Trapper has a daylight sighting while driving near Wakefield
Account
The witness was driving south to check traps when he noticed a dark form in the road ahead and approached for a closer look. The form rose onto two legs, looked toward the vehicle, then took two strides west into the swamp and vanished without leaving sign or sound. Using a roadside curve sign for scale, the witness estimated its height at eight and a half to nine feet and described it as very black with long arms. He was shaken and no longer enters the woods unarmed.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 8.5 to 9 foot range
- Hair colour src
- very black
- Arms src
- long arms
- Legs src
- two legs
- Gait src
- took 2 steps to the west
- Posture src
- stood up on two legs
- Age / size src
- large
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
8 August 2016
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| Time of day |
about 11 am or a little after
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| Place |
Wakefield, Gogebic County, Michigan
Stated
BFRO report #55598
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
46.30, -89.92 (± 4 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 55598 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving to check traps
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| Witness's word for it |
something all black
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Jesse Westcott (BFRO)
An investigator spoke at length with the witness about the sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #55598 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference