Second-hand Related account BFRO #808

Sasquatch sighting near Manistee, Michigan

around 1983-84 Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan

Someone else's experience, retold. This event is described inside another report — Series of accounts reported by witness.. It is catalogued separately because it is a different occasion, not a duplicate.

Account

Many anglers in the area reported seeing large dark figures watching them before moving away and hearing unusual sounds.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Unidentified sound

Facts & provenance

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Date	around 1983-84 Stated BFRO report #808 · BFRO report, “Other Stories” section · read with 75% confidence
Place	Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Derived BFRO report #808 · BFRO report, “Other Stories” section · read with 75% confidence
Map point	44.2453, -86.3275 (± 15 km) Derived BFRO report #808 · derived:same-place-as-main · read with 50% confidence The report places this event at its main event's location (GEOCODED_LOCALITY)

Source timeline

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BFRO report #808 Primary

Published 1999-06-01 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 7fd7e40680a9

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization