Incident #991202
Mayville, Tuscola Cty, Michigan
Jan 1992
Account
Witnesses were making deliveries at 4 a.m. when they saw two upright creatures in the middle of Pattison Road. They stopped their car, then approached slowly. The larger animal faced them the smaller was behind it. Stopped again and one witness about to get out of the car when the large animal started towards them. They backed at increasing speed and it kept pursuing them until they were able to turn the car around and drive off. Larger animal estimated 7 to 8 feet, 600 lb., smaller one about 5 ft., 300 to 400 lb. Vehicle lights did not seem to disturb them.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 04 1992
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1992
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Tuscola Cty
- Nearest Town
- Mayville
- Latitude
- 4320
- Longitude
- 8321
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 2
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Two deliverymen, 60 and 44, from Caro, MI, interviewed by Wayne King
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- light brown
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýapproachedýchased
- Aggressive To
- witnesses
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- ran after
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- approachedýstudiedýfled