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April 2012 Wellston, Manistee County, Michigan Class B #43519

Night fishermen startled while in their boat at Tippy Dam Campground

The witness and two relatives were night fishing from a boat in a remote cove. Something in the woods threw large rocks into the water near and over the boat. They shined a light, heard fast movement in brush, and glimpsed a large dark shape going over a dune before leaving quickly.

Rock throwingPartial sightingMovement only
November 2009 Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Class A #30090

Grandfather and grandson witness a big, black creature chasing a deer near Manistee

The witness and a relative were walking out after hunting deer at twilight when a deer ran closely past them followed by a large dark creature with outstretched arms. The creature looked at them, then veered away into dense woods and disappeared within seconds. They left the area and returned to the same spot the next morning.

Full-body sighting
May 1999 Copemish/Thompsonville, Manistee County, Michigan Class A #26544

Daylight sighting of a white creature while walking near Thompsonville

The witness was on an early spring morning walk along a two-track through swampy woods when she heard movement and saw a large white figure moving quickly away about 50 yards away through dense undergrowth. She followed it visually for some distance and noted its rapid movement and swinging arms. The next day she returned to the same area and found very large footprints with only three toes visible and widely spaced, which she interpreted as confirming the figure was not a human.

Full-body sightingFootstepsTracks
1990–1999 Copemish, Manistee County, Michigan Class B #17175

Possible bluff charge toward a hunter in a blind near Copemish

The witness was deer hunting alone from a ground blind in a remote swamp after dark. While packing up noisily, the witness heard a heavy animal running through the woods, passing about 20 yards away. The footfalls sounded rhythmic like a person running, unlike a deer. The witness never saw anything because of darkness and dense woods.

Footsteps
November 1983 Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Class A #808

Series of accounts reported by witness.

The witness and a relative were setting up for deer hunting in darkness before dawn. A strong foul odor arose after the relative got into position, and something crashed loudly through the woods past the witness. The witness remained frightened in place until daylight.

Movement onlyOdor
Date unknown Copemish, Manistee County, Michigan Related account #17175

Sasquatch sighting near Copemish, Michigan

The witness saw a distant figure back in the swamp and waved without receiving a return wave.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 62 or 63 Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Class B #30089

Memory told of a possible encounter while deer hunting east of Manistee

The witness was deer hunting alone in a swamp in late November when he heard an unfamiliar loud scream to the north followed by a loud branch breaking. He became uneasy and walked out to his car while watching behind him. Near his car he noticed a broad, roughly 8-foot-tall bipedal form standing about 35 yards away behind dense cover, which he believed had followed him. He left with a handgun ready and avoided hunting the swamp for several years.

ScreamTree breakPartial sightingSilhouetteAnimal behaviour
previously Wellston, Manistee County, Michigan Related account #43519

Tracks near Wellston, Michigan

The witness and a relative previously found large five-toed human-like tracks while hunting in the same general area.

Tracks
In 1985 Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Related account #808

Sasquatch sighting near Manistee, Michigan

A coworker told the witness about a similar sighting near the same area.

Partial sighting
around 1983-84 Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Related account #808

Sasquatch sighting near Manistee, Michigan

Many anglers in the area reported seeing large dark figures watching them before moving away and hearing unusual sounds.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
The next fall, during small game season Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Related account #808

Tracks near Manistee, Michigan

The witness and a companion found oversized human-like footprints near a road that continued toward a river.

Tracks
BFRO YEAR: 1984? Onekama, Manistee County, Michigan Class A #43798

Memory told of an early evening sighting at a migrant work camp in Bear Lake

The witness, then a young teenager staying at a migrant apple-picking camp, stepped outside in the evening and saw a very large gray figure walking near a bare hill and orchard tree line toward the highway. The figure was described as thick, hunchbacked, and much taller than a man, moving unlike a man. The witness told no one at the time and now states a belief that such creatures exist.

Full-body sighting