Cryptozoology Online:
The CFZ Illinois Project

In 2004, CFZ Director Jon Downes went to Illinois in
the heartland of America's midwest. He became
fascinated with the cryptozoology of the state,
and vowed to start a dedicated CFZ project on
the subject. Five years later, Derek Grebner,
one of the frighteningly enthusiastic young
turks of the CFZ has taken the project over
with impressive results...

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Derek Tex Grebner, Illinois Correspondent and outdoorsmen for the CFZ. I am 21 and a lifelong hunter and outdoorsmen. However I have always paid attention to campfire stories. I became involved with cryptozoology almost by accident. When I was young, I saw Richard Freeman and Jon Downes on the TV show Animal X and I was inspired to start checking out the mysteries in my local woods. I never dreamed that years and years later I would be working with them.