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First-hand Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Sasquatch sighting near Benzie County (1978)

1978–1979 daytime Benzie County, Michigan 1 witness

Account

The witness stepped a short distance from a group of children to urinate near a fort by the creek. A large hairy creature stepped from behind a broken tree about 50 to 60 feet away and stared at him. He panicked, ran screaming to the house, and his father and friends went back with guns but found only broken tree limbs.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src
seven and a half to eight foot tall
Build src
muscular like bodybuilder, three to four feet across chest
Hair colour src
jet black appearing dark brown in sun

Facts & provenance

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Date
1978–1979
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:08:27-00:10:23 · read with 80% confidence
Time of day
daytime
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:12:18-00:14:15 · read with 85% confidence
Place
Benzie County, Michigan
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:06:34-00:08:27
Map point
44.6368, -86.2320 (± 27 km)
Geocoded Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · gazetteer:county · read with 30% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Benzie County (GEOID 26019); the report gives only the county
Account type
First-hand
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:03:15-00:06:34
Witnesses
1
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:10:23-00:12:18 · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported
1
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:03:15-00:06:34 · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
stepping away from playing children to urinate
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:10:23-00:12:18
Witness's word for it
this thing
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:03:15-00:06:34
Creature category
SASQUATCH
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:10:23-00:12:18

Evidence & investigation

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Tree damage

Measurements: 8 or 10 feet high

transcript:00:12:18-00:14:15

Source timeline

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  1. Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 Podcast Interview
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    Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)