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Family and friends hear two whoops from an unknown creature outside Mikado
Seven people standing outside a rural home at night smelled a foul odor and heard a loud whoop from the woods across the street. The husband retrieved a gun and sent the children inside, then imitated the whoop. A fainter whoop was then heard replying from farther away.
Ongoing activity including a late night sighting at a home east of Vestaburg
Around 2 a.m. on a clear night in late October, the witness heard growls and other noises outside his home and went out with a flashlight to investigate. He reported a strong dead-animal odor, movement across the road, and green eyeshine, then watched a tall dark bipedal animal cross the road into his woods and viewed it at close range in the treeline before retreating to the house. He reported hearing noises through the rest of the night and finding a few tracks afterward.
Possible ongoing activity experienced while hiking a trail outside Gladstone
The witness and a companion walked night trails and noticed a stationary bright light over a ridge. They then heard bipedal footsteps from an embankment, felt watched, and smelled a skunk-like odor. While leaving across the bridge they heard prolonged crying/calling vocalizations that continued to the trailhead. The witness later concluded the sounds matched Bigfoot recordings found online.
Close encounter by a hunter tracking his dogs at night outside the Seney National Wildlife Refuge
The witness was hunting raccoons at night with hounds alongside a relative in marshy woods. After the dogs treed and the chased animal left the tree, the witness moved to a ridge to listen, noticed eyeshine, then saw a tall hair-covered animal about twenty feet away on the trail. The two looked at each other briefly, the witness does not recall how it departed, and a foul smell followed back toward the truck. The next morning the witness recovered the hounds still treed with a bobcat.
Close encounter experienced while waiting for the school bus near Marion
The witness and his sister were waiting at a rarely used roadside bus stop before sunrise when they smelled a foul odor and heard low grunting that grew louder and more aggressive. A large dark-brown figure then knocked over a small dead tree across the road and ran toward them. Both fled a short distance to their house, with the figure closing to within a few feet before continuing into the woods.
Bird hunter surprises a resting sasquatch near Curtisville
The witness was hunting grouse along a cedar swamp when a strong foul smell led to noticing a hairy animal lying about 30 yards away. The witness struck a tree with a fallen limb, after which the animal stood upright and ran away upright through the woods with loud crashing. The witness then examined a cleared, scraped bedding area by a fallen tree and took unclear phone photos.
Woman describes foul odor and possible vocalizatons near home outside Charlevoix
The witness reported an overpowering sulfur, waste and body-odor smell around her northern Michigan summer home that lingered for about two and a half days after arrival. A few days later she and her husband heard a deep-throated moan or scream from the woods behind the house that did not sound like a known animal or human and was audible over the television. No creature was seen.
Father and sons hear screams while deerhunting near Gay
On the opening morning of deer season, the witness sat in a deer stand when a musty odor rose and a loud woman-like scream was heard twice. The odor then dissipated and no creature was seen. The father, stationed a mile or more away, reported hearing the same screams.
Trucker recounts possible early morning experience while making a delivery outside Spring Arbor
The witness stopped his grain truck on a dark rural road to prepare the trailer for unloading at a nearby farm. While outside the truck he heard loud pacing, branch-snapping and thrashing from woods on one side of the road and smelled a strong dead-animal odor from a ditch on the other side, accompanied by intense fear and a sense of being watched. He ran back to the cab and drove to the farm to unload. After unloading, he returned to the area and found the noises, odor, and fear were gone.
Mother and son find footprints in woods near Nunica
The witness and her son were exploring the woods behind their home when they found large footprints described as non-human in sand. The witness reported a sickening odor, grunting sounds from deeper in the woods, and many broken branches. No creature was seen, and the witness said she has avoided the back of the property since.
Two people spot a 7-8 foot tall creature walking on two legs.
The witness and a companion were driving on back roads when they noticed a dark hairy figure by the roadside. After the witness honked, the figure stood up, looked at them, then walked bipedally north into the woods. The witnesses reported a rotten-egg odor and described the figure as 7-8 feet tall and well built before driving away.
Bow hunter recalls a small Bigfoot playing peek-a-boo with him east of Grayling
The witness was deer hunting from a tree stand when a small hair-covered creature approached to within about forty feet. The creature remained behind a tree for about 15 minutes, peeking out at the witness and appearing to smile. The witness reported an unfamiliar smell and a strange snort-like sound, after which the creature walked away bipedally. The witness did not shoot and left the stand for the evening.
Partial sighting in Michigan (1989)
The witness returned from fetching snacks to a foul odor and a feeling of being watched. The witness saw something crouched in a tree with a leg hanging and later a head watching from behind a shooting target, then heard the loud bark-like vocalization. The group fled and later found fire, shredded supplies, flattened vegetation and hair.
Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (1989)
The witness was with four companions skateboarding at a lit ramp near a swamp when a foul smell was noticed. After dark the witness saw a tall hairy face close by in candlelight and fled. The group heard loud bark-like vocalizations while running uphill, and later found the camp burned and food shredded.
Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (1989)
Five teenagers were skateboarding and staying overnight at a half-pipe ramp they built in woods near a swamp. After smelling a rancid odor all day and seeing glimpses, at night in candlelight one witness came face to face at five to six feet with a 7-8 foot tall hairy creature that made a loud robotic ARK bark. They all fled up a hill while it chased and vocalized, later finding the ramp burned from a knocked candle and snacks shredded.
Man recalls scary incidents as a teenager on his family's farm SW of Mt. Pleasant
The witness claims he woke in bed to a strong musky odor and saw a huge hairy figure looking down through his open bedroom window from a few feet away. He fled to his parents' bedroom as the creature gave a loud roar that turned into a scream, waking family members and frightening dogs inside and outside. He prepared to go outside with a handgun to retrieve the outdoor dog but stayed inside after a second roar and a family member's urging, remaining terrified through the night.
Series of accounts reported by witness.
The witness and a relative were setting up for deer hunting in darkness before dawn. A strong foul odor arose after the relative got into position, and something crashed loudly through the woods past the witness. The witness remained frightened in place until daylight.
witness heard footsteps.
The witness was walking home alone on a gravel road when they noticed footsteps that seemed to stop and start with their own steps. They then saw a very large, hairy humanoid shape behind them that stared before moving, which frightened them into running to a lit section of road. The witness also noticed an odd smell and heard nearby hound dogs barking frantically.
Motorist describes nighttime sighting/encounter in headlights on US-2, west of St. Ignace
Late at night the witness was driving east through a national forest when he noticed red eyeshine in the road ahead. He braked to a stop and found a very tall, slender, fur-covered figure standing in front of the vehicle, staring at him for about a minute and a half. The figure then walked off the road, crossed to the nearby tree line while looking back several times, and disappeared into the forest.
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.