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Class A First-hand BFRO #37823

Woman remembers unnerving interactions near Ashley

July 1991 Between 11pm and 4am Ashley, Gratiot County, Michigan 1 witness

Account

The witness states she had just put her crying infant back to bed and was sitting on the side of her waterbed in a dark mobile home when she felt watched and heard a loud guttural grunt/growl. She turned toward a window about nine feet off the ground and saw a huge, reddish-brown hair-covered head with a wide nose and large nostrils staring at her sleeping companion. She froze in fear and was unable to speak for some time before the head disappeared. The next day she and her companion found nothing to stand on beneath the window and no tracks due to leaf cover.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Growl

Described appearance

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Hair colour src
reddish brown
Hair length src
a little bit long, like a medium-haired cat
Face src
hair covering whole face, very wide nose with huge nostrils, angry look
Other features src
huge head

Facts & provenance

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Date
July 1991
Stated BFRO report #37823 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
Between 11pm and 4am
Stated BFRO report #37823 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Ashley, Gratiot County, Michigan
Stated BFRO report #37823 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
43.1869, -84.4760 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #37823 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Ashley village (GEOID 2603740), matched from nearest town 'Ashley'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #37823 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Stated BFRO report #37823 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #37823 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
sitting on bed after putting infant back to bed
Stated BFRO report #37823 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
bigfoot
Stated BFRO report #37823 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #37823 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Jim Sherman (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator exchanged emails and held an over hour-long phone discussion with the witness about the experiences.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #37823 Primary
    Published 2012-11-28 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 8ad568fd1146
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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