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2019 Michigan #33db6b85-451f-4baa-96d7-4703182f29e5

Dogman sighting in Michigan (2019)

A wildlife biologist encountered an unusually large wolf-like creature on his property at close range. He shot it twice with a rifle and saw impacts but it showed little effect before running off.

Full-body sighting
2004–2005 Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/05/25/sc-ep32-creepy-sasquatch-encounters

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (2004)

The guest relayed his cousins' drive home past woods and a cemetery lit by a single light, where they saw a hairy form standing under the light with light reflecting off its fur. The driver reportedly fainted from fear while the passenger braked the car, feared leaving the vehicle, later moved to drive away, and noted other motorists stopping with flashlights. The cousins had previously ridiculed their father's warnings and were shaken afterward.

Full-body sighting
1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Partial sighting near Benzie County (1978)

The witness's father and grandfather were out poaching deer at night. They lit something with a spotlight that went into the brush. Both agreed it was standing upright and walking on two legs, and discussed it in shock back in the kitchen.

Partial sighting
1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Tracks near Benzie County (1978)

The mother found a very large footprint with clear definition at the corner of the house. She tried to preserve it and photographed it with a tape measure for scale, showing it dwarfed a human foot and sank into the ground. After this she became convinced something large was around.

Tracks
1978–1979 Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Unidentified sound in Michigan (1978)

The grandfather drove in at dusk to find pigs raising a disturbance and something large scattering through the woods. He asked the witness's father for a gun and they found leaves torn up and limbs broken where it had plowed through. The grandfather was badly rattled and thereafter always carried a rifle there.

Unidentified soundTree break
1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Scream near Benzie County (1978)

Neighbors a short distance up the creek called the witness's father around 1 or 2 in the morning. They reported screaming and noise with dogs and children frightened. The father loaded guns and drove down, but the witness did not recall what happened there.

Scream
1977–1978 Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/05/25/sc-ep32-creepy-sasquatch-encounters

Odor in Michigan (1977)

The guest relayed his father's account of a night when the family was home while the grandfather was away hauling freight. After a foul odor and prolonged barking by the guard dog, a long loud vocalization was heard, the dog was apparently dragged from under the chicken-coop camper, and three household members separately reported red eyes staring through windows. By morning the dog was dead and mutilated, all chickens were gone with feathers and footprints scattered, and the coop hatch had been opened from underneath.

OdorVocalizationEyeshineTracksProperty disturbance
in the winter, no year given Michigan #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/6v6t1V4QGkTBhxbw0adk5XJHSvXBTwD1dkq2gsNfNFQ

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan

While the witness waited at a fire, two companions went into a hollow after hearing noises. A large dark figure walked directly behind the witness without being heard. The son saw it silhouetted against the firelight with its head above a ten-foot branch.

SilhouetteMovement only
a month ago Midland County, Michigan #59ef115e-3120-4a70-80eb-36f362bab340

Eyeshine near Midland County

Friends of the witness were fishing under a bridge by a nature sanctuary in Midland County and, while leaving for their cars in the dark, one reported seeing red eyes about eight feet up in the trees that appeared to swirl. The other friend suggested a bear. The witness was told about it about a month before the show.

Eyeshine
Date unknown Michigan #2796d1d3-3707-4612-9252-69f72b24c8e0

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan

At the Michigan house the family repeatedly heard knocks, whoops and howls. Around 2-3 AM the father saw a large black figure cross the field and road and called the sheriff. After the sheriff fled and returned with military trucks there was heavy automatic gunfire, and the father and son later found large amounts of blood and bullet-riddled trees.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteWood knockWhoopHowl
Date unknown Michigan #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/B2VZBkx7WdMYlccoV3rwAaKkjgpolxQQD0nAIoQwvBM

Tracks in Michigan

A detective friend investigated an attempted break-in at an old cabin north of the witness's jurisdiction. Officers found large claw marks seven to eight feet high on exterior walls and window frames and very large canine-like foot impressions around the building. No suspect or animal was seen, and the cause was left unidentified.

TracksProperty disturbance
just a couple months ago Michigan #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/yzwiKTmVr4WtxWd-fPZvIeK-aXNJlf55ro11duS_woA

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan

The young son told his parents he saw four blank-white two-footed beings in the field that ran up a hill. The family went to look where they went. From the opposite end of the field something crashed through branches and hit the ground with a very loud heavy thud, after which the family went inside. A next-day search found no thrown log or rock.

Full-body sightingObject throwingUnidentified sound
Date unknown Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/05/25/sc-ep32-creepy-sasquatch-encounters

Odor in Michigan

The guest relayed an unverified story from his uncle about hunting deep in the woods with friends when the same foul odor from the farm incident returned. The uncle urged leaving, mentioned a Bigfoot nearby, and was ridiculed before the group camped overnight. The next day news reportedly told of a cow carried over a six-foot fence and gutted with organs missing, plus several Bigfoot sightings in the area the night before.

OdorProperty disturbance
Date unknown Midland County, Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/02/20/sc-ep300-sasquatch-encounters-and-infrasound

Sasquatch sighting near Midland County

Two sisters were in bed sleeping when a large hairy hand appeared at the bedroom window screen. Both saw it and one screamed, bringing the parents. The parents dismissed it and little more was made of it.

Partial sightingDoor or window contact
Date unknown Midland County, Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/02/20/sc-ep300-sasquatch-encounters-and-infrasound

Sasquatch sighting near Midland County

A female cousin walking alone on a trail through the woods behind the house saw the creature from the side. It stood completely frozen and motionless though she felt it was aware of her. She pretended not to notice and walked quickly out of the area.

Partial sighting
Date unknown Midland County, Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/02/20/sc-ep300-sasquatch-encounters-and-infrasound

Sasquatch sighting near Midland County

Two boys walking down a road noticed what they first thought was a [name withheld] in an apple tree in an orchard. They watched it stand and walk bipedally between trees while continuing to pick apples. Realizing it was not a [name withheld], they became frightened and left the area.

Full-body sighting
about the time I turned nine Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/01/27/sc-ep12-class-a-encounter-witness-interview

Tracks in Michigan

From early childhood the guest's younger sister repeatedly reported frightening beings trying to get her at night. One night the parents moved the children and a dog into the parents' bedroom, armed the guest, and searched outside. The next day large footprints were found under the sister's window and large handprints on the siding, suggesting something had looked in.

TracksHandprintDoor or window contact
probably that same summer Midland County, Michigan #027728e8-94b8-4cdb-bd90-5be7fcf5b16c

Partial sighting near Midland County

Two cousins were sleeping in a bedroom with the window open but screen shut. One woke screaming at a large hairy hand on the screen. An adult dismissed it as a nightmare.

Partial sightingDoor or window contact
Date unknown Midland County, Michigan #027728e8-94b8-4cdb-bd90-5be7fcf5b16c

Sasquatch sighting near Midland County

The guest said her cousin later said she also saw one in the same woods while on foot. It is unclear if it was the same individual from the minibike sighting or a different one.

Partial sighting
when she had the ability to drive a car Michigan #34da9298-ea26-477b-b4fa-1cf4292f2e7f

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan

The witness's spouse was driving alone on isolated island roads in the early morning to collect a relative from a gathering place. A bipedal figure crossed the road on two legs in front of the vehicle. The driver described it as something that should not exist, occurring only a short distance from the earlier woods encounter.

Road crossing