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

Sasquatch sighting near Benzie County (1978)

1978–1979 night in moonlight Benzie County, Michigan 1 witness

Account

On multiple moonlit nights the witness saw a tall silhouette stop outside his ground-level bedroom window. The outline was visible through the shade as it stood and then walked away. He became frightened and refused to sleep in that room, while his father checked outside but found nothing.

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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 in moonlight Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:17:48-00:19:37
Place	Benzie County, Michigan Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:24:57-00:26:45 · 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:00:26:45-00:28:33
Witnesses	1 Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:26:45-00:28:33 · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:26:45-00:28:33 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	lying in bed at night Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:26:45-00:28:33 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it	it Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:17:48-00:19:37 · read with 80% confidence
Creature category	SASQUATCH Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7 · transcript:00:26:45-00:28:33 · read with 80% confidence

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