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Close encounter by a hunter tracking his dogs at night outside the Seney National Wildlife Refuge
The witness was hunting raccoons at night with hounds alongside a relative in marshy woods. After the dogs treed and the chased animal left the tree, the witness moved to a ridge to listen, noticed eyeshine, then saw a tall hair-covered animal about twenty feet away on the trail. The two looked at each other briefly, the witness does not recall how it departed, and a foul smell followed back toward the truck. The next morning the witness recovered the hounds still treed with a bobcat.
Partridge hunter has a daylight sighting while driving from Germfask
The witness was driving to work along a gravel river road in the early afternoon, hunting partridge along the way. About 30 to 40 yards ahead, the witness saw a tall, thin, dark-haired figure emerge from pines, pause to look toward the vehicle, then turn and run parallel to the road. Frightened, the witness reversed, loaded a shotgun, waited for another vehicle, then followed it past the area without finding sign.
Young ape-like creature seen squatting on a tree limb near Shingleton
While driving slowly on a sandy forest road to find a fishing spot, the witness and a young passenger saw a small ape-like animal sitting on a tree limb off the road. The animal was described as hairy with a paler face and was watching the road and making eye contact. The driver continued past, turned around a short distance later, and returned to find the animal gone, while a third occupant of the vehicle had not seen it.
Man recalls multi-witness sighting in teen years near Manistique
Six youths walking along railroad tracks heard a loud guttural sound behind them and turned to see a tall hair-covered figure. The figure walked steadily across the tracks and down into swampy woods about 110 feet away without stopping. The group later went to where it entered the woods, noticed a strong rotten odor but found no tracks.