I live in Illinois and I used to drive semi's. One night roughly around 4:AM I was heading towards Peoria when I topped a hill and saw a huge black creature take thee large steps that clearly 50 to 60 feet from a tree line on the right and on an incline to the highway of two lanes with shoulders on each side and into another tree line in the medium. It was massive and from my point of view, I was seeing its left side and the chest was about 3/4 the size of one of the lanes and had to be at least ten foot tall. The whole siting couldn't have been more than three seconds. Anyway that is my siting and it feels good to share it after all these years, this happened in spring of 1999. Thank you for letting me get this off my chest!
I saw a extremely large creature in Illinois the other day. It’s about 400lbs. eats everything, tends to wear $2k suits, can barely carry its own weight, some call this walrus like creature “Gov. Pritzker”, but many call it “The Fat Blogovich”.
you know this reminds me of... I grew up downstate Illinois. central... we lived by a huge timber.farm fields all over. timbers everywhere. my mother had grew up across-the-board road. she had mentioned about one time when she was young... she told us about this huge big bird.she said it looked from prehistoric times. later on when I was probably 9years old. I was with my mother going out to the chicken house. my mother stopped and said look at these huge footprints. they seemed to be bigger than a big hand... 3xs larger. I put my foot in one. I will never forget this. I can still see those footprints.
What? I have to ask if you’ve ever looked into Illinois history, folklore or paranormal the state is overflowing with it. If you are interested I recommend you look into it you won’t be disappointed!
Southern Illinois resident here. 50 miles due east of Murphysboro along the same East-West route thru the state...IL Rt. 13 which is a 4 to 6 lane highway all the way from Murphysboro to my town and then it turns northeast to eventually reach I-64 decades from now given the funding for it. But anyway, south of the "Rt. 13 corridor" as we call it, is the Shawnee National Forest, and sasquatches are said to be seen in that area.
I live near Lincoln, Illinois. Lincoln is pretty centrally located in Central Illinois. It is 30 miles from the state capital, Springfield, 35 miles each from Bloomington-Normal, Peoria, and Decatur. It has a population of about 12,000. I am now 50 yrs. old, but when I was a little boy of 3-4, me and my family had an encounter with The Salt Creek Monster. If you live in central Illinois that is pronounced crick not creek LoL. At that time we lived out in the country 1/4 of a mile from Salt Creek. This was 2 miles outside an extremely small little village Kenney, Illinois. My Mother witnessed it cross the road right before the bridge that crossed Salt Creek. My brothers had been down there night fishing and placing out "night lines". My Mom drove down to the bridge to get the boys and tell them to get back up to the house. It was almost 10 p.m. and they weren't going to be allowed to stay out there all night. One of my brothers told my Mom they had seen "bigfoot". Her not believing them told them, "well you 2 boys get in the car and come on home." They told her they had to gather their fishing poles, and gear and to please wait while they got it, and they would walk back up to the house. She agreed, and waited while they did that and they started back down the road. One of my brothers was on foot, and one on his bike. As they took off, she drove on toward the bridge to turn around on a little gravel drive right before the bridge. She had her driver's side window down. As she got to the drive, a horrible smell of garbage mixed with rotten sewage water "smacked" her from the window. In the headlights a 6' foot tall man shaped..."thing" crossed in the headlights from one side of the road to the other. It was light gray and completely hair covered. It looked directly at the car as it passed by. She said she'll never forget those glowing yellow eyes. She said she had the hair on her arms neck and head all stood on end and she's never felt that scared since. She turned into the drive on the right side in the road, and slammed the gear shift into reverse, quickly doing a 3 point turn to go back away from the bridge and back up the road to the house. As she went toward the house, this "thing" was running down the road. It was a full moon that night. The boys had been looking back as they went to see where Mom was, and they saw this huge muscular man shaped "thing" running. They later said they looked back because this thing must have weighed a lot because they "felt" it running on the paved country road before they saw it. My brother that was on foot was scared so bad, he passed my other brother on his bicycle ! Mom was freaked out that it looked like it was going after the boys. She swerved over at the creature and it jumped off the right side of the road down 15 feet in the deep ditch and let out a blood curdling scream. Everyone got back up to the house, quickly got into the house and locked all the doors and windows. They later said they could hear it walking around the house. It was "thudding" into the ground, and breathing loudly as it went by windows. My sister was sleeping out in a camper that fit in the bed of a pick-up truck with her best friend. They heard something walk up to the camper and circle it 5-6 times. They could hear deep, heavy breathing, and the dog that was scared of NOTHING under the truck whining. It "slapped the side of the camper and rattled the door knob. The 2 of those girls stayed completely still, and even held their breath they were trying to be so quiet. After what seemed like forever (but in reality was probably 30-40 seconds) they finally heard, whatever they never looked out any window to see, something "thud" off toward Salt Creek's direction. Some time later they heard something in the same direction SCREAM.
I swore I saw something massive turning on to 83 last thursday night coming from Palatine IL. It was around 1110 pm. Just got off of work. Thought it was a deer but had big upper body.
Hmm...I actually have another encounter story from one of my viewers that described the same type of thing. Sadly, I have been unable to find anything about it.
@@BenmillerIceWolfVideos i'll keep an eye out for it. 83 is my usual route. So they had the same exact encounter? I was more focused on getting home than focused on the cryptid. But if i see it again ill definately make sure to pull over and record.
Im still keeping my eye out. I remember the location it was right before crossing onto lake cook road. I just remember seeing a tall creature with deer horns a big upper body and human like hand. What stood out to me the most was the size of the creature, its horns and the human like hand I caught in the head lights standing infront of the oncoming driver. I'm pretty sure what I saw was a Weindego. I'd like to compare the others story.
@@cristopherespinoza1791 I lived here all my life too never knew about them until I had my own encounter with em 4 years back . I got told it was a skin Walker or younger bigfoot clan an stuff
@@bombtubejamz739 .. Ethereal flute music and singing can sometimes reveal their presence, they are in the Deep Woods, Forests, and Mountain Tops at my Country of New Zealand, I'm actually referring to Cryptids- Dog-men- Yowie- Doggo- Wolf or Dog Faced Large Forest/woods Dwelling Creatures, I'm unsure as to whether or not we have Big-foot here .. Skin-walker? How interesting, Hello all from Under Down Under Western Spring's, Pt Chev :D] .v (Nmcfmamf) ..
Years ago, I had a giant black cat following me along a river outside of Penfield. It's paws were bigger than my hands. I fed it chubs for about half a mile till I got back towards civilization then it just watched me walk off
You should watch Mountain Monsters season 1 or season 2 but Willie has a black cat go after his Hogs and one from around the area got a picture of a paw print and it's bigger than his boot
When I was younger I saw a giant black cat inn the window that was probably four feet tall 5-6 feet long. I know it was probably my imagination which makes me wish I was a kid again but it was real enough I didn't tell my family about it because I was sure they would think I was crazy. We were living in Carolina in apartment complex near military base
Morris illinois here my boyfriend seen a black panther out on cemetery road running between morris an minooka illinois..back road along illinois riiver
Im from illinois...(villa park) in june of 2012 about 4:50am i woke up to a strange light outside the patio sliding door of my home... After seeing the light flash with different levels of intensity and color thru my the blinds of the glass door. Curious, i grabbed my .380 pistol and decided to go the door, pull the curtains aside and see what it was... As i moved the curtains i began to hear and extremely loud noise which sounded like mix between a helicopter hovering directly above my house and a loud grinding of gears akin to what u might hear from machinery churning inside of a busy factory. The sound was very brief no more than 5-7sec. The exact moment the noise stopped, Something then flew directly over my 6ft fence into my backyard stopping in mid-air about 6ft. Off the ground direct im front of me about 3ft. Away from the glass door i was standing on the opposite side of... If i had to decribe it. I would say it looked like the mothman, all black, minus the red eyes or any "fur"...it had 2 sets of wings which it spread in front of me...oddly the wings, which seemed werent needed for it to acheive flight. Instead, as the wings spread what i can only decribe as 100's of small blue lighting bolts the size of my pinky finger flicked all throughout its wings as if the being was either biomechanical or bioluminescent to some degree. Although i was way past frightened, the display was beautiful I thought to myself. (Something i had never seen the likes of) and with that, it shot straight up out of veiw with lightning speed. (What scares me the most, is that when i woke up to the flashing light outside of my patio door it seemed that whatever it was knew that i was there, on my couch, even though the shades were completly drawn and i only noticed the glimpse of the initial flash of light thru an extrmemly small crack in-between the shades of my back sliding patio door. It was as if it had beckoned me to come to the door... It wanted to be seen..) This is all true, every word...I could care less if u think otherwise...
rural south central Illinois. always heard of giant black cats, catfish big enough to eat you, and giant turtles. personally have seen "birds" with wingspans big enough to scare me
As a resident of Illinois for almost 40 years I'm quite surprised to see a video so very close to my own experiences. Thank you for taking the time and effort. My husband and I are now subscribed and excited to see whats next !
