Reoccurring activity on a farm near Fife Lake
Account
Around 3:30 a.m. on a warm night in late summer 2011, the witness ran outside with a rifle and flashlight after hearing a chicken squawking. About 100 feet away behind the garage, the witness saw huge orange eyes staring from above a chicken coop and estimated the figure at 6 to 7 feet tall. After briefly looking down to ready the rifle, the figure was gone, and the witness heard something crashing fast through brush to the southwest with heavy breathing. A chicken was found alive but missing rear feathers with a pile of feathers nearby and no digging.
What was reported
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- at least 6 to 6.5 feet tall, maybe 7 feet
- Eyes src
- huge orange eyes staring right at me
- Posture src
- standing over one of our chicken tractors
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 2011
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around 3:30am
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| Place |
Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
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| Map point |
44.5758, -85.3478 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Fife Lake village (GEOID 2628000), matched from nearest town 'Fife Lake'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
responding to distressed chickens at night
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| Witness's word for it |
something--and I do not know what
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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
- Jim Sherman (BFRO)
pile of feathers outside coop and bird missing rear feathers but otherwise fine
distance from witness position to eye position measured next day as 100 feet
Measurements: 100 feet
An investigator discussed the encounters with the witness household, compared vocalization recordings, mapped similar cases and advised against feeding wildlife.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #32024 Primary