Verona_Illinois_JUL08

TJ Biscardi, Tylor Weess, Steve Weess, Leonard Dan, JC Johnson, and "Jay" Beazley... TJ and our host Steve Weess

While working with Steve Dismore in Kentucky's Land Between the Lakes, the Searching for Bigfoot team of Java_Bob, TJ Biscardi, Leonard Dan, and JC Johnson received a frantic phone call from Steve Weess of Seneca Illinois. Steve had been experiencing some very unusual and frightening things on his property there. He called to tell us that something was coming up from the woods behind his home and making loud screams at night. His pet cats were disappearing at night and he would find the bodies in the morning with the heads missing! What ever was doing it was getting even bolder and throwing rocks and sticks at his family... He told us he was prepared to shoot what ever it was if it came back that night!

Steve told us that he and his son Tylor were up and waiting for what ever it was to make an appearance that evening and they planned on shooting it! TJ Biscardi and myself, Java_Bob, were able to calm Steve down and he agreed to wait until we could arrive at his home the following morning before attempting to kill what ever it was!

Our SFBI team drove threw the night from Kentucky to Steve's home in Verona Illinois, (just outside of Seneca), so we could attempt to help the Weess family understand what was happening on their property and perhaps stop the Weess men from doing anything that they might regret in the cold light of day!

The area is a small farming community in rural Illinois growing crops of mostly corn and soy beans. It is located very near the Illinois river. The area has a rich and colorful history.

The history of the area, in brief was as follows;
Back in 1848 the I & M Canal was completed and the Jeremiah Crotty family entered a claim adjacent to the canal.
Then in 1850 the CRIP Railroad project was completed and the Crotty family returned to the claim on the canal and built the first home there.
By 1853 the Crotty family owned considerable land adjacent to the railroad and convinced the director of the CRIP Railroad to put a station there.
The site of the station was called Crotty Town.
Then in 1854 A post office was established and Crotty was named Postmaster. In 1855 the Railroad opened the station house with John Crotty, Jeremiah's son, named as station agent. The railroad named the station Seneca.

By 1858 the First La_Salle County directory lists Crotty as a town. By 1864 Grain was million dollar business prompting construction of new elevators and warehouses and attracted other businesses to area.
Then in 1865, On February 16th, the town was incorporated by Special Act of the 24th General Assembly and the town has continued to prosper ever since.

After a brief meeting with Steve and Tylor Weess, the SFBI team began checking out the area at the back of family property. We began by looking at, what appeared to be a large game trail coming out from the woods. At the end of the trail, closest to the backyard lawn was some kind of print. It was barely discernible, but it did resemble the general shape of a large bipedal foot print.

The game trail to the woods and the "print" at the beginning of the trail?

We listened to Steve share stories about the area that talked about the original builders of the old railroad being harassed by "large hairy men" while they worked cutting through the woods to build the railroad.

We wondered if the area had enough cover, water, and food to support itself as it traveled through the area.
The only way to know, was to get back into the woods behind the house and see for ourselves. We gathered up our gear and headed out for a look. The following pictures will give you an idea of just what we found:

The first thing we found was some of the old CRIP Seneca Railroad project!

We found more than abundant food items without even utilizing the abundant local corn crops!

We found many signs of animal predations and habitations in the area!

We found sources of water, including a stream that led out to a larger water way leading towards the Illinois River!

It was clear to us that there was plenty of food, water, and shelter available to support the creature we were seeking. The questions remained, was it there? We continued to look for signs in the areas. We found many old signs of human presence and history, including old home sites and cemeteries.

It was clear that this was inhabited by humans at one time.

The team was very impressed with the area and the island of remoteness around Steve's property. Unfortunately, we were not able to verify the presence of a creature at this time. We will be keeping an eye on the area through Steve, Tylor, and Jay and may be back in the near future to continue our investigation. It was obvious to us that Steve, Tylor, and Jay are very serious about what has been happening in this area. We feel like we may not have found a creature on this trip, but we have found some new friends and researchers. We know that we have to "turn over a lot of rocks before we find a gem stone..." and that is what keeps us SEARCHING FOR BIGFOOT!!!

Written by JavaBob - posted by JavaBob

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