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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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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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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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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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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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BFRO YEAR: Maybe 1974 Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan Class B #7386

Observer hears scream changing to low "demonic" chuckle

The witness was awake alone on the living room couch late at night while younger siblings slept. A very loud, close howling scream outside the window shifted into a gurgling laugh-like sound lasting about 10 seconds and did not repeat. After waiting, the witness searched outside in fresh snow but found the snow totally undisturbed with no tracks to indicate the source.

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Date unknown Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/04/12/sc-ep94-strange-bigfoot-encounters-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan

The second guest describes a nighttime encounter on a trail in cedar swamps in Michigan. In moonlight he saw a nine to ten foot tall upright silhouette that gave a powerful scream. He fired a shot, fled to his truck in shock, and initially told almost no one.

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Memorial Day weekend Big Bay, Michigan #bb8a48d6-2e44-424b-a557-57c8f3696524

Movement only near Big Bay, Michigan

The witness and his wife were camping at their remote property and sitting by a campfire after sunset when a low white light approached, passed nearly overhead, and continued behind the trees. A few minutes later they heard yipping that rose and dropped into overlapping grunting, screams and yells from about half a mile away, followed by total silence. The witness said he had camped there for decades and never heard anything like it, and later felt a recording from another Michigan case sounded nearly identical.

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November 16th, the day after opening day of deer season, about two years ago Lake County, Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/11/06/sc-ep161-michigan-hunter-encounters-a-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting near Lake County

The witness was deer hunting from a familiar hillside stump in the late afternoon when the woods went silent and a strong rotting odor appeared. He watched a large black hairy biped walk effortlessly up a steep hill toward him, sniff the air and make eye contact for several seconds before walking away over the hill. After it left he heard a loud high-pitched scream in the distance, felt watched while leaving, and vomited once clear of the woods.

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15 years ago, maybe, early spring Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/02/09/sc-ep15-sasquatch-paced-my-vehicle

Vocalization in Michigan

The witness was woken around 3 a.m. by her husband to listen to a distant loud vocalization coming from the direction of power lines and a lake. The sound repeated about every 30 seconds for over an hour and was felt physically. She had never heard anything like it despite familiarity with local wildlife.

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when I was about 16 Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/01/27/sc-ep12-class-a-encounter-witness-interview

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan

The guest was napping in a bedroom with the bed against an outside wall when an odor woke him. He looked up through a window and saw a very large hair-covered figure standing close and staring in. After several seconds it leaned forward, the guest fled toward his parents' room, and the figure vocalized loudly, moved around the house to the porch area, and vocalized again while dogs reacted.

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