Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center

3949 RESIDENT Monte Ballard , TR 97 MAY 2000 3
8 FT BF LOOKING IN GARBAGE CANS [Full Report]

4169 HUNTER Rich LaMonica , TR104 FEB 2001 3
"Kashehotahpala” LEGEND, SCREAM [Full Report]

3893 BOB DAIGLE Bob Daigle SEPT, 1999 TR 95 MAR 2000 3
17 IN TRACKS, BROKEN BRANCHES [Full Report]

4192 ADAMS Pierre François-Xavier de Charlevoix BOBBIE SHORT DEC, 1721 TR 105 MAR 2001BOBBIE SHORT NEWSLETTER 3
beast of an unknown species, carries off sheep and calves [Full Report]

1057 ALCONA Dave Steiner Dave Steiner NOV, 1999 3:30 pm TR93 1
VOCALIZATION, ODOR FOOTSTEPS, CLICKING SOUND, WITNESS FELT WATCHED [Full Report]

3543 Alcona DAVE AND WIFE Dave Steiner NOV, 1999 TR 93 JAN 2000 3
WATCHED, CLICKING SOUND, LIMBS BREAK, SCREAM, ODOR [Full Report]

2659 ALLEGAN Betty Parks Betty Parks , TR 61 SEPT 96 3
TRACKS 16 IN [Full Report]

408 BENZIE UNKNOWN Wayne King. , MISG “Bigfoot All Over The Country;” Marian T. Place 2
Mention of tracks; 800#, [Full Report]

1106 DELTA ROBERT JAMES BFRO MAR, 2000 12:30 AM TR95 3
CAR STRUCK BY BF, BF DRAGGING DEER CARCASS [Full Report]

3884 DELTA Robert James tribal police BFRO MAR, 2000 TR 95 MAR 2000 3
BF DRAGS DEAD DEER ACROSS ROAD [Full Report]

706 DICKENSON Randy Wertz AND AUNT AND UNCLE Randy Wertz EARLY JULY, 1963 7 PM TR78 3
8 FT BF STANDING UNDER TREE, ARM DRAPED OVER BRANCH [Full Report]

3090 Dickenson Randy Wertz Randy Wertz JULY, 1963 TR 78 JUN 1998 3
8 FT BROWN/BLACK BF WITH ARM ON BRANCH [Full Report]

2660 KALAMAZOO Betty Parks Betty Parks JUN AND OCT, TR 61 SEPT 96 3
BF PASS BY [Full Report]

405 MECOSTA Becky and Bob Kurtz Place SEPT, 1977 Bigfoot All Over The Country;” Marian T. Place, The Citizen Patriot 3
Tracks 16 1/2in seen; stride 58in;est 800#;dogs spooked, [Full Report]

935 MIDLAND MOTORIST MOTORIST MAY, 1997 6:45 TR88 1
BF COMING OUT OF DITCH, 8 INCH HAIR [Full Report]

3403 Midland DRIVER BFRO MAY, 1997 TR 88 JUN 1999 3
BF IN DITCH ALONG ROAD [Full Report]

1114 MISG BOB DAIGLE BOB DAIGLE SEPT, 1999 TR95 1
17 IN TRACKS, BROKEN BRANCHES [Full Report]

1175 MISG AQUAITENCE MONTE BALLARD , MISG TR97 1
8 FT BF MAKES NOISE OUTSIDE OF HOUSE, BF IN TRASH CANSS [Full Report]

1421 MONROE Christine Van Acker COLEMAN , 1965 TR100 2
BF ATTACKS LADY [Full Report]

406 MONROE Christine Van Acker Place AUG, MISG Bigfoot All Over The Country;” Marian T. Place 2
BF hit with auto;BF grabs and hurts driver;tracks seen;revolting odor, [Full Report]

1518 SAINT CLAIR PORT HURON PAPER KENNETH A. SAYERS APR, 1969 TR22 2
6 FT BF. GRAY, FRIGHTENS CHILDREN [Full Report]

1040 SAINT CLAIRE 3 HUNTERS DAWN HERRICK BFRO SEPT, 1988 TR92 2
BLACK BF SQUATTING,VOCALIZATION, TREE FALLIING, BEING WATCHED, EYES YELLOWISH IN LIGHT [Full Report]

956 SANILAC denise Ron Schaffner summer, 1987 11PM tr89 2
5 FT MONKEY TYPE CREATURE SEEN, LONG WHITISH HAIR. [Full Report]

3426 Sanilac Denise Ron Schaffner SUMMER, 1987 TR 89 JUL 1999 Creature Chronicles 3
5 FT WHITE MONKEY-TYPE CREATURE SEEN [Full Report]

1517 ST. CLAIR ANONYMOUS Kenneth A. Sayers , 1968 OR 69 TR22 2
VOCALIZATION, CREATURE IN DEEP WATER NOT SEEN. 16 IN TRACKS [Full Report]

3521 St. Clair HUNTERS BFRO Dawn Herrick SEPT, 1988 TR 92 OCT 1999 3
BLACK BF WALKS BY RIVER, SCREAM, TREES SNAPPED, EYES YELLOWISH [Full Report]

IBS Report #: 3949

Location: county, MI. UNITED STATES

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Data Source: TR 97 MAY 2000
Credibility: 3
Locality: UPPER MICHIGAN
Researcher: Monte Ballard
Witness: RESIDENT

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 8 FT BF LOOKING IN GARBAGE CANS

