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January 2012 Beaverton, Gladwin County, Michigan Class B #32594

Woman has a possible encounter involving her vehicle while driving near Beaverton

The witness was driving home at night on a dirt backroad when something struck the truck, leaving scratches and a dent on the passenger door. After calling for help, the witness with two relatives found footprints along the road and photographed them. While photographing they saw green eye-shine above the brush and a large upright shadowy outline, then heard wood knocks, growling and heavy footsteps before the eyes disappeared.

Vehicle contactTracksEyeshineSilhouetteWood knock +3
6 June 1982 INTERLOCHEN, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Class B #28805

Camper recounts late night experience and finds footprints near Interlochen

Three people camped without tents in woods near Traverse City. During the night they heard movement around camp and sounds of something disturbing the vehicle, but waited until daylight to check. In the morning they found ferns flattened in a circle around the camp and very large footprints on a sandy road and by a creek, which the witness believes was a Bigfoot.

FootstepsVehicle contactTracksProperty disturbance
Summer 1979 Montague, Muskegon County, Michigan Class B #31302

Avid hiker recalls years of experience living in an area with what local people called the "Shadow People" near Montague

The witness describes repeated activity over years living near woods in White River Township. The witness reports seeing part of a tall hair-covered figure peeking from brush, finding deer carcasses cached high in trees, stacked bone piles and dugout shelters, hearing breathing and strange calls, smelling musk, feeling watched, and being chased at night by a bipedal creature that halted near the road.

Partial sightingVocalizationUnidentified soundFootstepsOdor +4
BFRO YEAR: 85-present Whittemore, Iosco County, Michigan Class B #14854

Possible ongoing activity outside Whittemore

The witness reports recurring nighttime activity over many years at her parents' wooded property. She and others hear footsteps pacing them along the tree line, loud crashing movement, screeching sounds and cracking noises, often accompanied by a strange smell. Family members and visitors have also reported red eyeshine and ape-like figures, and large footprints were found in snow. An investigator later visited, interviewed family members and noted unusual stick and vegetation features in the woods.

FootstepsScreamUnidentified soundMovement onlyOdor
Date unknown Michigan #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/6v6t1V4QGkTBhxbw0adk5XJHSvXBTwD1dkq2gsNfNFQ

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan

At a swamp bridge one companion reported a figure by a tree while another had stones lobbed at him. The witness saw a broad-shouldered dark figure throwing stones over brush. After shouting a challenge he heard a loud crashing bluff, later finding snapped sticks. On the walk out they heard escorts, saw smooth-moving figures on a ridge, and saw a basketball-sized light crash with nothing found.

Partial sightingRock throwingFootstepsVocalizationMovement only