Motorists describe a nighttime sighting near the Manistee National Forest
Account
Two occupants of a car driving on a curvy wooded road around midnight encountered a furry figure crouched in the roadway. After illuminating it with high beams from close range, they watched it stand on two legs and run quickly up a hill. They described it as huge, dark, about seven feet tall with long arms, moving like an ape, and said it could not have been a bear.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- approximately 7' tall
- Build src
- huge
- Hair colour src
- dark
- Arms src
- much longer than a humans
- Gait src
- ran up the hill on two feet
- Posture src
- crouched down in the middle of the road
- Other features src
- furry
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 2011
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
roughly midnight
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| Place |
Mears Mi, Oceana County, Michigan
Stated
BFRO report #31603
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
43.67, -86.46 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 31603 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving after leaving a venue
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| Witness's word for it |
either a Sasquatch or someone in a very large big foot suit
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Jim Sherman (BFRO)
Source timeline
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BFRO report #31603 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “websites dedicated to Sasquatch in the mears mi area”Not in the Anomadex yet