GHOST HUNTERS

This is a series by researcher Karl Sup researching Sasquatch evidence in the outskirts of Chicago, Illinois. ( Link to #1 installment ) Chicago Sasquatch #2 Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois (Cities Withheld) October 2016 Fall in Illinois brought back many memories from my childhood. Piles of leaves always provided an ideal place to play hide and seek, or jumping into from a neighboring tree limb. This year, fall was a little warmer than I expected and some plants were still blooming even with the nights were getting much cooler. I had finally carved out some time to begin my exploration of the Forest Preserves. I determined that these forest preserve investigations would limit my direct interaction to gifting apples, and not use the typical techniques of vocalizations or knocking. My intent in all of these areas was only to observe and limit interaction. My first location of interest was the Busse (pronounced BUSS-ee) Woods, also known as the Ned Brown Preserve. The entire preserves encom...

This is a new series by Karl Sup, researcher who has written many great observations on Bigfoot (right hand side of the blog are links) and the very popular Long Island Bigfoot series . His travels have taken him from Long Island to Chicago. This series kicks off "ChiSquatch" and the search for Bigfoot in Illinois not far from the fringe of the cities.  Chicago Sasquatch #1 Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois (Cities Withheld) October 2016 My next work assignment was to an area of the country that I know fairly well, Chicago! I grew up in the sleepy suburb of Elmhurst, in DuPage County. In this photo, the original white 1927 house I grew up in is pictured to the right of center. In its front yard is now a towering pine tree; what originally was a live Christmas tree that I helped my father plant back in 1970. It’s grown up a lot, and so have I! As a kid I was surrounded by the large green areas of the Prairie Path and the extensive network of dense, forested areas and lakes in the F...