Incident #992947
Greenland, Ontonagon Cty, Michigan
Sep 1999
Account
Mike was guiding a bear hunt in dense woods near Greenland Township when a fur-covered, bipedal creature, est. 7 ft., 400 lbs., walked by, passing as close as 50 or 60 meters, went to a creek, cupped its hands and appeared to drink. It then appeared to smell him, looked directly at him, stood up and took off the way it had come. It was getting dark, and he left. Went back next day to look for tracks but there had been a heavy rain. Has since found a man named Lionel who had werked as a logger in the area for 35 years and had a sighting in the same county in 1978.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1999
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- evening (light)
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Ontonagon Cty
- Nearest Town
- Greenland
- Latitude
- 4650
- Longitude
- 8910
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- water
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Mike ?, posting to Erik Beckjord list, and quoting old logger named Lionel
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked awayýgot downýpicked something up
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Object Handled
- other
- Reaction
- fled from
- Use of Water
- drink
- Additional Movement
- got upýreturnedýwalked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied