First-hand
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
Sasquatch sighting near Benzie County (1978)
1978–1979
around 9-10 p.m.
Benzie County, Michigan
1 witness
Account
While searching for other children in the gravel pits at night, the witness mistook several small figures for playmates. As he approached he saw they were small hairy infants playing and wrestling, watched by a large adult standing on a bank above them. He froze, then backed away and ran to the house.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Age / size src
- infants about same size as 8-9 year old child
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 |
around 9-10 p.m.
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:31:01-00:32:46
· read with 85% confidence
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| Place |
Benzie County, Michigan
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:31:01-00:32:46
· 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:00:32:46-00:34:39
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:32:46-00:34:39
· read with 85% confidence
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| Figures reported |
4
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:34:39-00:36:31
· read with 70% confidence
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| Witness was |
playing hide and seek at night
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:31:01-00:32:46
· read with 85% confidence
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| Witness's word for it |
a Bigfoot Sasquatch
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:32:46-00:34:39
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| Creature category |
SASQUATCH
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:31:01-00:36:31
· read with 85% confidence
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