Class B
First-hand
BFRO #5694
Campers have strange encounter near swamp in the Upper Peninsula
July 1986
between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m.
Rapid River, Delta County, Michigan
5 witnesses
Account
The witness and four companions were camped overnight on a ridge between a lake and a swampy area. Between about 1 and 4 a.m. they heard repeated loud screeching calls that approached from a distance to within tens of yards and circled their camp, sometimes accompanied by breaking branches but never revealing a source when lights were shone. After about three hours the sounds receded the way they had come, and the group left at first light without finding tracks.
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1986
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| Time of day |
between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m.
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| Place |
Rapid River, Delta County, Michigan
Stated
BFRO report #5694
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
46.01, -86.82 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 5694 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
5
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
on an overnight camping trip
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| Witness's word for it |
the thing
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| Source classification |
Class B
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