Memory told of a possible daylight sighting while playing in the woods in Eben Junction
Account
In summer 1944, the 9-year-old witness and his cousin were playing in a woodlot on a family farm, knocking dead saplings against live trees. They stopped and saw a huge man-like figure standing broadside nearby looking at them, which then turned and walked away. The boys ran out and told their mothers, who dismissed it as a neighbor, and the witness says they avoided that part of the woods afterward.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- huge
- Posture src
- standing broad side to us
- Apparent sex src
- male
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1944
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
daytime, sun was bright
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| Place |
Eben Jct., Alger County, Michigan
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| Map point |
46.36, -86.97 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 28897 (2 decimals, no 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 |
playing in woods with cousin, knocking trees
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| Witness's word for it |
a huge man
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Caroline Curtis (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness years later, noting the old farmhouse was gone and the witness still recalled the scare.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #28897 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference