Incident #991201
Lake Township, Missaukee Cty, Michigan
Nov 1990
Account
Gary Lee Hayes was in a hunting blind on private property adjoining Houghton Lake State Forest when he saw a tall upright creature come over a hill about 300 yards away, walk down the slope towards a large beaver pond at the bottom of a ridge below his blind, squat down momentarily by the pond, then stand up and return where it came from. At the closest it passed about 100 yards from him. Looked like "a large man in a black snowmobile suit." Long arms. Estimated weight 300 pounds. Black hair all over body. Interview with witness videotaped.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 25 1990
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1990
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Missaukee Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lake Township
- Latitude
- 4430
- Longitude
- 8500
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- ridge
- Near or/at
- hillside
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Nearby Water
- pond
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Gary Lee Hayes, 47, 101 Lincoln St., Lake City, MI, 616-839-5237, interviewed by Wayne King, Dec. 19, 1990.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walkingýdescending hill
- Later Movement
- went down slopeýcrossed view fieldýturned around
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Additional Movement
- went up slopeýdisappeared
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýstudied