A Rolling Meadows resident believes that the Chicago Mothman may possibly roost in the Busse Woods after an encounter that he had in early 2020. There have been other cryptids reported in the area.
"This is my story with the Mothman of Chicago. I genuinely believe this one in particular roosts in Busse Woods, in the western suburbs (Rolling Meadows area). I am in a suburb next door. This occurred right at the start of the pandemic in early 2020. Many things were shut and this moonless night was easily the darkest I’d ever experienced in the suburbs. Usually, light pollution means you can see 24/7 but this night was particularly dark and quiet.
It was like 2 am, and I’m in the garage tinkering on one of the bikes listening to some music, not super loud when there was a crash on the roof of my garage. I’ve had raccoons jump off the tree onto it before but this sounded like a person my size just jumped onto it, the whole building shook (my garage is an old horse barn, relatively small for a barn but big for a garage and detached and across the driveway). Well, I heard this and I knew it couldn’t be a raccoon but that’s what my mind went to.
So I grab a shovel and step outside trying to look up but it’s so dark I can’t see a darn thing. As I round the corner of the garage into the front part of my yard, which was so dark I couldn’t see my neighbor's house, I swear on my life I hear something jump down and land maybe 15 yards in front of me. I can’t see anything, I don’t remember hearing anything breathe, snarl, growl, or anything like that which you would if you were face to face with a raccoon. They’re noisy.
So I’m standing there, dead stopped holding the shovel like a walking stick unsure of what to do or even what’s happening. I had a very visceral feeling that I was squaring down with something my size though, I felt it. I knew I couldn’t just stand there and wait to become a victim, I have a mentality that I never will be one. I’ll throw the first stone every time. I raise the shovel to my other hand taking a defensive grip and step forward, only taking 1 or 2 steps before I hear 3 heavy footfalls. Then I hear the fence behind my garage rattle, and then I hear a whooshing sound like a great pair of beating wings. I genuinely believe when I stepped forward whatever was there turned, jumped on the fence, and took off flying. I never even caught a glimpse.
I was 100 percent sober, no drinking and I don’t do drugs. I was not sleep-deprived I only got off work an hour and a half prior. I think my garage was the only light for miles and my music drew it in. No one and I mean no one else was for a mile in any direction as far as I could tell. As soon as that thing left I shut down the garage and went inside somewhat shaken thinking “Holy crap, I damn near got into a fight with something and I don’t even know what it was.” The reason I think that it was the Mothman and why I think it roosts in Busse Woods is another story entirely. This is not an embellishment, this is a real event that happened to me, albeit only one time ever." MM
NOTE: I'm attempting to obtain more information from this witness. I'm not going to post this to the database or map until I can determine more details. Lon
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