Second-hand Oregon Bigfoot #1243

Howls heard, creature seen running through woods

September 2004 early afternoon Gaines, Genesee County, Michigan 1 witness

Account

The witness's husband was walking on their property in the afternoon when a loud scream or howl stopped him. He tried to locate the source and then charged to flush it from tall brush. He caught only brief glimpses of a dark, crouched form running in a zigzag pattern before it disappeared. He later thought it was primate-like and said it matched a howl heard on a television documentary.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Howl Scream

Described appearance

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Gait src: running through the tall brush in a zigzag fashion
Posture src: seemed to be crouched
Other features src: dark

Facts & provenance

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Date	September 2004 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day	early afternoon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place	Gaines, Genesee County, Michigan Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point	42.8725, -83.9108 (± 15 km) Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Gaines village (GEOID 2631200), matched from nearest town 'Gaines'
Account type	Second-hand Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses	1 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was	walking on property Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it	a dark and what seemed to be crouched animal Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Conditions	sunny, cool Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1243 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Conditions

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