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Date unknown Norway, Menominee County, Michigan Related account #48073

Vocalization near Norway, Michigan

The witness reports returning to the area later and hearing unspecified calls and knocks.

VocalizationWood knock
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.

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this spring Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan Related account #7096

Sasquatch sighting near Marquette, Michigan

The witness later scared up a large dark fast-moving animal while mountain biking but could not see it clearly in heavy vegetation and left quickly.

Partial sighting
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
BFRO YEAR: 1977 or 78 Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan Class A #7399

Large Hairy Arm Knocks in Window Screen

Late at night the witness was reading in bed with the window open when the window screen flew into the middle of the room. The witness then saw a large hairy arm reaching in through the window. After freezing for a couple of minutes, the witness ran past the window to get help, and a parent found no one outside.

Partial sightingDoor or window contact
after dark Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan Related account #46401

Door or window contact near Kalkaska, Michigan

The witness says the cabin walls or door are repeatedly struck hard after dark with enough force to shake the cabin.

Door or window contactProperty disturbance
the next night Traverse City, Leelanau County, Michigan Related account #42056

Wood knock near Traverse City, Michigan

On the next night the same witnesses made wood knocks and howls and heard a distinct knock back, thuds, splashing and movement, and a scream.

Wood knockScreamFootstepsUnidentified sound
Nov 15th this year Cedar Springs, Kent County, Michigan Related account #42226

Whoop near Cedar Springs, Michigan

The witness heard distant whoops over several minutes while hanging a buck in his front yard, with his wife confirming some of the sounds.

Whoop
on the 4th of July evening around 11:30PM Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan Related account #31860

Sasquatch sighting near Mount Pleasant, Michigan

On a July 4th night around 11:30PM the witness saw a dark furry figure standing at the deck corner about 15 feet away, which then took two giant leaps toward the river and crossed downstream, leaving a partial footprint found next morning.

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for many years Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan Related account #31860

Rock throwing near Mount Pleasant, Michigan

The witness describes years of suspected activity at home where making calls elicited stone throwing, tree knocks, grunts, howls and other unusual activity until calls were stopped.

Rock throwingWood knockVocalizationHowlUnidentified sound
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.

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sometime in summer/fall of 1997 National City, Iosco County, Michigan Related account #42418

Wood knock near National City, Michigan

While home alone with windows open the witness heard knocking sounds near the west side of the house.

Wood knock
the fall of 1997 National City, Iosco County, Michigan Related account #42418

Property disturbance near National City, Michigan

The witness found a three-strand steel electric horse fence demolished along a blackberry patch while the horses were uninjured.

Property disturbance
the summer of 1995 National City, Iosco County, Michigan Related account #42418

Wood knock near National City, Michigan

While camping overnight the witness and a companion were awakened by four loud tree knocks spaced a couple seconds apart.

Wood knock
from age 9 to age 17 National City, Iosco County, Michigan Related account #42418

Animal behaviour near National City, Michigan

Through years of riding in the area the witness reports recurring feelings of being followed, peripheral dark motions, and heavy human-like footsteps.

Animal behaviourFootstepsMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 1988? - 2003 National City, Iosco County, Michigan Class B #42418

Former Michigan native recalls possible activity near National City

When the witness was about nine, she was walking with an older neighbor girl in the back portion of family property. Something nearby growled loudly at them, and after they walked about 200 feet into the front pasture it growled and shrieked again. The companion looked, exclaimed, then grabbed the witness and ran with her to the house. The witness never learned what the companion may have seen, and the companion never walked there with her again.

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Date unknown Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan Related account #15187

Property disturbance near Allen, Michigan

On the same property, locked supply trailers were found open with pried siding and scratches, and stacked wood and pipe-like sounds were heard being tossed.

Property disturbanceUnidentified sound
Since that night Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan Related account #15187

Vocalization near Allen, Michigan

Since the first night the witness and his wife repeatedly heard loud nighttime vocalizations, large movements in brush, banging on the trailer, and occasional dead-skunk odor.

VocalizationMovement onlyOdorProperty disturbance