A friend and I were driving around late night or early morning. We were North of Rockford, IL. All of a sudden, this huge "bird" swooped right towards our windshield. Wing span of at least 10-12 feet! Scared the crap out of us both!
I've seen it a couple times!! It was huge! Ive lived in the Loves Park Rockford area all my life. Never wanted to report it since the police would probably think I was nuts.
We're very honored that you started with us! Thank you! As regards your request in the beginning, Lindworms are from Europe and the dragon turtle is generally from China. In regards to your inquiry at the end- We had a circus train crash back in the day. This could possibly explain the ghost cats of Decatur and the ape-like monsters, but I've got no answers for Thunderbirds, the Enfield Horror, or whatever the hell is wrong with Chicago.
I lived in Quincy Illinois all my life. As a boy I was always told that there was a gigantic catfish that could easily eat a volxwaggon Beatle, it has been known to sometimes eat people. This fish lived in the Mississippi River, under the bridges
Grew up in Loami. Just west of Springfield. One morning when I was about 7 years old I looked out the front window and saw what looked like an anteater come from behind a bush. As it walked across the small field it appeared to walk through a shimmering doorway that appeared out of nowhere. Some friends swore to seeing a 8 foot tall lizard like man in the woods. I personally saw 2 UFO events. 1 of which was witnessed by at least a dozen kids and adults. We were all freaking out. The 2nd event was just my mother and I. After spotting the ufo we lost a chunk of time and seemed to wake up in our car parked right up against a rail crossing as a train passed by. My sister saw a ufo as well. I've since moved from there but for a time lived in Springfield and would see what I call shadow people in the trees and on rooftops. They always were portents of violent deaths on the city.
Southernmost parts of Illinois here, I've heard about the Big Muddy Monster time and time again, actually know a couple people who have seen it, and you'd be surprised how much that one legend has shaped the area, mostly it being the mascot of Big Muddy brewers in the area, and of course, the Big Muddy River near rend lake.
I grew up in Illinois too! My family still lives there, so I visit often. I have to mention that ABC's (alien big cats)are seen there too. In fact, a friend of mine saw one.
I had a friend who claimed to see a what he called jaguar in my home town in Illinois. I just thought he was crazy until years later when I learned about these ABCS and now wonder if maybe that's what he saw
I live about a 20 minute drive from Farmer City and even been in a relationship with 2 women from there and I don't think I've ever heard of this cryptid. Always interesting finding out stuff like this.
I lived on Cole Hallow rd back in the 70s and 80s, had many instances of unknown interactions, and two encounters in that area. We lived near a large area of woods with ponds and fields. We always played in the woods as kids those days did. Would often get that' im being watched' feeling, and we would hi-tail it out of there. We'd hear strange noises in the summertime evenings of an 'animal' of some kind. My mom was driving us to church one evening near sunset, and i saw a motionless thing or person on top of an overhanging edge. It was kind of thin but tall, dark colored with a funny shaped pointed top or head. It wasn't a tree because there were no roots sticking out the bottom of the overhang. The sight of it took my breath away, and it took a few minutes to gather myself. We drove by the next day, and whatever was on that overhang wasn't there. A few years later, i went bowhunting not too far from my previous sighting. I left my flahlight in the car, and it was an hour before sunrise, so i had to go real slow to my stand so i wouldn't spook any deer. As i crept through the timber and approached my stand, a loud scream like screech seemed like less than 100 feet from me, and the sound was directed right at me. I could feel the sound hit me. That was what i remember the most about it. It was still dark out, and i couldn't see ten feet in front of me. Whatever it was, it tore through the woods, crashing through brush and limbs. It sounded like a whole herd of deer on a mad sprint. It ran through the woods quite a ways the it let out another scream. Whatever screamed, it had to be big because the volume of noise was tremendous. Im wasn't sure at the time for the second scream it made. There were no other people around. It was dense woods. I never went back there again without a gun. I suspected of what i encountered but not ready to believe. It wasn't until finding Bigfoot was on tv, and i heard what they said was a recorded scream. That's exactly what i heard. I have so much to share about Cohomo. Many friends with encounters, lots of stories.
Former Bloomingtonian here: I've heard stories of the Piasa as well as the Kickapoo Beast of 1972. I've also had a thunderbird sighting in 1993 north of Lake Bloomington and close to Merwyn Sanctuary Forest Preserve.
Great stories here. You unearthed some Illinois cryptids I was unfamiliar with, and I love the connections you make between sightings. So many times people seem to forget that these things can, and do, move.
3 names on the first. Grew up in Illinois. 35 years on rend lake. Also a few miles from the Big Muddy river. We grew up calling it The Big Muddy monster. And strangely enough the smell is the first thing everybody claims. Urine, rotten plants, and wet dog.
Thank you for pronouncing Illinois correctly!!! Awesome ,found that same turtle as a little girl bout 1988 or so, that turtle was mean,black and honestly very fast moving on land, it literally picked it's shell up off the ground and ran, no freaking bs!!! it had spikes on it's head,shell and tail , it wasn't very big maybe bout a 2-3 yr old sized turtle,I lived in Summerfield and found it bout 5 miles from home in the country outside of the city Mascoutah located in southern Illinois, I've never seen another one since,and never knew the name of that type of turtle either. Home of The Bigfoot originated from Carbondale Illinois way before my time, late 70's or so only heard from older friends ,never had a encounter....
I'm about 45 minutes west of Peoria. I've heard some odd stuff while out in the woods, but have never really seen anything that could be cryptid. I do have a history of Paranormal run ins, but there's not enough time nor space to go over them.
Buddy you just connected some crazy dots for me coming out of Royalton Illinois. Found 2 different types of crazy huge human like tracks down by the river we call one of them the big muddy monster " big muddy river runs through here past Murphysboro" but I believe one set made by the "lizard" people that live in the river as told by a town elder
I was completely unaware of that! Thank you for that information. We have a friend from Illinois and I just had to make sure I pronounced the name correct ha ha!! As to your comment it sort of it like in my town of Punxsutawney. It originally was named after the Native Anerican word sand fly. This was "ponki" and later the area was called ponsutenink "town of the "ponkis"/sand flies". On a side note I have lived here about 15 years and I don't recall ever seeing a sand fly ha ha!
Another great video been following a long time and they are right you got a certain way about how you do your videos that make them more interesting and the fact you look into ones not alot of people but the locals have heard of but with that said please do Tennessee soon I ve been asking for along time lol
When I lived in Illinois, spring usually marked the sightings of giant hawks-these stories always start with an Air Force officer spotting a big hawk, always big enough to warrant the warning the sighter is x pounds and it made them nervous seeing it. Was rather surprised it didn't make the video since it is an annual rash of sightings from early spring, dying out by midsummet
That is amazing when I was 8 years old I saw 1 too. My grandparents owned a farm in Tower Hill and we would go stay. One day we all rode out there with them and something had torn the door off. We went inside and the kitchen had been destroyed. They had one of those old 4 burner cast stove that weighed several hundred pounds. That stove was thrown from its place to a side wall. We still stayed to clean up and that night it was storming I looked out the window it had its face pressed against tthe window. I yelled everyone came running and it was gone!!! My grandpa told me it was a bear, THAT was not a bear. I'm 61 now and I still remember everything about that night.
Im pretty sure I saw a thunder bird at night. A friend and myself saw it when driving it flew in front of our head lights diving down. It was really black and huge. Really huge.
When I was 17-18 I saw 2 pterodactyls in Illinois. This would have been right around 2009. And I just ignored it, chalked it up to "it was night, could have just been a bat and my imagination" and now I'm seeing a lot of people have had pterodactyl sightings around where I lived around that time. It's crazy
Oh I love the idea of covering cryptids for each state. This is gonna be awesome. Will you do Arizona? I know we have the mogollion monster which is a type of big foot that roams the mogolon rim which oddly enough is the largest continuous disiguous pine forest in the nation. Skin walkers on the Navajo res as well as thunder bird/pterodactyl. as well as rumored reptillion alien creatures around the superstition mountains (which I can see from my house) as well as Apache or Roosevelt lake but I would like to know what if anything else we got going in this creepy ass state
I am happy that you are excited about this new series. I will certainly be covering Arizona eventually. I did count you vote on my tally sheet. Honestly I always wanted to move to Arizona but also maybe New Mexico.
