Incident #991165
Sears, Osceola Cty, Michigan
Nov 1978
Account
Norman Nowland, deer hunting, saw sasquatch run out of a heavily wooded area over to a nearby swamp, about three miles South and a mile West of Sears.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 19 1978
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Osceola Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sears
- Latitude
- 4354
- Longitude
- 8511
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Cadillac, MI, Evening News Weekend, Nov 25, 1978, quoting Wayne King quoting Norman Nowland, Sears, MI.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied