Michigan IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 3884

Location: DELTA county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +045˚ 54' N
Longitude: 086˚ 36' W
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Month: MAR
Year: 2000
Time: 12:30 AM
Elevation: 620

Data Source: TR 95 MAR 2000
Credibility: 3
Locality: Isabella
Researcher: BFRO
Witness: Robert James tribal police

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF DRAGS DEAD DEER ACROSS ROAD

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* March, 2000. In the 8000 block east of Broadway, Isabella, Michigan. This is south on Leaton Road, and near Airport Road. Bigfoot was said to have been reported to the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Dept., the caller having seen the hairy figure the night before (Tues.). The person’s car was struck about 12:30 AM by the creature, though there was no damage reported. The witness said that something was standing erect and dragging a deer carcass across Leaton Road, as reported by Robert James of the tribal police. This item was posted to the BFRO list.
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IBS Report #: 706

Location: DICKENSON county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +045˚ 57' N
Longitude: 087˚ 41' W
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Month: EARLY JULY
Year: 1963
Time: 7 PM
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Data Source: TR78
Credibility: 3
Locality: near the town of Hardwood
Researcher: Randy Wertz
Witness: Randy Wertz AND AUNT AND UNCLE

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 8 FT BF STANDING UNDER TREE, ARM DRAPED OVER BRANCH

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MI DELTA 1963 TR#78 Randy Wertz report. I spent the summer of 1963 in Escanaba, Michigan with my aunt and uncle. Every Friday night we would go for the weekend to their summer cabin in Dickenson County near the town of Hardwood. I recall it was about a half hours drive from Escanaba. On the Friday night in question (early July), my uncle and I were sitting on the front porch (about 7:00 PM) and my aunt was in the back yard hanging clothes on the line. She ran into the front yard and told us a bear was at the tree line behind the house. My uncle went to get his rifle and I went into the back yard to see the bear. I was a kid from New Jersey and we don't get very much wildlife wandering the streets of Perth Amboy. When I got around back, I stood frozen in the yard. Our visitor was no kind of "bear" I'd ever seen. He (she or it) was standing under a tree approximately 75' from the house. It was standing on two legs and had it's right arm draped over a branch and was looking under the branch at us (my aunt was behind me). It had to be at least 8' tall (we measured the height of the branch the next day) and was covered by short, dark hair. Because it was standing in the shadow, I couldn't tell if the hair was brown or black. The face, under the hands and bottoms of the feet were fairly light colored (like a light skinned Negro) and the face itself was quite human like. The eyes looked dark because of the shadows. We all stood there for at least a century looking at each other (probably no more than a few seconds) when my uncle came out onto the back porch with his rifle. At that point our friend casually turned and walked back up the deer path and into the woods. We never saw or heard from him again although we always felt he was near. My aunt's dog liked to go for walks in the woods with them and after that incident, wouldn't leave the property. The dog was not with us that night. My uncle's cabin was at the end of an old abandoned logging road several miles outside of town. The entire area is heavily forested with pine and fir trees and the ground is covered with pine needles. The terrain itself is rolling hills with a few high ridges and is rather easy to hike into. I never really thought about what I'd seen until the article appeared in the old "Argosy" magazine about the "Michigan Monster." That article was written in the mid or late 60's. There were sightings on the upper peninsula of Michigan of a hairy thing that raised some hell for a while and them sort of faded away. I firmly believe our friend was the Michigan Monster. I would also like to point out that my uncle was a respected business man in the community. He was never criticized (at least to his face) when he told the story of our encounter. The old-timers up there know something is out there and respect the word of people who have a sighting.
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Precip: ESCANABA 1.3 1.0 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.2 2.2 2.2 1.6 28.7
Temp: ESCANABA 16.0 17.4 26.8 38.5 50.4 60.1 66.6 64.8 57.0 46.9 34.9 22.5 41.7
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Ecology: pine and fir trees

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IBS Report 3090 is missing

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IBS Report #: 2660

Location: KALAMAZOO county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +042˚ 18' N
Longitude: 085˚ 19' W
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Month: JUN AND OCT
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Elevation: 896

Data Source: TR 61 SEPT 96
Credibility: 3
Locality: FORT CUSTER
Researcher: Betty Parks
Witness: Betty Parks

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: BF PASS BY

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TR 61 SEPT 96 Betty Parks In June and October, Betty says, Bigfeet pass near Fort Custer, Michigan.
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IBS Report 405 is missing

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IBS Report #: 935

Location: MIDLAND county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +043˚ 45' N
Longitude: 084˚ 35' W
Day: 15
Month: MAY
Year: 1997
Time: 6:45
Elevation: 757

Data Source: TR88
Credibility: 1
Locality: COLEMAN ROAD 6 MI NORTH OF M 20
Researcher: MOTORIST
Witness: MOTORIST

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF COMING OUT OF DITCH, 8 INCH HAIR

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MI MIDLAND 1997 TR#88 * May 15, 1997, Midland County, Michigan, on Coleman Road about 6 miles north of M 20. Witness was driving north at 6:45 (am or pm?) and saw creature coming out of a ditch. The hair on the arms and head was about 8 inches long and hanging down from the face. The flat, ape-like face looked at witness from ten feet. It was opening day of deer season in the wooded-rural farm area.
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IBS Report #: 3403

Location: Midland county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +043˚ 45' N
Longitude: 084˚ 35' W
Day: 15
Month: MAY
Year: 1997
Time: 6:45
Elevation: 758

Data Source: TR 88 JUN 1999
Credibility: 3
Locality: Coleman Road about 6 miles north of M 20
Researcher: BFRO
Witness: DRIVER

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF IN DITCH ALONG ROAD

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TR 88 JUN 1999 * May 15, 1997, Midland County, Michigan, on Coleman Road about 6 miles north of M 20. Witness was driving north at 6:45 (am or pm?) and saw creature coming out of a ditch. The hair on the arms and head was about 8 inches long and hanging down from the face. The flat, ape-like face looked at witness from ten feet. It was opening day of deer season in the wooded-rural farm area.
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IBS Report #: 1114

Location: MISG county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

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Month: SEPT
Year: 1999
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Data Source: TR95
Credibility: 1
Locality: CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Researcher: BOB DAIGLE
Witness: BOB DAIGLE

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: 17 IN TRACKS, BROKEN BRANCHES

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MI 1999 TR95 * Bob Daigle report.'bobdaigle@webtv.net Last Sept, while being taken by a friend to see some two week old foot prints in an area in a central Mich. Co. (which had several BF reports during the 90's), we came upon a fresher pair of left and right tracks. They were impressed in a small mound of hard packed coarse-grained, almost gravelly sand on a two-track road which has been gated off by the Mich. DNR to exclude any motorized vehicles. The sandy mound was only about 5 inches higher than the surrounding area, and about 5 x 10 feet. The tracks measured 17 x 7 x 5 inches, and were about 4 1/2 feet from heel to heel. There were pressure ridges on the edges of the tracks, indicating more than a simple digging or scooping process by a hoaxer. The second track showed a pressure ridge or uplifting of the soil just behind where the ball of the foot would have been. I seem to recall some technical discussion about this being likely to happen if the creature is making a strong push-off with that foot. Photos taken are nothing to get too excited about, since gravelly soil did not show distinct toes, and pictures were taken in less than ideal light conditions. Directly in line with the 2 footprints, and about 15 - 20 behind them were 2 two small broken branches, both less than 2 inch diameter, and snapped downward at a point 7 - 8 feet above ground. We set up a Camtrakker with bait nearby for two nights before I had to return home, but got no results.
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IBS Report #: 1175

Location: MISG county, MI. United States

Sighting Type: 1

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Data Source: TR97
Credibility: 1
Locality: UPPER MICHIGAN
Researcher: MONTE BALLARD
Witness: AQUAITENCE

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 8 FT BF MAKES NOISE OUTSIDE OF HOUSE, BF IN TRASH CANSS

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MI COUNTY DATE TR97 * Monte Ballard report. monterb@netusa1.net They are a second and a third hand report and I don't have a lot of details. From a car rental guy driving me to get my car from a body shop. He told me he was from upper Michigan. I mentioned that I used to hunt up there but I stopped hunting. He said he and his father used to hunt there also and asked what I liked to do now. I told him I was interested in Bigfoot. He was very interested and said his best friend heard a noise outside his house one night. He thought 'coons were in his trash and went out to chase them off. It wasn't 'coons, it was a Bigfoot bent over looking in the cans. It heard him and straightened up; he said it had to be over eight feet tall. It looked at him and walked away rapidly. My driver said when his friend told him about it he kept repeating, "It was the biggest thing I have ever seen." By that time we were at the shop and it was near closing time so I had to get out. I don't think he had any more details anyway.
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IBS Report #: 1421

Location: MONROE county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +041˚ 54' N
Longitude: 083˚ 23' W
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Year: 1965
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Data Source: TR100
Credibility: 2
Locality: NEAR MONROE
Researcher: COLEMAN
Witness: Christine Van Acker

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF ATTACKS LADY

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One interesting aspect is the overall hair-covered body, with hair six to eight inches long, and the lack of distinguishing facial features. This fits the description of the Momo Bigfoot of 1972 and the 1965 creature that attacked Christine Van Acker near Monroe, Michigan. Loren Coleman says that these creatures are often referred to as the "Eastern Bigfoot," a much different creature from the Pacific Northwest's Sasquatch.
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Precip: MONROE 1.9 1.8 2.5 3.1 3.1 3.4 2.9 3.2 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.2 31.3
Temp: MONROE 23.4 25.5 35.6 47.5 59.2 69.3 73.9 71.8 64.6 52.0 40.6 28.8 49.3
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Ecology: Missing