Incident #992678
Hardwood, Dickenson Cty, Michigan
1963
Account
Informant was at his uncle's hunting cabin about 10 miles from Escanaba when his aunt said a bear was coming towards the house. He rushed to the back and saw a 7-foot creature standing with its arm draped under a branch. It watched them with no expression of interest until his uncle arrived with a gun, when it fled back into the woods. On later visits a dog that usually ran into the woods for hours would cower under the porch.
When
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Dickenson Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hardwood
- Latitude
- 4558
- Longitude
- 8741
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Curator report, from Randy Wertz, 3206 N. Camomile Way, Beverly Hills, FL 34465. (352) 527-3071/ <[email protected]> recalling an incident when he was a child, no age indicated.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Expression
- none
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- tree
- Odour
- none
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- avoidedýfled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied