Class B First-hand BFRO #9568

Teen hears extremely loud vocalization along path near home

September 1982 around 10 or 10:30 at night Mecosta, Mecosta County, Michigan 1 witness

Account

As an eighth-grader, the witness walked alone late at night along a familiar wooded shortcut toward home. In pitch darkness he heard an extremely loud, high-pitched scream from about 20 to 30 feet directly ahead, followed by loud crashing as the unseen source moved rapidly downhill toward a lake. He fled home at full speed and never saw what made the sounds.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
September 1982
Stated BFRO report #9568 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
around 10 or 10:30 at night
Stated BFRO report #9568 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Mecosta, Mecosta County, Michigan
Stated BFRO report #9568 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
43.61, -85.28 (± 9 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
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Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #9568 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #9568 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
walking home alone via wooded shortcut
Stated BFRO report #9568 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
whatever it was
Stated BFRO report #9568 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #9568 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

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The report refers to

  • “some talk of Bigfoot”
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