ape-like creature seen by witnesses.
Account
The witness, then age eight, was walking east along railroad tracks with a nine-year-old companion picking up rocks when they smelled a strong distinct odor near a bridge over a river. While crossing the bridge the companion pointed over the south side, and the witness saw a dark-brown fur-covered ape-like figure with very massive shoulders crouching on the east bank about twenty feet below looking into the water. After watching for about five to seven seconds, the two children ran east to the companion's home.
What was reported
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Sightings
Other senses
Described appearance
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- Build src
- shoulders were MASSIVE
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Face src
- never saw its face
- Posture src
- crouching by the east bank, looking down into the water
- Other features src
- looked like an ape; head looked almost small
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1976
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|---|---|
| Place |
Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan
Stated
BFRO report #806
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
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| Map point |
42.5297, -83.7845 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Brighton city (GEOID 2610620), matched from nearest town 'Brighton'
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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 |
walking along railroad tracks picking up rocks
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| Witness's word for it |
biggest pair of hairy shoulders
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #806 Primary