Tazewell County, Illinois

Reports:

• Winter 1957 (Class A) - Memory told of daytime encounter near Farmdale Park
• February 2013 (Class A) - Daylight sighting along levee in East Peoria
• October 2005 (Class B) - Family hears vocalizations and finds footprints in their backyard east of Pekin

Media Articles:

• Did a hairy monster stalk Tazewell County, Illinois? (6-Nov-2006; The Pekin Daily Times)
• Cole Street Monster Story Keeps Being Told (3-Nov-1990; Morton Tazewell News)
• Woman Picking Berries Says She saw Monster Near Rt. 98 Thursday (28-Jul-1972; The Pekin Daily Times)
• ‘Hey, Bud, Did You See A Monster Go By…’ (27-Jul-1972; The Pekin Daily Times)
• Man Reports Seeing ‘Hairy Creature’ In Woods Near Cole Hollow Road (26-Jul-1972; The Pekin Daily Times)

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