Incident #991148
Traverse City, Grand Traverse Cty, Michigan
Aug 1977
Account
D.E. and family driving on Hwy 72, saw creature like ape but taller and stockier dart across the road at extreme headlight range. Stopped car to try to see it in the woods, but did not. There was a similar report four weeks later about 20 miles away.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Grand Traverse Cty
- Nearest Town
- Traverse City
- Latitude
- 4445
- Longitude
- 8536
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilightýheadlights
Source
- Source
- Detroit News, Jul 10, 1979, letter from D.E., Dearborn, Mi.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- crossed view fieldýentered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- came back