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Illinois truck driver reports close encounter with 'Bigfoot'

By T.K. Randall
October 20, 2024 · Comment icon 14 comments
Bigfoot.
What did Rutherford see that day ? Image Credit: Midjourney
The sighting occurred while the driver was cruising along remote country roads in rural Peoria County.
It had started out like any other day when Gary Rutherford Jr. - a 42-year-old truck driver who had been transporting USPS mail along Route 9 between Glasford and Canton, Illinois - encountered something that he would never forget.

It was 6am on October 5th and everything had been going smoothly until, around three quarters of a mile along the route, his low beams illuminated something strange at the side of the road.

"I didn't process this thing until I was right up on it. I did a double-take," he recalled.

"It was standing, two legs, brown fur. I drove past it in about five seconds. In that moment, it locked eyes with me, orange, yellowish glowing eyes."
"And I realized it was eye-to-eye even though I was sitting high up in a 24-foot truck. So I estimated the thing had to be 8 feet tall. I was just stunned, trying to figure out what I just saw."

The encounter would go on to bother him greatly and he quickly developed a keen interest in researching and reading about the Bigfoot phenomenon.

"I replay it over and over every day in my mind," he said. "That thing was just so huge. It was walking along the side of the road like it was getting ready to cross."

"And it was just me and him out there. I think it was as surprised as I was."

Source: Journal Star | Comments (14)




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Comment icon #5 Posted by Ell 16 days ago
He was  fortunate that Bigfoots are deaf and it did not hear his truck coming. All drivers ought to hold a flag and a lantern on a pole outside their car window to warn unsuspecting deaf Bigfoots that they are about to become roadkill.
Comment icon #6 Posted by Buzz_Light_Year 16 days ago
Being a truck driver he was probably on route 24 and route 9 which skirts the Illinois river. About a 16 mile stretch of highway. There are some fairly wooly areas on that route. Yellow eyes would first lead to me to believe it may of been a big cat in a tree. Regardless of what the DNR says there is the occasional cougar in the state. I've seen one myself and there was no mistaking what it was. My niece also has seen one along with several other people.
Comment icon #7 Posted by Hawken 15 days ago
A cougar was photographed by trailcam in Pike County, IL back in 2012. West Central part of the state. Actual photo.  
Comment icon #8 Posted by Harte 15 days ago
Harte
Comment icon #9 Posted by Earl.Of.Trumps 15 days ago
good campfire fodder.  too bad he didn't go back later and get pics of the footprints.  hmmmm,,, wait a minute           
Comment icon #10 Posted by the13bats 15 days ago
And kids still live with wonders, santa, easter bunny, ghosts, kids are credulous most outgrow it, i disagree we need to be  credulous or stop exploring, Sure, some people do like to fantasize thats fine until it disrupts life, in this threads case its nothing but a dubious story, zero evidence to even support it wasn't completely made up, Dont get me wrong i would be delighted to see something unexplained but i I don't live grinding on it.  
Comment icon #11 Posted by Trelane 15 days ago
Comment icon #12 Posted by Resume 15 days ago
Me too.
Comment icon #13 Posted by Montello 12 days ago
Bigfoot it's like mountain gorilla
Comment icon #14 Posted by Mr.UFO 10 days ago
I'm from Illinois, and have read a few stories about bigfoot sightings in this state -- but not a lot.


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