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1973
Bay City, Bay Cty, Michigan
Rick Long, 15, wrote that while breaking camp one morning at Bay City, his eight-year-old brother ran up and said that while walking on an old road he saw a hair-covered monster walking up an embankment on two legs. Rick…
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Nov 1974
Edenville, Gladwin Cty, Michigan
Larry Schuon walking back to camp about 6 p.m., very cold, saw animal crouched eating something in the middle of the narrow road. It turned, saw him, got up on its hind legs and walked hastily towards cover, with strides…
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1973
Comins, Oscoda Cty, Michigan
Patsy Ott, riding in family car on Delano Rd., off Hwy. M33, said she saw a creature striding along a fence line, like a man, big, dark, hairy and tall, taking large steps and swinging its arms.
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Jul 1976
Lapeer, Lapeer Cty, Michigan
Mrs. E. Koch driving home from work inLapeer, had just turned off Hwy M-24 onto Otter Lake Rd. when headlights caught something kneeling lin the roadway. It got up, est. 6 to 7 feet, and walked hurriedly to the side…
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Aug 1976
Grayling, Crawford Cty, Michigan
Two reservists sleeping in armored personnel carrier at 2 a.m. on maneuvers near Kyle Lake, awakened by pounding on outside, raised hatch and saw an 8-foot animal, which continued pounding and also climbed over the vehicle several times. Military police…
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1976 to 1977
Ishpeming, Marquette Cty, Michigan
Todd Bone, hunting, heard a large animal in the brush ahead as he walked from Teal Lake to the Deer Lake dam. He fired in the air to scare it away, and an enormous creature ran across the trail on…
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May 1977
Interlochen, Benzie Cty, Michigan
Wayne King got a message while with United Press International reporter Jeffery Sheler, Grand Rapids bureau, and went to see tracks found by mushroom pickers. Witnesses included Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shadwick, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Silver, Beulah, MI, Mr.…
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1974
Benzie Cty, Michigan
Man ran off the road trying to avoid a tall hairy manlike creature that stepped in front of his car.
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May 1977
Honor, Benzie Cty, Michigan
Following up on a report, Wayne King saw tracks half a mile from Lower Woodcock Lake and cast one.
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May 1977
Lake Ann, Benzie Cty, Michigan
Zane Gray and his son Dave, owners of farm implement dealership at Traverse City, building new houses in Benzie County on Bronson Lake Road. At Dave's site they found more than two dozen 19-inch tracks, which Wayne King later investigated.…
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May 1977
Lake Ann, Benzie Cty, Michigan
Mrs. Virginia Gray stopped on Burnt Mill road to see what other motorists had stopped to look at. They showed her Bigfoot tracks in the soft sandy roadside. She notified Zane, who investigated and found they were tracks of the…
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Jun 1977
Otter Lake, Genesee Cty, Michigan
Driving West on Otter Lake Road, 12.30 a.m., starting downhill into a heavily wooded valley, John Gross noticed a creatgure in the middle of the road. He thought it was a large dog, but at less than 100 yards it…
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Jun 1977
Harrison, Clare Cty, Michigan
Driving North on U.S. 27, 10 miles South of Harrison, 7 to 7.30 p.m., Abby Matthews and Nicholas Zurawic saw three figures running from the dense forest across the freeway about 300 yards ahead of them. Getting closer, realized their…
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Aug 1977
Traverse City, Grand Traverse Cty, Michigan
D.E. and family driving on Hwy 72, saw creature like ape but taller and stockier dart across the road at extreme headlight range. Stopped car to try to see it in the woods, but did not. There was a similar…
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Sep 1977
Caro, Tuscola Cty, Michigan
Karl and Steven Traster were riding their bicycles in their back yard near a pond. Steven saw a huge, brown, hairy animal standing behind Karl on two feet. Steven screamed. The beast turned and ran towards the woods. It had…
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Sep 1977
Caro, Tuscola Cty, Michigan
Wayne King and Raymond Gauthier came to where two boys reported seeing a female sasquatch earlier that day (1049). Accompanied by Charles Rowse and Karl Traster (the older boy) they shone spotlights into an open field and saw eyes reflecting…
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Sep 1977
Barryton, Mecosta Cty, Michigan
Bob and Becky Kurtz found large tracks on bare ground 60 feet behind the house they were living in temporarily on Airline Road 4 miles South of Barrytown. This happened two nights in a row. Watchdogs acted terrified, deer disappeared…
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Sep 1977
Barrytown, Mecosta Cty, Michigan
Approaching their home on Airline Road Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kurtz saw a black figure cross the road ahead. It turned its upper torso towards them but did ot break stride. Robert Kurtz also said he and his brother-in-law had…
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Dec 1977
Oil City, Isabella Cty, Michigan
Hunting rabbits in a bushy area with one tree standing, Jon Brasington and Kim Owens found two tracks melted through the snow by the tree, heels close together.
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Mar 1978
Bay City, Bay cty, Michigan
On I-75 off-ramp to Veterans Memorial Hwy, in break in heavy fog, saw creature bolt from a swamp area straight for car. He swerved to miss it and stopped, saw it running back to the swamp. Guessed weight 400 to…
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Apr 1978
Mason, Ingham Cty, Michigan
Kenneth Rogers, John Henrich and Ron Lather told deputies that at they saw an 8-foot, black creature near the nature trail sign in Rayner Park, next to the Mason fairgrounds.
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May 1978
Mason, Ingham Cty, Michigan
James Jenks got up about 1 a.m. to see why his dogs were barking and saw in the yard of the next farm a huge hairy animal walk into a grain shed. He got a shotgun and waited a quarter…
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Jul 1978
Dansville, Ingham Cty, Michigan
Francis Jones and Michael Hackworth were driving in opposite directions on Dansville Road about 4 a.m. when they both saw a large black upright animal cross the road between them.
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Jul 1978
Rexton, Mackinac Cty, Michigan
Size and shape of tracks not mentioned and newspaper photo unclear, but the police estimate of 1,000 pound weight, plus the 5-foot stride indicate sasquatch dimensions.
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Aug 1978
Fowlerville, Livingston Cty, Michigan
Gerry Allen Browning went outside at 1.10 a.m. to see why one of his calves was bellowing. Dog went off as if on a scent and then came running back. Browning heard a loud thrashing in the brush and grunting,…