Incident #991161
Big Rapids, Mecosta Cty, Michigan
Sep 1978
Account
Steve Cour saw a "thing" in the back yard of the Cour home near School Section Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cour then saw it from upstairs. It had arms hanging below its knees, and was swaying back and forth. When they came downstairs it was gone. Next morning they found the tracks in the garden and followed them until they lost them in the woods.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 20 1978
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Mecosta Cty
- Nearest Town
- Big Rapids
- Latitude
- 4342
- Longitude
- 8528
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Nearby Water
- lake
Source
- Source
- Big Rapids, MI, Pioneer, Sep 23, 1978, quoting Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cour and Steve Cour, Big Rapids, MI.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Odour
- mild
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Average Depth
- 2.50
- Stride in Inches Average
- 39
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- yard
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- studied