Man recalls walking home from the bus stop and observing a Bigfoot taking off across a field near Midland
Account
As a 12-year-old walking home from the school bus with five other children, the witness noticed movement from a deep ditch beside a gravel road. A hair-covered figure rose from the ditch, crossed the road on two feet, vaulted a pony fence with one hand, and sprinted across an open field much faster than ponies. The figure was estimated at about six feet tall and its face was not seen.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- between 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 feet tall
- Hair colour src
- dark colored hair
- Face src
- face not seen
- Legs src
- on two legs, upright
- Gait src
- initially on all fours, then upright on two legs running
- Posture src
- sort of hunched over as it ran
- Other features src
- completely covered with hair
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
Fall 1967
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
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| Place |
Midland, Midland County, Michigan
Stated
BFRO report #43968
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
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| Map point |
43.6248, -84.2320 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Midland city (GEOID 2653780), matched from nearest town 'Midland'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
6
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
walking home from school bus drop-off
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| Witness's word for it |
a creature, that I now know as bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Jim Sherman (BFRO)
prints found in sandy soil with little detail
Neighbors searched the sighting area and found prints with little detail in sandy soil.
The witness's father went to the site to look for tracks after being told about the encounter.
Neighbors searched the sighting area and found prints with little detail in sandy soil.
An investigator reviewed satellite maps and interviewed the witness for clarification decades later.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #43968 Primary