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“Murphysboro”

Stories3

The Big Muddy Monster of Murphysboro

June 25, 1973 · Big Muddy River, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois

United States

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

34Partially documented

The Enfield Monster, Illinois 1973

April 25, 1973 · Enfield, White County, Illinois

United States

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources

33Partially documented

Pro early

The Farmer City Monster (Salt Creek, Illinois, 1970)

July 9, 1970 · Salt Creek, one mile south of Farmer City, De Witt County, Illinois

United States

Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources

31Partially documented

Names2

Chad Lewis Person · 9 stories
A researcher and author of strange Midwestern encounters.
New York Times Organisation · 3 stories
A New York newspaper that turns up again and again in the archive's cases, sometimes as a megaphone and once as a closed door.

Documents1

The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 186 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 23 …Engineers 3 V Accelerated, ascended. Section VI 11-20-57 Murphysboro, Ill. Housewife 3 V 1-5-58 Beechwood, Ohio…
- p. 169 …30 Murphysboro, Illinois Afternoon Three white oval objects in V-formation moving rapidly west.

Videos3

Video1973

Monsters and Mysteries in America S2E7: Green-Clawed Beast, Big Muddy Monster, Ohio Grassman

From The Big Muddy Monster of Murphysboro

Video1973

Creature from Big Muddy: An Illinois Bigfoot Legend

From The Big Muddy Monster of Murphysboro

Video1973

A mystery monster in Southern Illinois?

From The Big Muddy Monster of Murphysboro