First-hand
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
Sasquatch sighting near Benzie County (1978)
1978–1979
broad daylight
Benzie County, Michigan
1 witness
Account
While running downstream to intercept fish, the witness stopped and saw a smaller hairy creature standing with its back to him in the creek. It appeared to hold a fish in one hand and move the other in the water as if fishing. He watched briefly, then ran back to the other children.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- five and a half to six feet tall
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
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 70% confidence
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
broad daylight
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:28:33-00:31:01
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| Place |
Benzie County, Michigan
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:26:45-00:28:33
· read with 85% confidence
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| 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
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| Account type |
First-hand
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:28:33-00:31:01
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:28:33-00:31:01
· read with 80% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:17:48-00:19:37
· read with 85% confidence
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| Witness was |
chasing fish with other children in creek
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:26:45-00:28:33
· read with 85% confidence
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| 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
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| Creature category |
SASQUATCH
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:28:33-00:32:46
· read with 88% confidence
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