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Class A First-hand BFRO #20173

Motorist describes nighttime sighting/encounter in headlights on US-2, west of St. Ignace

June 1979 about 2 a.m. I Believe It Was Manistique, Mich, Mackinac County, Michigan 1 witness

Account

Late at night the witness was driving east through a national forest when he noticed red eyeshine in the road ahead. He braked to a stop and found a very tall, slender, fur-covered figure standing in front of the vehicle, staring at him for about a minute and a half. The figure then walked off the road, crossed to the nearby tree line while looking back several times, and disappeared into the forest.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Eyeshine

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

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Height src
approximately 11 feet tall
Build src
fairly slender, skinny and lanky
Hair colour src
dark red with red highlights
Hair length src
short
Face src
covered with hair, no snout, facial details not seen
Eyes src
red, beady, very unnerving
Arms src
long, hands reached down to knees
Posture src
stood in road, unruffled
Apparent sex src
male (impression only, no detail seen)
Age / size src
mature (impression only)
Other features src
covered head to feet in fur; head turned almost all the way around to look back

Facts & provenance

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Date
June 1979
Stated BFRO report #20173 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
about 2 a.m.
Stated BFRO report #20173 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
I Believe It Was Manistique, Mich, Mackinac County, Michigan
Stated BFRO report #20173 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
45.92, -84.88 (± 3 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 20173 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #20173 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #20173 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #20173 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
driving home on leave with family
Stated BFRO report #20173 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
Big Foot
Stated BFRO report #20173 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #20173 · BFRO classification label

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)
Follow-up

An investigator interviewed the witness to clarify location, vehicle, appearance and behavior.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #20173 Primary
    Published 2007-07-10 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 1 image at source Hash 26c7f410030c
    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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