Incident #991186
Augustga, Kalamazoo Cty, Michigan
Oct 1981
Account
Kevin Barthel was on a deer stand 12 feet up in a tree in Fort Custer Recreation Area near the Kalamazoo River when he saw a shaggy creature, 7 to 9 feet tall, come out of the woods near the river, look at him for half a minute, then turn South and walk off into the trees. About 7.30 p.m.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 07 1981
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1981
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Kalamazoo Cty
- Nearest Town
- Augustga
- Latitude
- 4220
- Longitude
- 8521
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Wayne King, Dept. of Nat. Resources Public Incident Report, Oct 7, 1981, and Oct 21 unidentified newspaper story, quoting Kevin Barthel, 23, Battle Creek, MI.
Creature description
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- watched observerýturnedýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýstudied