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

Footsteps near Chippewa Lake, Michigan

The young woman's niece was startled by a loud running sound in the woods while walking the same trail.

Footsteps
while building the cabin Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan Related account #46401

Door or window contact near Kalkaska, Michigan

While staying alone in a trailer during cabin construction, the witness heard bipedal footsteps and a stick dragged along the exterior after something slapped the trailer, finding scrape marks, a large hand print in moss and a stick the next morning.

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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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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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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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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.

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around 9 pm on February 25th Isabella County, Michigan Related account #32981

Howl near Isabella County

Later that night the group heard dogs, coyotes, whoops, whistles, screams and moans, and review showed something approached the field recorder.

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during the afternoon Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan Related account #15187

Footsteps near Allen, Michigan

The landlord's wife felt watched near a trailer in the afternoon then heard something large run away through brush.

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on another occasion Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan Related account #20423

Footsteps near Albion, Michigan

The witness heard heavy bipedal walking in the same area on a different occasion.

Footsteps
Within a few days of the scream episode Pullman, Allegan County, Michigan Related account #19838

Footsteps near Pullman, Michigan

A few days after the screams, the witness yelled outside around 11 pm and heard bipedal footsteps running away from inside the forest.

Footsteps
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.

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I was 16 at the time Holton Lake, Michigan #59ef115e-3120-4a70-80eb-36f362bab340

Footsteps near Holton Lake, Michigan

At age sixteen while hunting with his uncle near Holton Lake, the witness walked alone toward his stand and heard heavy footsteps pacing him from a field to his right. The steps did not match his own and were followed by a sniffling sound. He ran to his stand, climbed up, and sat in fear until sunrise without seeing anything.

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Date unknown Michigan #d9a91a80-ad70-460e-b711-b005faab97a5

UFO sighting in Michigan

In the northern woods the witness observed a single red glowing light that moved in response to movement near a tree. Others present also saw it. After audible running through woods, something threw a large rock into a nearby river.

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Date unknown Isabella County, Michigan #d9a91a80-ad70-460e-b711-b005faab97a5

Vocalization near Isabella County

Residents of a central Michigan farm reported frequent night vocalizations over several years. Recorders captured goat-like and horse-like sounds, breathing and banging on a food barrel, and loud knocks from the woods when people moved between buildings. The witness investigated possible human sources and found one distant caller to exclude, but did not see the source.

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Date unknown Hillsdale, Michigan #d9a91a80-ad70-460e-b711-b005faab97a5

Footsteps near Hillsdale, Michigan

The witness volunteered as bait on a southern Michigan property while others monitored with microphones. Operators reported footsteps following the witness along a road. On other nights the group broadcast whale sounds and later recorded similar sounds unprompted, and daytime slapping on a garage was reported until cameras and lights were installed.

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when I was 19 years old Michigan #d9a91a80-ad70-460e-b711-b005faab97a5

Footsteps in Michigan

The witness was camping with a parent in the northern woods. Over three nights something large approached the tent from behind, breathing audibly and pressing against the fabric. The witness felt cold then heat, briefly could not move, struck the shape, and heard it walk away bipedally. After objects were thrown on later nights the pair left early, and the witness avoided night woods for years.

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Date unknown Michigan #4799708d-75f7-480e-801b-dbf75db6ff70

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan

The witness was tending a fire while his son swam in the river when he repeatedly saw bipedal legs moving through foliage on the far bank getting closer. He called his son out, heard snaps and a whoop, and later saw the legs taking big strides on the ridge. They waited by the fire until it went quiet.

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last year, about 4 o'clock in the morning Michigan #4799708d-75f7-480e-801b-dbf75db6ff70

Footsteps in Michigan

The witness and his brother were camping during bow season when something walked around their tent and hammock about 4 a.m. They got out with a shotgun and lanterns and heard it leave toward the swamp. They searched for tracks in the morning for hours and found nothing.

Footsteps
years before Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/01/27/sc-ep12-class-a-encounter-witness-interview

Footsteps in Michigan

Several years earlier the guest and a group of friends gathered for a nighttime bonfire on a high sandy riverbank. After hearing movement across the river, some in the group threw rocks, one producing a hollow thud, and something large charged across the water up the bank. The group scattered, and the guest helped carry a pregnant companion to a vehicle while the pursuer stopped close behind.

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about a year ago Michigan #c26984ee-6c28-49e8-a3e1-111b1a606630

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan

The witness and a relative were riding an ATV on a family property and stopped to look through an old bottle dump at the back of the land. They heard movement, knocks and heavy stomping from about 50 yards away. They then saw a tall brown hairy muscular figure holding a fallen limb that moved northbound. They started the ATV and left, and the witness later concluded it was a Sasquatch.

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