Close encounter by a hunter tracking his dogs at night outside the Seney National Wildlife Refuge
Account
The witness was hunting raccoons at night with hounds alongside a relative in marshy woods. After the dogs treed and the chased animal left the tree, the witness moved to a ridge to listen, noticed eyeshine, then saw a tall hair-covered animal about twenty feet away on the trail. The two looked at each other briefly, the witness does not recall how it departed, and a foul smell followed back toward the truck. The next morning the witness recovered the hounds still treed with a bobcat.
What was reported
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- around 8 feet tall
- Build src
- barrel chested and pot bellied
- Hair colour src
- black to brown
- Hair length src
- not long, not short
- Face src
- face not covered in hair like its body
- Eyes src
- close and deep set but aggressive in its gaze
- Arms src
- long arms
- Hands src
- with fingers
- Other features src
- ears were small
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 2010
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| Time of day |
1:00 am
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| Place |
Boot Lake/ Shingleton, Schoolcraft County, Michigan
Stated
BFRO report #31025
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| Map point |
46.19, -86.21 (± 10 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 31025 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
running hounds on raccoons at night
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| Witness's word for it |
animal
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Caroline Curtis (BFRO)
An investigator spoke at length with the witness and recorded additional descriptive details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #31025 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference