Incident #991140
Ishpeming, Marquette Cty, Michigan
1976 to 1977
Account
Todd Bone, hunting, heard a large animal in the brush ahead as he walked from Teal Lake to the Deer Lake dam. He fired in the air to scare it away, and an enormous creature ran across the trail on two legs but very much bent over. He though it might have been 9 feet tall if it stood straight. Creature stepped on fallen trees and rocks, leaving no tracks. One step was 10 feet long.
When
- Year
- 1976 to 1977
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Marquette Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ishpeming
- Latitude
- 4829
- Longitude
- 8739
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Made one stride of more than 10 feet.
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Todd L. Bone, Ishpeming, MI, 49849, letter to John Green, Nov 17, 1978.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- very stooped
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- crossed view fieldýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly