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Nighttime sighting by three in car, near Mt. Pleasant
The witness, his wife, and young daughter were leaving a party by car at night when they saw a tall dark figure stride across the road directly in front of them. The figure paused on the far side, its eyes glowing green, stared for several seconds, then turned into the woods along a trail. The witnesses drove on after a moment and later wrote independent accounts that agreed on key details.
Daylight sighting by hunters near Gwinn (Upper Peninsula)
Two occupants driving slowly west on a rural road in daylight noticed a tall hairy human-like figure emerge from roadside trees. The figure crossed the road in one or two strides and entered the forest on the opposite side where it was lost from view. The driver braked but continued past the crossing point without stopping, so no tracks or other sign were recovered.
Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (1990)
The witness was out for an evening jog on gravel roads near a national forest when something rose from a roadside ditch about 30-40 yards away. It sprinted across an open field into thick woods in a few seconds, appearing very large, dark, and fast. The witness did not report the sighting for over two decades for fear of professional repercussions.
Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (1989)
The witness and a hunting partner encountered a very tall hair-covered figure on a raised railroad bed while walking to their tree stands. They shone a flashlight on it, saw a huge hand raised to its face, and watched it approach to about 25 yards. They fled to a ladder stand, then heard it running and a violent fight with another unseen animal that ended with a splash in the river, after which they waited until daylight to leave.
Witness observes strange "monkey-like" animal from bedroom window.
On a hot August night the witness was kept awake by dogs barking that seemed to move past the house from west to east. After the dogs quieted, the witness heard rustling outside a second-story window and saw a hunched, light-haired monkey-like creature step into the lit yard. The creature moved on its hind legs while using one hand and walked slowly down the driveway as the witness called to a relative. The relative searched outside with a gun and flashlight but found nothing, and the witness believed it had climbed a tree.
Sasquatch sighting near Arcadia, Michigan (1987)
The witness, then fifteen, was riding a moped home from work in the early morning. A tall shaggy-haired creature stepped into the road directly in front of him and stopped. He swerved to avoid hitting it, then looked back and it was gone, and he waited under a streetlight until sunrise.
Man describes road sighting in teen years near Pine Stump Junction
The witness and two companions were driving south at night when headlights illuminated a large dark animal crouched over roadkill at the road edge. The animal turned to look at the car, then rose onto two legs and left the roadway into the woods in two steps. The group did not stop and continued driving in silence.
Man recalls a sasquatch watching he and a group of teenagers taking a walk while camping near Houghton Lake
Four teenagers walking north from a family hunting camp stopped on a steep two-track when they saw a tall, broad, dark figure standing in the middle of the road at the hilltop staring at them. After watching for about one to two minutes, they turned and ran back to camp without seeing what it did. Poorly defined pushed-in depressions were later noticed in soft gravel and sand in the general area.
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.
Sasquatch sighting near Walkerville, Michigan (1983)
The witness and her sister and her sister's fiance stopped on a remote dirt road at night to relieve themselves. A tall white shaggy biped came from the driver's side and walked at an angle across the headlights into the woods, unhurried and not aggressive. The three fled in the truck and have maintained they saw a non-human creature.
Motorist sighting on County Road 426 between Cornell and Watson
In the fall of 1982 the witness was driving at dusk and noticed a tall hair-covered figure standing at the edge of the road. She slowed and observed it for several seconds, noting its long arms, dark face and red-glowing eyes. The figure then jumped quickly into a nearby swamp as she drove away.
a family reports repeated encounters on their farm. (From newspaper articles.)
Two young family members went to the barn after dark to check animals and one touched fur in the dark and then saw a tall furry biped with red eyes. The creature followed as they left the barn without harming them. An older relative then confronted it with a shotgun, fired in the air, and it ran into the woods making a noise.
Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (1981)
As a nine-year-old in 1981, the witness woke around 1 a.m. and watched a very tall hair-covered figure stand in a lit street intersection for minutes before leaving in a few steps. His mother dismissed it as a dream, but next morning he found bare footprint tracks with toe marks in snow where it had walked.
Two firefighters have near collision with animal north of Houghton Lake.
Two occupants in a van late at night braked for a large bipedal animal crossing the road. The passenger described a close, brief view in the headlights as the animal passed the van and left the roadway in a few steps. An oncoming vehicle left the road into a ditch during the encounter. The occupants discussed what they had seen after driving on.
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.
Couple sees 7-8' tall "ape-like creature" in Tuttle Marsh
On a snowy pre-dawn morning, the witness and his wife returned to his ground blind to look for a deer wounded the prior evening. As snow began, they watched a tall, ape-like, fur-covered biped approach and walk past the blind for about ten minutes before they left quickly through deep snow. The witness estimated its height at 7-8 feet by comparing it to tree limbs relative to his own height.
Man recalls spotting a sasquatch watching him while hunting deer north of Grand Rapids
The witness was deer hunting alone at dusk from a snow-covered cornfield in western Michigan. Feeling watched, he looked behind to the treeline and saw a tall, dark-haired figure watching him from 150-200 yards away. He watched it through his rifle scope for two to three minutes, then became frightened and ran home across the road. The figure showed no aggression and only stood and stared.
Juvenile Bigfoot crosses road and clears a fence near Fowlerville
Two siblings in a vehicle in the early evening watched a small upright hair-covered creature run across the road in front of them. It crossed from an open field toward a forested area about 15 feet away and cleared an approximately 4-foot livestock fence in a single fluid leap without breaking stride. The witnesses called it a baby Bigfoot with very dark brown/black hair and said the leap convinced them it was not a person in a suit.
UFO sighting near Benzie County (1978)
After other children left the field to go to the house, the witness stayed alone in the dark. A bright light behind him revealed a low saucer-shaped craft with spinning lights around its edge. It hovered, lit the area like daylight with a humming sound, then rose instantly high into the sky, and he ran home.
Sasquatch sighting near Benzie County (1978)
While searching for other children in the gravel pits at night, the witness mistook several small figures for playmates. As he approached he saw they were small hairy infants playing and wrestling, watched by a large adult standing on a bank above them. He froze, then backed away and ran to the house.