@@BenmillerIceWolfVideos new Mexico is super awesome as well and prob only 1/20th the population. I guess it depends if you require big city life. If a small to midsize city is alright new Mexico has a couple of those that are smaller population wise than Mesa which is one of many suburbs of Phoenix. Heck the 4 states that make up the 4 corners area of new Mexico, Colorado, Utah & Arizona each has their own unique beauty. Cant go wrong. Jim Morrison once said "the west is the best"
My Mother's side of the family grew up near Fulton, IL. My youngest Sister lives in Clinton, Iowa and inherited our Uncle's and Aunt's farms near Fulton. She rents the farm land to farmers who plant corn, soybeans and other crops. I told her to watch for crop circles.
Salt Creek is not a town, but a body of water that runs through Farmer City and ends up becoming a tributary to the Sangamon river north of Springfield. So, it makes sense he'd be called because it was probably somewhere in DeWitt County at the very least. (I'm from Clinton and currently live in Champaign. I have family and friends in Farmer City.)
I am glad you liked it. I was always resistant to making it but I should have listened to all of you and did it a long time ago. By the way I wanted to know...is your profile pic a reptilian version of the Unabomber. ha ha!
Ben miller I like that ! Yeh I find it interesting when they have a similar creature in across a couple counties and the calm it 10 different names.. but keep up the good work..
I live near the Shelbyville area where the thunderbirds have been sighted. There are also stories of a dogman that protectects witches caves near the kasbar cemetery.
Florida please. We have so many strange folks that move here, so it seems we are also getting weird things imported. I'd love to hear more about Northern Florida indications of Wood Boogers, since we usually only get credit for Swamp Apes. Plus we now have weird cross breeding between Boas and Anacondas in the Glades...
I live in Illinois. Born and raised and I've been quite interested in the crypto/paranormal subject. I have heard about cryptids in my state but have never really heard much about them. The MSM is so full of 'fluff' and 'human interest' stories that I wonder if the cryptid stories just get 'buried' or end up on the editorial floor never to see the light if day. GREAT WORK! I'm a subscriber and will forward anything I find or hear about!
When I was little I use to play in creeks behind my house (Bolingbrook IL 1999) and one night there was a smiling face at my window - big black eyes - didn’t notice a nose - a small smile - sounds like it
Hmm...that is really interesting. Thank you for sharing your encounter. I think it would be terrifying to see something like that standing outside your window.
Awesome! Welcome to the cryptid family! There are quite a few videos to go through...I think it is somewhere around 260. Although my older stuff may not be as good. Just do me a favor and avoid the Top 10 Out of place artifacts as it is a video I honestly dislike.
Forget New Jersey, Ohio's where its at. Ohio brings the creepy! We got Sasquatch, Ohio Grass Man, Moth Man, Ohio Mountain Lion/Panther, and tons of other paranormal shit to toss in the mix. Ohio... Thats gotta be the next state don't let me down!
^^^craigpiercer79 .. Back in 1895 there were only 2 cars in the whole State of Ohio and those two cars Crashed into each other and was Recorded in the United States Registry as the very first 2 car Collision/accident, But that's another Story Sorry couldn't help but bring that up, who knows maybe a bit a history lesson for ya or maybe you already know Lol:P My main task at hand is all the Creepy Ass Shit that's going Down in your State, Sounds Real Bad Ass Brother Dude, I'd Like to keep tabs on that Fo Sho' :P] .v (Nmcfmamf) ..
@@splash5150izy Thanks for responding. I've never heard that story before from 1895 lol. I'll definitely look into it. Hey, I gotta quick story to share with you. I don't think you could categorize it as Cryptozoology. In this particular case it would be more like seeing a known species in a place it shouldn't be. I was born with a rare hip disorder called Legg-Calve-Perthes. The closest doctor that understood the disorder was out of Lexington KT. This was about a 4-5 hour drive at the time (its much quicker now because its 4 lanes in both directions). My parents had to take me to Lexington no less than 6 times a year until I was 18 years old. This was a trip my family made so often that we probably could've made with our eyes closed. My dad loves the outdoors and if you are riding with him its your job to look for deer, and to give him the heads up quick enough that he can seem them too. So my mom and I would constantly scan open fields near tree lines on the lookout. When I was about 15 years old, we were about an hour away from Lexington and we were passing a freshly cut tobacco field along a tree line. I couldn't believe my eyes. Running parallel to our truck was what would call mountain lion. I immediately told my parents and they both seen it too. That day (and the rest of that year) my Dad decided to get the local Lexington newspaper. He figured it had to be a zoo escape or a illegal pet. My dad would read every page cover to cover but not one single word about it. We've talked to people about it and they just look at us as lile we are nuts. Anyhow thanks for listening.
@@craigpiercer79 .. Wow Solid Read Dude Do You Walk Normal Pretty Much or With a (Yobo) slight limp? Not Bein' a Smart Ass just Curious as I have Never Heard of Your Condition, I Cracked up When You Mentioned Driving to Lexington So Often that Y'all Could Do the Trip blind folded/eye's Closed Lol, Now a Mountain Lion? Can You Please Enlighten ME With that Particular Animal, I Always Thought a Mountain Lion Was Either a Cougar or Puma/panther According to American Movies & Films I've Watched as a Kid Also if You Can Remember Roughly How Large Was the Creature,? I do Know There's A lot ah Crazy Ass Shit Out there, That We Haven't Begun to Imagine cuz We All in a World of Our Own, Mankind's Civilized World and We Don't Really Pay Much Attention to Anything Else Except For Family- Friends- & Our Own Existence, Now is the Time More Than Ever to Understand and Find Out What the Freak's Going on Out there in Our Immediate and Distant Surrounding's Especially Rural Areas, including Forests- Woods- Mountain-Top's kinda' Places cuz Basically Many People Don't Go to the Woods or Forests Anymore, I know I'll Be Cryptid & Paranormal Watching this Coming Summer & I'll Have My Awesome Night-vision Analogue & 2 Digital Cameras Fully Charged and Ready 4-Action just En- Case Lol, However I Won't be Wandering into the Woods or Forests As there Are Yowie- Doggo- Dog-men- Cryptids- Moth-man- Ghost's Ain't Afraid of Them thing's As I Grew Up in A Haunted House From 4yrs to 6yrs Old & Seen, Heard, and Felt Them All Lol:P Skin-Walker, Wendigo & GOD Knows What Else Also I've been "WARNED Not 2Go into Such Places Especially @Night When them Thing's are Highly Active," a Lot of People @my Country Have GONE MISSING in the Woods & Forests Already this Year and Our Summer Hasn't Even Kicked in Yet, Many Folk Here Have Absolutely NO Idea that Such Creatures Are Really Lurking in Our Hills, Woods etc] And "I'm on a Mission to Bring Awareness Of Them to My Fellow Country Folk After All They Have Every RIGHT to Know, "As to Whether Some Will BELIEVE ME is Yet to BE SEEN- There Will Be People Like You MENTIONED That Will LOOK AT ME Like I Must Be Freaking NUTS" [But I DON'T CARE I'll Present Everything Professional Like With Pictures, Drawing's, Mapping/s etc On a Sizable Board With All Informative Writing/info About Them (I'm an Artist) Yes my Friend There Are a lot of Bat Crazy Ass Shit Out There, "My Sister And I Saw Some Weird Looking Freaking Creatures One Night Whilst Driving in The Pouring Rain Through a By-pass Of a City Back in 2003 To Get On-2 "The Open Highway & We Saw What looked like a Freaking Jig-saw] I'd Have to Draw it up Their Still in my MIND Animals the Size Of Fairly large PIGS (I Thought They Were Pigs at First) Running Across the Road About 50-60 Yards in Front Of Us I had the Windshield Wipers on Full-out And My Head Lamps on High Beam "I Turned & Said to My Sister Did You See That? And She Replied Yes I Did Brother And I Said Wtf Were those Thing's?" There Were About 5 or 6 Of Them (Pig colored but they weren't Pigs) And it Looked Like, cuz I Saw Them Clear As Mud Lol They Ran Right Through The Farmers Fence Line it was Fully Fenced All the Way Through There (I've Done Fence Work in the Past) & Farm Fences Here Are Standard 9-10 Even Up to 12 Wire Strained Tight With Posts Oh About Every 10yards With Batons in Between, They Don't Have Gaps or Holes As They Are Actual Farm Fences to Keep Their Live Stock Confined in the Paddocks, They All Crossed The Road As I Was Closing in On Them & I Got A Clear Look at The Big One in 2nd Or 3rd From the Front Like it Was Guiding and Telling the Smaller and Medium Sized Ones To Hurry Up The Freaking Thing Had Such a Weird Odd Shape to It, And As I Got to Them They Were Already Across the Road and Disappeared in the Long Grass in Pitch Black Darkness I Tell Ya Man I've Never Seen Anything Like Them Ever cuz I've Worked On Farms All Over My Country, And as an Actual Fact You Are The First Person Apart From My Sister That I've Told] There are Definitely Some Bat Shit Crazy Ass Stuff Goin' On Around Places That We Don't Know Of, Sorry Bout the Rant I Best Get on Outta' Here it's Late Anyways] Nice Chatting to Ya BrO, I'd Like to Keep in touch with Ya cuz it's Always Great to Have Allies, NEVER Know When WE Might Need Each Other Meanwhile Stay SAFE and WELL Wherever You Are an GO} Ok Man I'm Out GOD Bless Bruh (Nmcfmamf) ..
