw a Sasquatch kneeling down in a field by the side of
the road. The person claims that he stopped to get a better look at the oddity,
but that seemingly startled the mysterious creature, which quickly fled the
scene by taking off into the woods. The man also noted that, until yesterday
morning, he actually didn't believe in Bigfoot. Presumably, he has a different
perspective on the creature today.
Story by: William Ballek of Libreville, IL
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