Cryptids of Illinois: A guide to the Prairie State's most famous creepy creatures

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Cryptids of Illinois: A guide to the Prairie State's most famous creepy creatures

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois may be famous for its deep dish pizza, Cheap Trick, the Willis Tower, and the sock monkey, but the Prairie State is also a hotbed for sightings of cryptozoological creatures that lurk at the fringes of reality. Rockford Mothman According to Samantha Hochmann, the executive director of Tinker Swiss Cottage, which hosts its own paranormal tours, there have been multiple sightings of a large, winged humanoid creatur…