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Witnesses report midnight encounter with 'owl man' on road in Illinois

By T.K. Randall
March 8, 2025 · Comment icon 15 comments
Owl man
An AI-generated depiction of what the couple saw. Image Credit: AI / Phantoms and Monsters
A peculiar encounter with a very unusual creature three years ago left one couple desparate for answers.
One recent episode of the revived Unsolved Mysteries TV show on Netflix details the phenomenon of people encountering strange, winged humanoids at locations all across the United States.

Now one such incident has been submitted to Lon Strickler's Phantoms and Monsters website which has spent years collating real-life stories of cryptozoological encounters.

According to the report, a couple had been driving home in Rolling Meadows, Illinois in June 2022 after midnight when they came across something that they couldn't explain.

"As we got close to home, a very large winged creature landed on the road on the opposite side," the woman wrote. "It was dark, but we could see the massive wings that were larger than an SUV."

"The wings were spread out, and we slowed down and stopped the car."
They described the "owl man" as being roughly humanoid in shape and around 4-5ft tall.

"This was no bird. It was huge, and when I shone my lights on it, it shot up so fast into the tall trees and disappeared," the woman wrote.

Keen to find out what they had witnessed, they turned the car around and went back to the same spot but there was no further sign of the creature - it had completely disappeared.

So what could the couple have seen that night ?

Was it the fabled "owl man", or could there have been a more conventional explanation ?

You decide.

Source: Phantoms and Monsters | Comments (15)




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Comment icon #6 Posted by Cho Jinn 11 days ago
Mothman.  Friends girlfriend saw it on the roof of the Jewel at Kinzie / Desplaines during that spat of sightings, she was living at Eschelon at the time (across the street).
Comment icon #7 Posted by Jaded1 11 days ago
I'm going to be controversial here, but... Americans, need I say any more?
Comment icon #8 Posted by Dejarma 11 days ago
desperate for attention more like zzz?
Comment icon #9 Posted by Oniomancer 11 days ago
*Ahem* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owlman
Comment icon #10 Posted by GAZUK 10 days ago
Large owl on a dark night seen fleetingly. I think that is far more likely.
Comment icon #11 Posted by Jaded1 9 days ago
I think someone probably added some magic mushrooms to their pasties that day ?.
Comment icon #12 Posted by Unusual Tournament 7 days ago
Sounds like a hoot of a time
Comment icon #13 Posted by Bendy Demon 7 days ago
Nah..it was just Stolas taking a nightly stroll.
Comment icon #14 Posted by Grim Reaper 6 7 days ago
Actually, I have confession to make the Owl Man is my favorite Uncle Barnie!!!!!
Comment icon #15 Posted by Dejarma 7 days ago
just another boring story zzzzz?


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