Incident #991175
Forest Twsp., Genesee Cty, Michigan
Jul 1979
Account
Sitting in screened garage about 10.20 p.m., witness heard brush breaking in nearby swamp, then saw a figure walking upright just outside the fringe of the swamp. It stepped onto a grassy knoll. Was too big to be human. It then walked back into the swamp. Witness' husband was there but did not see it.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 02 1979
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Genesee Cty
- Nearest Town
- Forest Twsp.
- Latitude
- 4260
- Longitude
- 8405
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- marsh
- Near or/at
- ridge
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
Source
- Source
- Wayne King report, quoting anonymous woman, 36.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light brown
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- got upýturned around
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied