Second-hand
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
Partial sighting near Benzie County (1978)
1978–1979
night
Benzie County, Michigan
2 witnesses
Account
The witness's father and grandfather were out poaching deer at night. They lit something with a spotlight that went into the brush. Both agreed it was standing upright and walking on two legs, and discussed it in shock back in the kitchen.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Posture src
- standing upright walking on two legs
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| 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 |
night
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:36:31-00:38:53
· read with 80% confidence
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| Place |
Benzie County, Michigan
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:36:31-00:38:53
· read with 70% 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 |
Second-hand
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:36:31-00:38:53
· read with 80% confidence
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| Witnesses |
2
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:38:53-00:40:44
· read with 80% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:38:53-00:40:44
· read with 75% confidence
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| Witness was |
poaching deer at night with spotlight
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:36:31-00:38:53
· read with 80% confidence
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| Witness's word for it |
that thing
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:38:53-00:40:44
· read with 75% confidence
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| Creature category |
UNKNOWN
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7
· transcript:00:36:31-00:40:44
· read with 60% confidence
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