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

Unidentified sound near Benzie County (1978)

1978–1979 night Benzie County, Michigan

Account

Everyone was asleep when screaming and commotion from the pig pen woke the household. The father went out with a flashlight while the family stayed inside. He found one pig scratched as if something had reached over the pen, and the pigs were soon butchered to avoid another attempt.

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Sounds

Unidentified sound

Interaction

Property disturbance

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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 70% confidence
Time of day	night Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:21:25-00:23:14 · read with 80% confidence
Place	Benzie County, Michigan Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:21:25-00:23:14 · read with 85% confidence
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:00:21:25-00:23:14 · read with 85% confidence
Witness was	sleeping at home at night Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:21:25-00:23:14 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it	something Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:21:25-00:23:14 · read with 85% confidence
Creature category	UNKNOWN Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:21:25-00:24:57 · read with 75% confidence

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

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