Incident #991154
Bay City, Bay cty, Michigan
Mar 1978
Account
On I-75 off-ramp to Veterans Memorial Hwy, in break in heavy fog, saw creature bolt from a swamp area straight for car. He swerved to miss it and stopped, saw it running back to the swamp. Guessed weight 400 to 500 pounds.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 11 1978
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Bay cty
- Nearest Town
- Bay City
- Latitude
- 4336
- Longitude
- 8353
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- marsh
- Near or/at
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woodsýswamp
- Nearby Water
- riverýswamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Wayne King intv., with Thomas B. Reinke, 29, Bay City, MI. .
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- turnedýfledýentered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Odour
- mild
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- stopped