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Class B First-hand BFRO #35671

Bow hunter remembers possible intimidation behavior near Grand Rapids

October 1979 early afternoon, about 1 p.m. Grand Rapids (largest), Kent County, Michigan 1 witness

Account

The witness was bow-hunting deer alone from a makeshift blind at a clearing near a power-line cut. From inside the woods he heard loud branch and log breaking sounds together with strange slurred chatter-like vocalizations lasting a few minutes, then silence. He walked toward the area with bow drawn but could not penetrate the dense brush, and companions hunting elsewhere reported nothing unusual. Decades later he felt the vocalizations matched published Samurai chatter recordings.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Chatter

Physical traces

Tree break

Facts & provenance

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Date
October 1979
Stated BFRO report #35671 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
early afternoon, about 1 p.m.
Stated BFRO report #35671 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
Grand Rapids (largest), Kent County, Michigan
Stated BFRO report #35671 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town
Map point
43.15, -85.60 (± 1216 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 35671 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #35671 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #35671 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
bow hunting deer from a blind
Stated BFRO report #35671 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #35671 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Jim Sherman (BFRO)
Audio

An investigator interviewed the witness about the sounds and played Michigan vocalizations for comparison.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

An investigator interviewed the witness about the sounds and played Michigan vocalizations for comparison.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #35671 Primary
    Published 2012-06-04 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 1 image at source Hash 213f78bffc97
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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