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the next few nights Place not stated Related account #35224

Howl

The witness heard loud howls, scream-like cries and tree knocks from the woods over the next few nights.

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spring of about 1998-99 Place not stated Related account #27009

Scream

The witness and a companion heard loud eerie dying-like screams every 30 seconds for almost an hour from state woods to the southwest on a clear cold spring night around 3 a.m.

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back in July Place not stated Related account #35437

Scream

Back in July in the middle of the night the scream sounded right outside the window, dogs barked, and the husband heard something very large walking away but found no tracks next day.

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about 12:30 at night Place not stated Related account #35437

Scream

Around 12:30 at night the husband heard the scream while letting dogs out, and next morning the relative said he heard the scream at the same time.

Scream
About 2 years ago, sometime during warm weather Place not stated Related account #35437

Scream

About two years earlier, the witness and her husband were awakened very early morning by a high-pitched scream like a terrified woman or child.

Scream
Date unknown Chippewa Lake, Mecosta County, Michigan Related account #42658

Scream near Chippewa Lake, Michigan

The witness heard loud screams from the woods that sounded like a woman screaming.

Scream
in the late 1960’s Midland, Midland County, Michigan Related account #43968

Howl near Midland, Michigan

The witness recalls hearing howl-like screams in the area in the late 1960s, also heard by locals.

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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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('84) Place not stated Related account #809

Scream

Years later while camping beside the highway after a long bicycle ride, the witness heard a screech from the woods similar to the earlier incident and rode on home.

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for years Place not stated Related account #48695

Tracks

The witness states that over years, the witness and two companions have encountered unexplained tracks, hair, howls, screams, whistles, tree impacts, and whoops.

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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.

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at night Place not stated Related account #42226

Scream

The witness heard unexplained blood-curdling screams at night from the deck of his prior house.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #22802

Scream

The witness later heard screaming at night on hunting land in southern Georgia where a 'Skunk Ape' had been reported.

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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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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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About 15 years later Place not stated Related account #26372

Scream

The witness and her children heard a sickening screaming sound combining human and animal qualities while walking in a field at night.

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around 8-9pm Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Related account #32024

Howl near Fife Lake, Michigan

The witness household of four heard a loud howl-scream-wail from woods west of the barn during chores, then sent dogs in which returned excited but unharmed without seeing anything.

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around 3:30-4:00am Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Related account #32024

Scream near Fife Lake, Michigan

The witness heard loud ape-like screaming and wailing then saw two large orange eyes staring from about 300 feet near the barn before it turned away.

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Date unknown Dickinson County, Michigan Related account #800

Scream near Dickinson County

Later that same night while waiting alone in the cabin for others to fall asleep, the witness heard a woman-like scream from roughly the same area as the tracks and growl.

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two days before the sighting Place not stated Related account #40801

Scream

The witnesses describe hearing repeated bizarre shrieks in the yard and area behind the home, accompanied by a feeling of being watched and restless dog behavior.

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