Forget Benton,ugh state boys took my license for speeding, I was on my way home too Belleville coming from Atlanta , I had to drive back a month later,rent a room just to go to court and pay them peoples horrible, only way to get my license back, they didn't do the mail thing where you send in your money and they send you your shit,they make you go 2 hours out of your way, go to court just to pay em in person and for them to hand over those L's... small shitty city ,grr... Now Rend Lake I fucks with em all day, college city and fun,beaches,swimming and fishing I'm all in lolbvs
In the early 70's, 1971 or 1972 I think, there was a monster reported by some locals east of Morris in Grundy County. It was seen out Cemetery Road, south of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, near an abandoned cemetery and railroad overpass. The description was very much like that of your Salt Creek Monster. Tall, hairy, brown and smelled really bad. They called it "Willy Booger" in one case and "Woolly Booger"in others. One reporter said that it jumped on the hood of his car denting the hood and breaking both front shocks. It was also said to scratch cars as they drove by. I don't recall anyone ever seeing it since then. Supposedly, it had been seen in years past. I lived out that way, and partied in the area, and I never saw it. But, pterodactyls in the sky? Yeah, on a couple of occasions. And, no, I am sure they weren't cranes or such.
I'm from C,C Texas last month fishing at St Ellen's mines , it was about 8:00 just before it was dark on a full moon my fishing was interrupted by a loud growl , what ever it was growled twice and when it did everything around the lake got weirdly quiet . DIDNT stick around to find out what it was but it totally freaked me out.
So the one that was spotted in Peoria... I'm pretty sure I seen it very close to me in broad daylight about 2 yrs ago in Athens, IL. Which is about an hour south of Peoria. I've searched for similar sightings since that day and this is literally the only one I've found so far.
I know this is old, but ironically, the couple that was accosted by Mud Monster were cheating on their spouses, the fact that they were so freaked out that they informed the cops, and made a spectacle of themselves tells me they definitely saw something. I’m like others, though. I can’t believe you left out the ABC’s and The Thunder Birds.
The omission was fixed in the recap I just made. I knew about the couple who were being unfaithful. The mere fact that they were involved in this activity and still came forward with a sighting added a lot of credibility to it.
You are the crypto zoologist historian of all times! I look forward to hearing your report on the state of Florida! I love your voice and I hope your personal life has quieted down a bit. Praying for you and your family!
Thank you Victor! Thank you for your concern and yes things have finally settled down now lets hope it stays that way. I will do a final tally before making the next Cryptids by state video but at the moment Florida is tied for votes with Pennsylvania.
I love your videos, can you do a topic on Washington? I just moved here and as i live near a forest i would like to know what else lives here. Thank you.
Ha Ha! I got a kick out of you wanting to use my video as a guide as to what to expect. I guess in theory it could be used for that purpose. I copied down your vote on my tally sheet.
It's your Michigan connection here. I may have figured out my lemur I seen in the UP. Perhaps the 3 foot tall creature that was listed with the salt creek monster was a Crider of It's own. The one I saw in the UP of Michigan was 2 to 3 feet tall and white standing on two feet.
Illinois resident also definitely liked the video.. in part you were talking about the psychiatrist being attacked was in a werewolf video found on RUclips.. he had 3 deep cuts on his left shoulder blade
The fact that I live in Illinois and this was recommended to me
Alexei Smirnoff the fact that I live in Texas and this was recommended to me
@@Edotawae Well, you don't got nothing to worry about lel
Same, I never watch these kind of videos lol
Same
Alexei Smirnoff sameeee
I live in Illinois and I used to drive semi's. One night roughly around 4:AM I was heading towards Peoria when I topped a hill and saw a huge black creature take thee large steps that clearly 50 to 60 feet from a tree line on the right and on an incline to the highway of two lanes with shoulders on each side and into another tree line in the medium. It was massive and from my point of view, I was seeing its left side and the chest was about 3/4 the size of one of the lanes and had to be at least ten foot tall. The whole siting couldn't have been more than three seconds. Anyway that is my siting and it feels good to share it after all these years, this happened in spring of 1999. Thank you for letting me get this off my chest!
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I saw a extremely large creature in Illinois the other day. It’s about 400lbs. eats everything, tends to wear $2k suits, can barely carry its own weight, some call this walrus like creature “Gov. Pritzker”, but many call it “The Fat Blogovich”.
Illinois resident here. Thanks so much for making this video
You are very welcome! I hope you enjoyed it!
Illinois USA here 😥😥😥
Enfield horror was a good one my grandma knew the family an that old guy who got attacked by the creature
The biggest monster in Illinois is the taxman. I'll probly get taxed for this comment.
Ya I woke up and got taxed for sleeping, living here sucks.
Once we finally get a progressive income tax system the "every day" taxes should go down. Hopefully. Lol
No kidding 😩
The legal we3d tax is so damn high. Jesus.
@@rustytoyota Vice taxes should be high. I'll pay for a safe and well regulated product
I've lived in IL my whole life, and have never heard of the Land Worm & Agua.
you know this reminds me of... I grew up downstate Illinois. central... we lived by a huge timber.farm fields all over. timbers everywhere.
my mother had grew up across-the-board road. she had mentioned about one time when she was young... she told us about this huge big bird.she said it looked from prehistoric times.
later on when I was probably 9years old. I was with my mother going out to the chicken house. my mother stopped and said look at these huge footprints. they seemed to be bigger than a big hand... 3xs larger. I put my foot in one. I will never forget this. I can still see those footprints.
Trust me,the Thunder-Bird is NO lie,neither is the Big-foot Creature,they BOTH have viewed in Cairo,IL,which is at the Southern-most tip of the state!
Ive lived in Illinois all my life and ive never heard of 1 cryptied of being here
Same !!! From Springfield.
As a fello Illinoian(?) We all know Illinios is too boring. Even for cryptids 😔
Fellow illinoion i have heard of them but ive never seen them cuz illinois is to boring
What? I have to ask if you’ve ever looked into Illinois history, folklore or paranormal the state is overflowing with it. If you are interested I recommend you look into it you won’t be disappointed!
I live in Chicago and feel that the state of Illinois is usually left out, So thank you Ben for making this video it means a lot to me
I feel the same
Likewise!
As an Illinoisian it irritates me someone from Chicago is stating this. The only refrence point for Illinois is Chicago.
Southern Illinois resident here. 50 miles due east of Murphysboro along the same East-West route thru the state...IL Rt. 13 which is a 4 to 6 lane highway all the way from Murphysboro to my town and then it turns northeast to eventually reach I-64 decades from now given the funding for it. But anyway, south of the "Rt. 13 corridor" as we call it, is the Shawnee National Forest, and sasquatches are said to be seen in that area.
Im from Harrisburg il. You sound close friendo!
@@8lu35ky6 I'm from Harrisburg as well dude.
Carbondale citizen here!!
I lived in Illinois all my life an never heard of any of this at all
Me too
I have lived in Illinois for most of my life. I don't think I heard most of these stories either. I think I remember the Mothman sittings in Chicago.
@@sherieffiong853 i don't ever remember of hearing about that, but of course i always was outside alot also
I’ve lived here all my life and I have heard of these, though I tend to read about these things and ask locals about things of this sort.
I'm beyond pleased you pronounced it right LOL!!
Right?! It drives me crazy when someone pronounces the S.
We say the “s” in Illinois on purpose because we know how much it drives you guys crazy lol.
I live near Lincoln, Illinois. Lincoln is pretty centrally located in Central Illinois. It is 30 miles from the state capital, Springfield, 35 miles each from Bloomington-Normal, Peoria, and Decatur. It has a population of about 12,000. I am now 50 yrs. old, but when I was a little boy of 3-4, me and my family had an encounter with The Salt Creek Monster. If you live in central Illinois that is pronounced crick not creek LoL. At that time we lived out in the country 1/4 of a mile from Salt Creek. This was 2 miles outside an extremely small little village Kenney, Illinois. My Mother witnessed it cross the road right before the bridge that crossed Salt Creek. My brothers had been down there night fishing and placing out "night lines". My Mom drove down to the bridge to get the boys and tell them to get back up to the house. It was almost 10 p.m. and they weren't going to be allowed to stay out there all night. One of my brothers told my Mom they had seen "bigfoot". Her not believing them told them, "well you 2 boys get in the car and come on home." They told her they had to gather their fishing poles, and gear and to please wait while they got it, and they would walk back up to the house. She agreed, and waited while they did that and they started back down the road. One of my brothers was on foot, and one on his bike. As they took off, she drove on toward the bridge to turn around on a little gravel drive right before the bridge. She had her driver's side window down. As she got to the drive, a horrible smell of garbage mixed with rotten sewage water "smacked" her from the window. In the headlights a 6' foot tall man shaped..."thing" crossed in the headlights from one side of the road to the other. It was light gray and completely hair covered. It looked directly at the car as it passed by. She said she'll never forget those glowing yellow eyes. She said she had the hair on her arms neck and head all stood on end and she's never felt that scared since. She turned into the drive on the right side in the road, and slammed the gear shift into reverse, quickly doing a 3 point turn to go back away from the bridge and back up the road to the house. As she went toward the house, this "thing" was running down the road. It was a full moon that night. The boys had been looking back as they went to see where Mom was, and they saw this huge muscular man shaped "thing" running. They later said they looked back because this thing must have weighed a lot because they "felt" it running on the paved country road before they saw it. My brother that was on foot was scared so bad, he passed my other brother on his bicycle ! Mom was freaked out that it looked like it was going after the boys. She swerved over at the creature and it jumped off the right side of the road down 15 feet in the deep ditch and let out a blood curdling scream. Everyone got back up to the house, quickly got into the house and locked all the doors and windows. They later said they could hear it walking around the house. It was "thudding" into the ground, and breathing loudly as it went by windows. My sister was sleeping out in a camper that fit in the bed of a pick-up truck with her best friend. They heard something walk up to the camper and circle it 5-6 times. They could hear deep, heavy breathing, and the dog that was scared of NOTHING under the truck whining. It "slapped the side of the camper and rattled the door knob. The 2 of those girls stayed completely still, and even held their breath they were trying to be so quiet. After what seemed like forever (but in reality was probably 30-40 seconds) they finally heard, whatever they never looked out any window to see, something "thud" off toward Salt Creek's direction. Some time later they heard something in the same direction SCREAM.
I swore I saw something massive turning on to 83 last thursday night coming from Palatine IL. It was around 1110 pm. Just got off of work. Thought it was a deer but had big upper body.
Hmm...I actually have another encounter story from one of my viewers that described the same type of thing. Sadly, I have been unable to find anything about it.
@@BenmillerIceWolfVideos i'll keep an eye out for it. 83 is my usual route. So they had the same exact encounter? I was more focused on getting home than focused on the cryptid. But if i see it again ill definately make sure to pull over and record.
Im still keeping my eye out. I remember the location it was right before crossing onto lake cook road. I just remember seeing a tall creature with deer horns a big upper body and human like hand. What stood out to me the most was the size of the creature, its horns and the human like hand I caught in the head lights standing infront of the oncoming driver. I'm pretty sure what I saw was a Weindego. I'd like to compare the others story.
Dude, you didn't say anything about the thunder bird. That's a well known Illinois cryptid.
Right or the whistlers
BombTubeJams what are the whistlers? I live in Illinois too but I’ve never heard of them.
@@cristopherespinoza1791 I lived here all my life too never knew about them until I had my own encounter with em 4 years back . I got told it was a skin Walker or younger bigfoot clan an stuff
@@bombtubejamz739 .. Ethereal flute music and singing can sometimes reveal their presence, they are in the Deep Woods, Forests, and Mountain Tops at my Country of New Zealand, I'm actually referring to Cryptids- Dog-men- Yowie- Doggo- Wolf or Dog Faced Large Forest/woods Dwelling Creatures, I'm unsure as to whether or not we have Big-foot here .. Skin-walker? How interesting, Hello all from Under Down Under Western Spring's, Pt Chev :D] .v (Nmcfmamf) ..
Wasnt that in lawndale il?
Years ago, I had a giant black cat following me along a river outside of Penfield. It's paws were bigger than my hands. I fed it chubs for about half a mile till I got back towards civilization then it just watched me walk off
You should watch Mountain Monsters season 1 or season 2 but Willie has a black cat go after his Hogs and one from around the area got a picture of a paw print and it's bigger than his boot
The question is... were they creek chubs or horny head chubs?
When I was younger I saw a giant black cat inn the window that was probably four feet tall 5-6 feet long. I know it was probably my imagination which makes me wish I was a kid again but it was real enough I didn't tell my family about it because I was sure they would think I was crazy. We were living in Carolina in apartment complex near military base
Morris illinois here my boyfriend seen a black panther out on cemetery road running between morris an minooka illinois..back road along illinois riiver
Im from illinois...(villa park) in june of 2012 about 4:50am i woke up to a strange light outside the patio sliding door of my home... After seeing the light flash with different levels of intensity and color thru my the blinds of the glass door. Curious, i grabbed my .380 pistol and decided to go the door, pull the curtains aside and see what it was... As i moved the curtains i began to hear and extremely loud noise which sounded like mix between a helicopter hovering directly above my house and a loud grinding of gears akin to what u might hear from machinery churning inside of a busy factory. The sound was very brief no more than 5-7sec. The exact moment the noise stopped, Something then flew directly over my 6ft fence into my backyard stopping in mid-air about 6ft. Off the ground direct im front of me about 3ft. Away from the glass door i was standing on the opposite side of... If i had to decribe it. I would say it looked like the mothman, all black, minus the red eyes or any "fur"...it had 2 sets of wings which it spread in front of me...oddly the wings, which seemed werent needed for it to acheive flight. Instead, as the wings spread what i can only decribe as 100's of small blue lighting bolts the size of my pinky finger flicked all throughout its wings as if the being was either biomechanical or bioluminescent to some degree. Although i was way past frightened, the display was beautiful I thought to myself. (Something i had never seen the likes of) and with that, it shot straight up out of veiw with lightning speed. (What scares me the most, is that when i woke up to the flashing light outside of my patio door it seemed that whatever it was knew that i was there, on my couch, even though the shades were completly drawn and i only noticed the glimpse of the initial flash of light thru an extrmemly small crack in-between the shades of my back sliding patio door. It was as if it had beckoned me to come to the door... It wanted to be seen..) This is all true, every word...I could care less if u think otherwise...
love trumps and then you woke up, all wet. Lol
rural south central Illinois. always heard of giant black cats, catfish big enough to eat you, and giant turtles. personally have seen "birds" with wingspans big enough to scare me
i love the mood music 👌 it goes well with sipping coffee and watching your videos ☕
As a resident of Illinois for almost 40 years I'm quite surprised to see a video so very close to my own experiences. Thank you for taking the time and effort. My husband and I are now subscribed and excited to see whats next !
Yeah,the Thunderbird and the Bigfoot,have been seen in Cairo,IL!
A friend and I were driving around late night or early morning. We were North of Rockford, IL. All of a sudden, this huge "bird" swooped right towards our windshield. Wing span of at least 10-12 feet! Scared the crap out of us both!
I've seen it a couple times!! It was huge! Ive lived in the Loves Park Rockford area all my life. Never wanted to report it since the police would probably think I was nuts.
We're very honored that you started with us! Thank you! As regards your request in the beginning, Lindworms are from Europe and the dragon turtle is generally from China. In regards to your inquiry at the end- We had a circus train crash back in the day. This could possibly explain the ghost cats of Decatur and the ape-like monsters, but I've got no answers for Thunderbirds, the Enfield Horror, or whatever the hell is wrong with Chicago.
I was born in Belleville, IL, and grew up close by. When my dad was younger, he got jumped and thrown into the Big Muddy River
I lived in Quincy Illinois all my life. As a boy I was always told that there was a gigantic catfish that could easily eat a volxwaggon Beatle, it has been known to sometimes eat people. This fish lived in the Mississippi River, under the bridges
There are several water locations that you can find catfish that big.
Divers saw one like in the rivers while inspecting the bridge at Cairo,IL!!!
Every dam in america has the same b.s. story. Every one!
A well known Indiana cryptid is the state's education system. Its terrifying
Agreed! Its a "Common" problem Nation wide! You could say it's the "Core" of most of the ignorance in this country!
I live in Illinois. Now i need to do some sight seeing. Great video.
