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J.J wrote on Mar 14, 2006 4:16 PM:

" Bigfoot has been spotted every where in the USA. In Montana there was a siting in the mountains. The woman said the creature was as tall as her sons basketball rim which was 10'0 feet tall. Another siting was spotted on a cut across near a house. Owner was sleeping at the time when he heard a faint noise of screeching. He said he looked out his window and saw a tall blk thing on the trees staring at him. may bigfoot be real "

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shantel wrote on Feb 28, 2006 6:13 AM:

" by the way...I think the people who say they are the ones who do the things..like Bigfoot or croprings...they just want their 15 minutes and most people never question there honesty if they have a believable reason for what they did. How do you know they are really the ones who did it? You don't, you just trust what they say because it's something you can crip in your mind. Unlike the unexplainable... Did they have proof of the ones that were done and reported? No, they just came up with the answers afterward and showed proof of what they did at the time they wanted you to see they were responsible. "

shantel wrote on Feb 28, 2006 6:06 AM:

" People there are to many unexplained things out there for any one in this entire world to doubt if something is real....I am 28 tears old and I'll tell you what, I believe in monsters,ghosts,aliens ,BIGFOOTS, you name it and I believe in it. Like the GOD issue...how many people believe in God? Most, yet no one has ever seen him,right? How many people out there try to make us believe he doesn't exsist? Oh wait, that's a taboo subject huh?... To many people experience strange things for people not to believe that they might be true. Just cuz you haven't witnessed it yourself doesn't mean it's not there. And Central Illinois could be where they find something. Remember after 911? they stopped all air travel in the US? I lived in Minier at the time, on two occasions I was taking my husband to work in Bloomington around 430am and there were giant lights that looked like football field lights right over the tops of some trees off of Stringtown Road. I asked my husband what the heck it was and they just dissappeared. That same week the same exact lights were over the Wylie Drive area and agian just vanished into thin air. About two weeks later I said something to my mom and she had seen them to but she had seen them around 11pm. So if there was no air traffic then what the heck were they? If they were Government then why over Minier and Bloomington and why so close? Guys you go and I hope you have something to say Na na about later. "

blair_manning wrote on Feb 22, 2006 9:13 PM:

" there are lots of unexplained things out there, like others have said, why not here. It happened in peoria and pekin, hello, so why not around here? "

alizabeth shepherd wrote on Feb 19, 2006 11:06 AM:

" oh yes i seen big foot the other day i invited him to my house for tea and cookies but he said no he had to go take care of his little foots.hee hee. "

Erik Maxlider wrote on Feb 19, 2006 1:27 AM:

" It was either Bigfoot or Elvis... "

Ryan wrote on Feb 18, 2006 7:53 PM:

" i saw bigfoot yesterday, i let him inside and had a beer then he was on his way "

Jeff Irwin wrote on Feb 17, 2006 5:00 PM:

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SEARCH PARTY wrote on Feb 16, 2006 8:19 PM:

" let's go looking for the bigfoot. maybe it can turn out like harry and the hendersons! "

whitney wrote on Feb 16, 2006 4:18 PM:

" I think it's tricky. I live in bloomington, and I have also heard a bunch of stories about bigfoot. the guys might be lying, but how did they know the info the guy from California wanted? But Funks grove is the last place the sasquatch would be. I mean, a million people go to funks grove every day, and he would've gotten shot with a paintball by now! Bigfoot my butt!! Bah, humbug. "

Peoria Journal Star wrote on Feb 15, 2006 9:19 AM:

" PJS [15-FEB-2006] - The Bigfoot search team was drawn to the area this week by a phone call last summer from Bloomington resident Chris Vielhak. Vielhak said he saw a large black creature he thought at first was a bear run behind his 1990 Mustang as he drove slowly down State Route 66. After he felt a slap to the side of his car, Vielhak said he was startled and sped away to discover five large claw marks on the trunk. Vielhak called Biscardi after doing some research on the Internet. "It kept bugging me and fascinated me about what hit my car, and it ticked me off because paint jobs cost money," said Vielhak, 31. "Many people may not believe me, that's up to them." "

Jeremy wrote on Feb 14, 2006 8:57 PM:

" Gimmie a break, whats next will we be searching for the lochness monster in lake Bloomington or will it be in the Illinois river, unless you have video tape or true pictures you better forget about anyone buying this tale. "

Hee heeeee. wrote on Feb 14, 2006 6:59 PM:

" "What law-abiding hunter would shoot at something shaped like a man? VP Cheney???? "

*Prue* Don't mess with the best- wrote on Feb 14, 2006 5:39 PM:

" Is this true???? I mean Bigfoot was just a meth~ Or was it? Lo.Lo.Lo.LOVE Prue~Don't mess with the best! "

Replying to Eddie wrote on Feb 14, 2006 5:08 PM:

" What law-abiding hunter would shoot at something shaped like a man? Anyway, whatever animal was seen at Funks Grove was probably just passing through and is long gone all ready. "

Eddie wrote on Feb 14, 2006 4:40 PM:

" With all the hunters out at Funks Grove, there would have been sightings before this, and even if there were a sasquatch there is no way a Bigfoot would survive, it would have been shot already. Maybe the whole Star Wars generation has gone too far. So watch out Chewbacca! "

From an eyewitness to any skeptics wrote on Feb 14, 2006 4:09 PM:

" How often do you see a bobcat? Or a pheasant? Or a timber rattlesnake? And yet you don't question whether these animals live in Illinois. Presume a small number of large apes live in North America that are shy, elusive and have better eyesight/hearing/senses than humans. Sightings of wild, hairy man-like creatures date back to Leif Ericson (985AD)-- so why NOT in rural Illinois? "

Mike Jones wrote on Feb 14, 2006 3:39 PM:

" When I think of the vast, untamed parts of our world that have yet to be explored, places where undiscovered species may infact reside, I think of Funk's Grove in rural McLean County. Come on people. Seriously. "

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Recent activity in Illinois wrote on Feb 14, 2006 1:53 PM:

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The Davis Mobile Unit wrote on Feb 14, 2006 1:47 PM:

" These guys must have deep pockets of grant $$$ to come to the midwest from the land of fruits and nuts to chase a Yeti in Funk's Grove! Our tax dollars at work.... "

Josh wrote on Feb 14, 2006 1:44 PM:

" Bigfoot???? Please it's probably just my uncle larry that they saw. HAHAHa "

Bigfoot Field Research Organization wrote on Feb 14, 2006 1:40 PM:

" See the following links for other investigated sightings reports during 2005 from Illinois: Nov. 2005 (Saline County) http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=13070 Oct. 2005 (Tazewell County) http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=12836 June 2005 (Grundy County) http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=12439 "

John Powers wrote on Feb 14, 2006 8:53 AM:

" Any word on the BigClaw sightings in Wapella in the mid 70's? http://www.wapella.com JBP "

Chelly wrote on Feb 14, 2006 8:37 AM:

" Sounds like someone is having a good laugh over calling these people out. How much had they been drinking before they "saw" Bigfoot?? "

A million little pieces? wrote on Feb 14, 2006 7:16 AM:

" After reading this story, I had to check my calendar to make sure that it isn't set forward to 4/1/06 (e.g. April Fool's day) and that the story wasn't composed by James Frey. Big Foot? I think not. "

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