Class A First-hand BFRO #29615

Nighttime sighting remembered while driving southeast of Kalkaska

October 1977 after dark Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan 5 witnesses

Account

While driving home from Kalkaska after dark, the occupants of a vehicle noticed eye-shine in the headlights beside the road. The headlights revealed a small, very light-colored Bigfoot-like figure that had been sitting with its leg crossed on a log in a small clearing near a cedar swamp. Startled by the light, it stood up and walked casually into the woods and disappeared.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Eyeshine

Described appearance

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Height src: around 5 1/2 feet tall
Build src: slight build
Hair colour src: very light, like a camel
Face src: kind of ape like, but also human like
Eyes src: glowing in headlights
Legs src: leg crossed on a log
Gait src: strode / casually walked
Posture src: sitting with leg crossed, then stood up
Age / size src: smaller than usual

Facts & provenance

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Date	October 1977 Stated BFRO report #29615 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	after dark Stated BFRO report #29615 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan Stated BFRO report #29615 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point	44.52, -85.08 (± 3 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 29615 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #29615 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	5 Stated BFRO report #29615 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #29615 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	driving home from Kalkaska Stated BFRO report #29615 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	Bigfoot Stated BFRO report #29615 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #29615 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Don Peer (BFRO)

Follow-up

An investigator interviewed the witness by phone years after the event and described the surrounding swamp and forest as remote wildlife habitat.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #29615 Primary

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BFRO map layer Reference

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