Grew up in Loami. Just west of Springfield. One morning when I was about 7 years old I looked out the front window and saw what looked like an anteater come from behind a bush. As it walked across the small field it appeared to walk through a shimmering doorway that appeared out of nowhere. Some friends swore to seeing a 8 foot tall lizard like man in the woods. I personally saw 2 UFO events. 1 of which was witnessed by at least a dozen kids and adults. We were all freaking out. The 2nd event was just my mother and I. After spotting the ufo we lost a chunk of time and seemed to wake up in our car parked right up against a rail crossing as a train passed by. My sister saw a ufo as well. I've since moved from there but for a time lived in Springfield and would see what I call shadow people in the trees and on rooftops. They always were portents of violent deaths on the city.
From peoria Illinois. And I haven't heard about most of these o.o
Oh god. It's so odd meeting someone online that's in the same area I am.
Casey Ortega Farmington
I’m fairbury
Southernmost parts of Illinois here, I've heard about the Big Muddy Monster time and time again, actually know a couple people who have seen it, and you'd be surprised how much that one legend has shaped the area, mostly it being the mascot of Big Muddy brewers in the area, and of course, the Big Muddy River near rend lake.
yup look out in the dark youll find what your looking for
The Big-foot thing is REAL&so is the Giant Thunder-Bird,both seen in CAIRO,IL!!!
The couple that reported it were acquaintances of my dad and his group of friends.
@@AFarmerCalledChicken No shit? If you know anything more than what's mentioned here, anything to add would be much appreciated
I grew up in Illinois too! My family still lives there, so I visit often. I have to mention that ABC's (alien big cats)are seen there too. In fact, a friend of mine saw one.
I forgot to mention them but I did see that they are quite prominent there.
I had a friend who claimed to see a what he called jaguar in my home town in Illinois. I just thought he was crazy until years later when I learned about these ABCS and now wonder if maybe that's what he saw
Heart of Illinois right here!
The mothman is here taking revenge for all the moth memes
I live about a 20 minute drive from Farmer City and even been in a relationship with 2 women from there and I don't think I've ever heard of this cryptid. Always interesting finding out stuff like this.
I lived on Cole Hallow rd back in the 70s and 80s, had many instances of unknown interactions, and two encounters in that area. We lived near a large area of woods with ponds and fields. We always played in the woods as kids those days did. Would often get that' im being watched' feeling, and we would hi-tail it out of there. We'd hear strange noises in the summertime evenings of an 'animal' of some kind. My mom was driving us to church one evening near sunset, and i saw a motionless thing or person on top of an overhanging edge. It was kind of thin but tall, dark colored with a funny shaped pointed top or head. It wasn't a tree because there were no roots sticking out the bottom of the overhang. The sight of it took my breath away, and it took a few minutes to gather myself. We drove by the next day, and whatever was on that overhang wasn't there. A few years later, i went bowhunting not too far from my previous sighting. I left my flahlight in the car, and it was an hour before sunrise, so i had to go real slow to my stand so i wouldn't spook any deer. As i crept through the timber and approached my stand, a loud scream like screech seemed like less than 100 feet from me, and the sound was directed right at me. I could feel the sound hit me. That was what i remember the most about it. It was still dark out, and i couldn't see ten feet in front of me. Whatever it was, it tore through the woods, crashing through brush and limbs. It sounded like a whole herd of deer on a mad sprint. It ran through the woods quite a ways the it let out another scream. Whatever screamed, it had to be big because the volume of noise was tremendous. Im wasn't sure at the time for the second scream it made. There were no other people around. It was dense woods. I never went back there again without a gun. I suspected of what i encountered but not ready to believe. It wasn't until finding Bigfoot was on tv, and i heard what they said was a recorded scream. That's exactly what i heard. I have so much to share about Cohomo. Many friends with encounters, lots of stories.
Former Bloomingtonian here: I've heard stories of the Piasa as well as the Kickapoo Beast of 1972. I've also had a thunderbird sighting in 1993 north of Lake Bloomington and close to Merwyn Sanctuary Forest Preserve.
The agua or however it is spelled could be the alligator snapping turtle
Great stories here. You unearthed some Illinois cryptids I was unfamiliar with, and I love the connections you make between sightings. So many times people seem to forget that these things can, and do, move.
Thank you for covering my home state Mr. Ben Miller 😉. Loved hearing about all the different creatures I may have shared home with.
Thank you Dee and no problem!
Oh, shit. The Mothman is in Chicago. Something bad is gonna happen.
I didn’t know we had that many cryptids which is kinda cool bout the most I’ve seen are ufo
Same
3 names on the first. Grew up in Illinois. 35 years on rend lake. Also a few miles from the Big Muddy river. We grew up calling it The Big Muddy monster. And strangely enough the smell is the first thing everybody claims. Urine, rotten plants, and wet dog.
Hey Sir. Just found your channel. Great stuff. Keep it up. Much love from New Zealand.
Born and raised in Illinois thanks for such a great video
I KNOW the Big-foot &Thunder-Bird sightings are REAL,they have been seen in Cairo,IL!
Man, I wish you would have touched on the thunderbird. That thing is so cool.
And the Thunder-Bird is VERY REAL, spotted over Cairo,IL before!
Thank you for pronouncing Illinois correctly!!! Awesome ,found that same turtle as a little girl bout 1988 or so, that turtle was mean,black and honestly very fast moving on land, it literally picked it's shell up off the ground and ran, no freaking bs!!! it had spikes on it's head,shell and tail , it wasn't very big maybe bout a 2-3 yr old sized turtle,I lived in Summerfield and found it bout 5 miles from home in the country outside of the city Mascoutah located in southern Illinois, I've never seen another one since,and never knew the name of that type of turtle either. Home of The Bigfoot originated from Carbondale Illinois way before my time, late 70's or so only heard from older friends ,never had a encounter....
The stories about the Thunderbirds&the Bigfoot creature are DEFINITELY TRUE,they have been seen in Cairo,IL where the 2 major rivers meet!
Snapping turtles look that way and get very big in size.
@@dv9856that was my first thought.
I'm about 45 minutes west of Peoria. I've heard some odd stuff while out in the woods, but have never really seen anything that could be cryptid. I do have a history of Paranormal run ins, but there's not enough time nor space to go over them.
Buddy you just connected some crazy dots for me coming out of Royalton Illinois. Found 2 different types of crazy huge human like tracks down by the river we call one of them the big muddy monster " big muddy river runs through here past Murphysboro" but I believe one set made by the "lizard" people that live in the river as told by a town elder
HECK YEAH! The BIGFOOT CREATURE &the Thunder-Bird are ABSOLUTELY REAL,they have been observed in the city of CAIRO, ILLINOIS!
I live in springfield illinois.my state is full of weird stuff
Yo sister
Same
The further south you go in Illinois, the stranger it gets.
Wauconda il had the giant turtle thing going around when I was younger
I live in Antioch IL, sorry i just thought it was weird seeing Wauconda in your comment lol!
Mundelein here!
I love this series already!
Yup, also Chicago' s name actually means "Wild Onion" in native language, actually pronounced "Shee-kuh-goo" :)
I was completely unaware of that! Thank you for that information. We have a friend from Illinois and I just had to make sure I pronounced the name correct ha ha!! As to your comment it sort of it like in my town of Punxsutawney. It originally was named after the Native Anerican word sand fly. This was "ponki" and later the area was called ponsutenink "town of the "ponkis"/sand flies". On a side note I have lived here about 15 years and I don't recall ever seeing a sand fly ha ha!
Another great video been following a long time and they are right you got a certain way about how you do your videos that make them more interesting and the fact you look into ones not alot of people but the locals have heard of but with that said please do Tennessee soon I ve been asking for along time lol
When I lived in Illinois, spring usually marked the sightings of giant hawks-these stories always start with an Air Force officer spotting a big hawk, always big enough to warrant the warning the sighter is x pounds and it made them nervous seeing it. Was rather surprised it didn't make the video since it is an annual rash of sightings from early spring, dying out by midsummet
I clicked as soon as I saw Illinois on the thumbnail. Subbed😊👍
From Illinois. Learned some things. Thanx
Thank you so much! I am happy that I was able to present new information to those who actually live in the area.
Mom and myself together have seen "Bigfoot" in Tower Hill, Illinois
I was just in Tower Hill two weeks ago! If you'd like to report it on the NCS site, visit us at www.nationalcryptidsociety.org
That is amazing when I was 8 years old I saw 1 too. My grandparents owned a farm in Tower Hill and we would go stay. One day we all rode out there with them and something had torn the door off. We went inside and the kitchen had been destroyed. They had one of those old 4 burner cast stove that weighed several hundred pounds. That stove was thrown from its place to a side wall. We still stayed to clean up and that night it was storming I looked out the window it had its face pressed against tthe window. I yelled everyone came running and it was gone!!! My grandpa told me it was a bear, THAT was not a bear. I'm 61 now and I still remember everything about that night.
