Jackson County, Illinois -- Reports & Articles

Jackson County, Illinois

October 2020 (Class B) - Hammock Slapped, Bipedal Walking, and Two Vocalizations Experienced by Trio of Campers
November 2015 (Class A) - Bus driver has afternoon sighting on U.S. 51 north of De Soto
Spring 1988-89 (Class A) - Close encounter while fishing remembered near Giant City State Park
March 2013 (Class B) - Possible vocalizations and rock throwing east of Makanda
March 2012 (Class A) - Motorist reports his second sighting near railroad tracks west of Murphysboro
March 2011 (Class A) - Motorist has daytime sighting near railroad tracks west of Murphysboro
1980 (Class C) - The "Big Muddy Monster" flap of Murphysboro
April 1978 (Class A) - Memory told of daylight sighting while mushroom hunting along Happy Hollow Road near Gorham
April 1978 (Class B) - Memory told of possible vocalizations and rocks thrown at Lake Kinkaid.
October 1975 (Class B) - Memory told of a possible sighting along Happy Hollow Road near Gorham.

The Fragility of Skepticism: A Report of the Mud Camp Expedition (12-Nov-2016; Kansas City Star)
Monster is drawing attention (10-Jun-1998; Murphysboro American)
Big Muddy Monster sighted in Murphy (9-Jun-1988; Murphysboro American)
The Big Muddy Monster (4-Apr-1987; Springhouse – Magazine)
Fabled Monster Reportedly Seen (9-Jul-1975; Centralia Sentinel)
Yeti-Like 'Monster' Gives Staid Town in Illinois a Fright (1-Nov-1973; New York Times)
Monster watching popular (28-Jun-1973; Carbondale Southern Illinoisan)
More meanderings for the Murphysboro Monster (27-Jun-1973; Carbondale Southern Illinoisan)
Big, muddy 'critter' sighted at Big Muddy (26-Jun-1973; Carbondale Southern Illinoisan)
Abominable snowmen in Southern Illinois? (11-Dec-1969; Carbondale Daily Egyptian)