Struggler, Im 61 now and I was 8 so it would have been 1966.
YEP,it's Very Real,and so is the Thunderbird,both seen in Cairo,IL for SURE!
From illinois. Thanks for the vid friend! Earned a sub
Need more cryptids! Great episode wonderfull series concept!
I would absolutely watch a movie about the rivalry between a small-town sheriff and a sasquatch.
Alaska must be filled with them
Very well done.not overly dramatic.very intelligent and entertaining.
And until now I thought my pterodactyl sighting as a kid in upstate NY was just my misremembering something.and stupid.
Im pretty sure I saw a thunder bird at night. A friend and myself saw it when driving it flew in front of our head lights diving down. It was really black and huge. Really huge.
YEP! Giant Thunder-Birds&the Big-Foots ARE VERY REAL,we have noticed them around Cairo,IL!
Sounds like you had an encounter with the Dover Demon, or a relative of it
When I was 17-18 I saw 2 pterodactyls in Illinois. This would have been right around 2009. And I just ignored it, chalked it up to "it was night, could have just been a bat and my imagination" and now I'm seeing a lot of people have had pterodactyl sightings around where I lived around that time. It's crazy
Oh I love the idea of covering cryptids for each state. This is gonna be awesome. Will you do Arizona? I know we have the mogollion monster which is a type of big foot that roams the mogolon rim which oddly enough is the largest continuous disiguous pine forest in the nation. Skin walkers on the Navajo res as well as thunder bird/pterodactyl. as well as rumored reptillion alien creatures around the superstition mountains (which I can see from my house) as well as Apache or Roosevelt lake but I would like to know what if anything else we got going in this creepy ass state
I am happy that you are excited about this new series. I will certainly be covering Arizona eventually. I did count you vote on my tally sheet. Honestly I always wanted to move to Arizona but also maybe New Mexico.
@@BenmillerIceWolfVideos new Mexico is super awesome as well and prob only 1/20th the population. I guess it depends if you require big city life. If a small to midsize city is alright new Mexico has a couple of those that are smaller population wise than Mesa which is one of many suburbs of Phoenix. Heck the 4 states that make up the 4 corners area of new Mexico, Colorado, Utah & Arizona each has their own unique beauty. Cant go wrong. Jim Morrison once said "the west is the best"
Loved it! Thanks for all your hard work . I know how much free time you have on your hands 😚
Hey Great Video we Are Scratching the Surface keep Looking 😁
Mothman just glides without flapping it's wings.Video of it flying over Chicago ,this year
From India, been in Chicago for many years!!!
Stay safe welcome to Illinois stay jammin
My Mother's side of the family grew up near Fulton, IL. My youngest Sister lives in Clinton, Iowa and inherited our Uncle's and Aunt's farms near Fulton. She rents the farm land to farmers who plant corn, soybeans and other crops. I told her to watch for crop circles.
Born and raised in Central Illinois, I've not heard of the first 2 cryptids you mentioned in the beginning.
Have you heard about the wolf monster? I definitely saw it in Aurora. New York Street and frontenac
@@TFJotin no I sure haven't
Salt Creek is not a town, but a body of water that runs through Farmer City and ends up becoming a tributary to the Sangamon river north of Springfield. So, it makes sense he'd be called because it was probably somewhere in DeWitt County at the very least. (I'm from Clinton and currently live in Champaign. I have family and friends in Farmer City.)
Awesome! Been waiting for something like this
I am glad you liked it. I was always resistant to making it but I should have listened to all of you and did it a long time ago. By the way I wanted to know...is your profile pic a reptilian version of the Unabomber. ha ha!
Ben miller I like that ! Yeh I find it interesting when they have a similar creature in across a couple counties and the calm it 10 different names.. but keep up the good work..
I live in illinois and when i was a kid we had a song about the enfield horror, it was call the one eye purple people eater.
I live near the Shelbyville area where the thunderbirds have been sighted. There are also stories of a dogman that protectects witches caves near the kasbar cemetery.
Florida please. We have so many strange folks that move here, so it seems we are also getting weird things imported. I'd love to hear more about Northern Florida indications of Wood Boogers, since we usually only get credit for Swamp Apes. Plus we now have weird cross breeding between Boas and Anacondas in the Glades...
That's the local name for what we call Bigfoot,and it's REAL,plus there is MORE than 1!
I live in Illinois. Born and raised and I've been quite interested in the crypto/paranormal subject. I have heard about cryptids in my state but have never really heard much about them. The MSM is so full of 'fluff' and 'human interest' stories that I wonder if the cryptid stories just get 'buried' or end up on the editorial floor never to see the light if day. GREAT WORK! I'm a subscriber and will forward anything I find or hear about!
When I was little I use to play in creeks behind my house (Bolingbrook IL 1999) and one night there was a smiling face at my window - big black eyes - didn’t notice a nose - a small smile - sounds like it
Hmm...that is really interesting. Thank you for sharing your encounter. I think it would be terrifying to see something like that standing outside your window.
@@BenmillerIceWolfVideos yea I lived on the third story of the house so it was extra weird
I know about both of them and I live in Illinois
Enjoyed this thanks Mr miller.
New sub going to tear through your back catalogue of vids
Awesome! Welcome to the cryptid family! There are quite a few videos to go through...I think it is somewhere around 260. Although my older stuff may not be as good. Just do me a favor and avoid the Top 10 Out of place artifacts as it is a video I honestly dislike.
@@BenmillerIceWolfVideos I will try
I did and you've some grand vids is it ok to share on other platforms
Forget New Jersey, Ohio's where its at. Ohio brings the creepy! We got Sasquatch, Ohio Grass Man, Moth Man, Ohio Mountain Lion/Panther, and tons of other paranormal shit to toss in the mix. Ohio... Thats gotta be the next state don't let me down!
^^^craigpiercer79 .. Back in 1895 there were only 2 cars in the whole State of Ohio and those two cars Crashed into each other and was Recorded in the United States Registry as the very first 2 car Collision/accident, But that's another Story Sorry couldn't help but bring that up, who knows maybe a bit a history lesson for ya or maybe you already know Lol:P My main task at hand is all the Creepy Ass Shit that's going Down in your State, Sounds Real Bad Ass Brother Dude, I'd Like to keep tabs on that Fo Sho' :P] .v (Nmcfmamf) ..
@@splash5150izy Thanks for responding. I've never heard that story before from 1895 lol. I'll definitely look into it. Hey, I gotta quick story to share with you. I don't think you could categorize it as Cryptozoology. In this particular case it would be more like seeing a known species in a place it shouldn't be. I was born with a rare hip disorder called Legg-Calve-Perthes. The closest doctor that understood the disorder was out of Lexington KT. This was about a 4-5 hour drive at the time (its much quicker now because its 4 lanes in both directions). My parents had to take me to Lexington no less than 6 times a year until I was 18 years old. This was a trip my family made so often that we probably could've made with our eyes closed. My dad loves the outdoors and if you are riding with him its your job to look for deer, and to give him the heads up quick enough that he can seem them too. So my mom and I would constantly scan open fields near tree lines on the lookout. When I was about 15 years old, we were about an hour away from Lexington and we were passing a freshly cut tobacco field along a tree line. I couldn't believe my eyes. Running parallel to our truck was what would call mountain lion. I immediately told my parents and they both seen it too. That day (and the rest of that year) my Dad decided to get the local Lexington newspaper. He figured it had to be a zoo escape or a illegal pet. My dad would read every page cover to cover but not one single word about it. We've talked to people about it and they just look at us as lile we are nuts. Anyhow thanks for listening.
@@craigpiercer79 .. Wow Solid Read Dude Do You Walk Normal Pretty Much or With a (Yobo) slight limp? Not Bein' a Smart Ass just Curious as I have Never Heard of Your Condition, I Cracked up When You Mentioned Driving to Lexington So Often that Y'all Could Do the Trip blind folded/eye's Closed Lol, Now a Mountain Lion? Can You Please Enlighten ME With that Particular Animal, I Always Thought a Mountain Lion Was Either a Cougar or Puma/panther According to American Movies & Films I've Watched as a Kid Also if You Can Remember Roughly How Large Was the Creature,? I do Know There's A lot ah Crazy Ass Shit Out there, That We Haven't Begun to Imagine cuz We All in a World of Our Own, Mankind's Civilized World and We Don't Really Pay Much Attention to Anything Else Except For Family- Friends- & Our Own Existence, Now is the Time More Than Ever to Understand and Find Out What the Freak's Going on Out there in Our Immediate and Distant Surrounding's Especially Rural Areas, including Forests- Woods- Mountain-Top's kinda' Places cuz Basically Many People Don't Go to the Woods or Forests Anymore, I know I'll Be Cryptid & Paranormal Watching this Coming Summer & I'll Have My Awesome Night-vision Analogue & 2 Digital Cameras Fully Charged and Ready 4-Action just En- Case Lol, However I Won't be Wandering into the Woods or Forests As there Are Yowie- Doggo- Dog-men- Cryptids- Moth-man- Ghost's Ain't Afraid of Them thing's As I Grew Up in A Haunted House From 4yrs to 6yrs Old & Seen, Heard, and Felt Them All Lol:P Skin-Walker, Wendigo & GOD Knows What Else Also I've been "WARNED Not 2Go into Such Places Especially @Night When them Thing's are Highly Active," a Lot of People @my Country Have GONE MISSING in the Woods & Forests Already this Year and Our Summer Hasn't Even Kicked in Yet, Many Folk Here Have Absolutely NO Idea that Such Creatures Are Really Lurking in Our Hills, Woods etc] And "I'm on a Mission to Bring Awareness Of Them to My Fellow Country Folk After All They Have Every RIGHT to Know, "As to Whether Some Will BELIEVE ME is Yet to BE SEEN- There Will Be People Like You MENTIONED That Will LOOK AT ME Like I Must Be Freaking NUTS" [But I DON'T CARE I'll Present Everything Professional Like With Pictures, Drawing's, Mapping/s etc On a Sizable Board With All Informative Writing/info About Them (I'm an Artist) Yes my Friend There Are a lot of Bat Crazy Ass Shit Out There, "My Sister And I Saw Some Weird Looking Freaking Creatures One Night Whilst Driving in The Pouring Rain Through a By-pass Of a City Back in 2003 To Get On-2 "The Open Highway & We Saw What looked like a Freaking Jig-saw] I'd Have to Draw it up Their Still in my MIND Animals the Size Of Fairly large PIGS (I Thought They Were Pigs at First) Running Across the Road About 50-60 Yards in Front Of Us I had the Windshield Wipers on Full-out And My Head Lamps on High Beam "I Turned & Said to My Sister Did You See That? And She Replied Yes I Did Brother And I Said Wtf Were those Thing's?" There Were About 5 or 6 Of Them (Pig colored but they weren't Pigs) And it Looked Like, cuz I Saw Them Clear As Mud Lol They Ran Right Through The Farmers Fence Line it was Fully Fenced All the Way Through There (I've Done Fence Work in the Past) & Farm Fences Here Are Standard 9-10 Even Up to 12 Wire Strained Tight With Posts Oh About Every 10yards With Batons in Between, They Don't Have Gaps or Holes As They Are Actual Farm Fences to Keep Their Live Stock Confined in the Paddocks, They All Crossed The Road As I Was Closing in On Them & I Got A Clear Look at The Big One in 2nd Or 3rd From the Front Like it Was Guiding and Telling the Smaller and Medium Sized Ones To Hurry Up The Freaking Thing Had Such a Weird Odd Shape to It, And As I Got to Them They Were Already Across the Road and Disappeared in the Long Grass in Pitch Black Darkness I Tell Ya Man I've Never Seen Anything Like Them Ever cuz I've Worked On Farms All Over My Country, And as an Actual Fact You Are The First Person Apart From My Sister That I've Told] There are Definitely Some Bat Shit Crazy Ass Stuff Goin' On Around Places That We Don't Know Of, Sorry Bout the Rant I Best Get on Outta' Here it's Late Anyways] Nice Chatting to Ya BrO, I'd Like to Keep in touch with Ya cuz it's Always Great to Have Allies, NEVER Know When WE Might Need Each Other Meanwhile Stay SAFE and WELL Wherever You Are an GO} Ok Man I'm Out GOD Bless Bruh (Nmcfmamf) ..
Search Missouri.ive lived in both Illinois and now Mo.this should be interesting.
Great stuff buddy New Jersey is my home state cant wait to hear that one !!!
Lol I live 10 minutes away from farmer city makes me wanna go to the woods now
DON'T,the Bigfoot creature&the Thunder-Bird are VERY REAL,both have been spotted in Cairo,IL!
I’ve heard of Lind worms! Thought not them being in Illinois- supposedly they like to locate on remote island around the world from what I’ve heard.
Specific to the rendlake area like benton where I live there is the big muddy monster, it's a sasquatch type.
Forget Benton,ugh state boys took my license for speeding, I was on my way home too Belleville coming from Atlanta , I had to drive back a month later,rent a room just to go to court and pay them peoples horrible, only way to get my license back, they didn't do the mail thing where you send in your money and they send you your shit,they make you go 2 hours out of your way, go to court just to pay em in person and for them to hand over those L's... small shitty city ,grr... Now Rend Lake I fucks with em all day, college city and fun,beaches,swimming and fishing I'm all in lolbvs
In the early 70's, 1971 or 1972 I think, there was a monster reported by some locals east of Morris in Grundy County. It was seen out Cemetery Road, south of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, near an abandoned cemetery and railroad overpass. The description was very much like that of your Salt Creek Monster. Tall, hairy, brown and smelled really bad. They called it "Willy Booger" in one case and "Woolly Booger"in others. One reporter said that it jumped on the hood of his car denting the hood and breaking both front shocks. It was also said to scratch cars as they drove by. I don't recall anyone ever seeing it since then. Supposedly, it had been seen in years past. I lived out that way, and partied in the area, and I never saw it. But, pterodactyls in the sky? Yeah, on a couple of occasions. And, no, I am sure they weren't cranes or such.
I'm from C,C Texas last month fishing at St Ellen's mines , it was about 8:00 just before it was dark on a full moon my fishing was interrupted by a loud growl , what ever it was growled twice and when it did everything around the lake got weirdly quiet . DIDNT stick around to find out what it was but it totally freaked me out.
I gotta say, I love this plan. I think I would have gone alphabetically, but that's me. Thanks for doing this.
WOOT! Good parenting includes teaching your Daughter about the Cryptids in your state.
Hope you do one on Washington state just above Oregon.
So the one that was spotted in Peoria... I'm pretty sure I seen it very close to me in broad daylight about 2 yrs ago in Athens, IL. Which is about an hour south of Peoria. I've searched for similar sightings since that day and this is literally the only one I've found so far.
I know this is old, but ironically, the couple that was accosted by Mud Monster were cheating on their spouses, the fact that they were so freaked out that they informed the cops, and made a spectacle of themselves tells me they definitely saw something.
I’m like others, though. I can’t believe you left out the ABC’s and The Thunder Birds.
The omission was fixed in the recap I just made. I knew about the couple who were being unfaithful. The mere fact that they were involved in this activity and still came forward with a sighting added a lot of credibility to it.
You are the crypto zoologist historian of all times!
I look forward to hearing your report on the state of Florida!
I love your voice and I hope your personal life has quieted down a bit. Praying for you and your family!
Thank you Victor! Thank you for your concern and yes things have finally settled down now lets hope it stays that way. I will do a final tally before making the next Cryptids by state video but at the moment Florida is tied for votes with Pennsylvania.
I love your videos, can you do a topic on Washington? I just moved here and as i live near a forest i would like to know what else lives here. Thank you.
Ha Ha! I got a kick out of you wanting to use my video as a guide as to what to expect. I guess in theory it could be used for that purpose. I copied down your vote on my tally sheet.
@@BenmillerIceWolfVideos awesome thank you and again, i love your videos. More plz
It's your Michigan connection here. I may have figured out my lemur I seen in the UP. Perhaps the 3 foot tall creature that was listed with the salt creek monster was a Crider of It's own. The one I saw in the UP of Michigan was 2 to 3 feet tall and white standing on two feet.
I'm in Illinois. I definitely saw the wolf thing in the EXACT same situation in this video.
Believe me,the Creature/Bigfoot/Warewolf,is VERY REAL, it's been seen in&around Cairo,IL!!!
Im by middle of illinios and have seen them also
Illinois here. I have had a couple experiences with others. Both were on your list. Definitely creepy!
You can SURELY BELIEVE the stories of the Thunderbird&the Bigfoot,they have BOTH DEFINITELY BEEN SEEN,in Cairo,IL.
Great idea for a series! I look forward to the next instalment!
Illinois resident also definitely liked the video.. in part you were talking about the psychiatrist being attacked was in a werewolf video found on RUclips.. he had 3 deep cuts on his left shoulder blade