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* 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 #: 4169

Location: county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

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Data Source: TR104 FEB 2001
Credibility: 3
Locality: MISSISSIPPI
Researcher: Rich LaMonica
Witness: HUNTER

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: "Kashehotahpala” LEGEND, SCREAM

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* Also from Rich LaMonica. The story of the "Kashehotahpala” When I was young, I often went hunting in the swamps near my home in Mississippi. I liked to use the blowgun to hunt for birds or squirrels. One day, while I was hunting, I heard a loud scream, like a human voice. I ran home to see if anyone was hurt, but everyone was fine. My cousin told me I had heard Kashehotahpala, (sounds like an old woman yelling). He told me that he screams in the woods to scare the hunter away from the animal. He has a man's body, but his legs and feet are those of a deer. His face and head are shriveled up, and scary looking. He never hurts anyone, but he loves to scare people.
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IBS Report #: 3893

Location: county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

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Month: SEPT
Year: 1999
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Data Source: TR 95 MAR 2000
Credibility: 3
Locality: CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Researcher: Bob Daigle
Witness: BOB DAIGLE

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

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* Bob Daigle report.'bobdaigle@webtv.net Last Sep, 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 #: 4192

Location: ADAMS county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +031˚ 33' N
Longitude: 091˚ 24' W
Day: 25
Month: DEC
Year: 1721
Time: 9PM
Elevation: 217

Data Source: TR 105 MAR 2001BOBBIE SHORT NEWSLETTER
Credibility: 3
Locality: Natchez
Researcher: BOBBIE SHORT
Witness: Pierre François-Xavier de Charlevoix

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: beast of an unknown species, carries off sheep and calves

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FROM BOBBIE SHORT NEWSLETTER January 2007 - Newsletter #189 January terminology… "Monster Beast" Christmas Day 1721 Monster Beast, Natchez, Mississippi - - (Earliest recorded account?) The following passage is from a book called "Charlevoix's Louisiana." It's from the journal of Pierre François-Xavier de Charlevoix, S J, a French Jesuit and explorer. Though he did not have a true sighting, there is enough evidence to make one wonder if a bigfoot type creature was behind it. If so, then this account this would be the earliest known white man written report of such a creature in North America. The area around Natchez, Mississippi in this day still brings forth reports of bigfoot type creatures. That a wolf was behind this report seems highly unlikely. Wolves were not common to the area at the time and hardly match up with the characteristics described herein: - --- "The first night I lay in the settlement, there happened a great alarm about nine o'clock in the evening; upon asking the reason of it, [sic] I was told there was, in the neighborhood, a beast of an unknown species, of an extraordinary bulk, and whose cry did not in the least resemble that of any known animal. Nobody however could say he had seen it and they formed a judgment of its size entirely from its strength: it had already carried off some sheep and calves, and worried some cows. I told those who gave me this account, that an estranged wolf might very well have done all this and that, as to its cry, people were deceived in these matters every day. I could persuade nobody, they still would have it that it was some monstrous beast. It was heard again, and every one ran out armed with what he could find, but it was to no purpose." Pierre François-Xavier de Charlevoix, SJ Letter Thirtieth, At the Natchez, December 25, 1721 "Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France avec le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionale"
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IBS Report #: 1057

Location: ALCONA county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

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Day: 22
Month: NOV
Year: 1999
Time: 3:30 pm
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Data Source: TR93
Credibility: 1
Locality: ALCONA COUNTY
Researcher: Dave Steiner
Witness: Dave Steiner

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: VOCALIZATION, ODOR FOOTSTEPS, CLICKING SOUND, WITNESS FELT WATCHED

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MI ALCONA 1999 TR#93 * Dave Steiner here again and this happened on the 22 of November this year. We were in Alcona County in Michigan hunting deer about 3:30 in the afternoon. I had placed my wife down in a small swamp and had walked back west of her to go down in and walk towards her. I had just come through a real thick section of cedar saplings and had stopped to take a break. I lit a cigarette and heard a branch snap behind me in the thicket I had just come through. I turned towards the thicket and had a strange feeling that I was being watched. I never did see any one so I turned back around and then heard movement in the thicket again. I could tell by the sound of the footsteps that it was two legged and not an animal, I heard a very strange clicking sound as whatever it was moved from my left to my right. the only thing that I can describe the sound as would be similar to a hammer drill running and very loud... the movement stopped as did the sound,, this happened three times as I tried to see what it was. As I said, the area it was in was very thick and I had a hard time getting through it. What ever it was had no difficulty getting through at all. It just busted saplings and limbs and made all kinds of movement sounds as it continued to walk by me. At this time I was approximately 40 yds from it...then it stopped and the next thing I heard was a scream that I can only describe as a large chimp or primate that was mad as hell and screaming. Then it was silent... I walked to where my wife was and she asked me if I had smelled the strong musty odor a few minutes before It had gotten to her...she described it as a musty wet dog or blanket type of odor. We left the area and talked about it that night. I am convinced that it was a Sasquatch and am going back in to look for it. I have hunted there for 42 years and never heard anything like that in the woods.
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IBS Report #: 3543

Location: Alcona county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +044˚ 40' N
Longitude: 083˚ 23' W
Day: 22
Month: NOV
Year: 1999
Time: 3:30 PM
Elevation: 804

Data Source: TR 93 JAN 2000
Credibility: 3
Locality: Alcona County
Researcher: Dave Steiner
Witness: DAVE AND WIFE

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: WATCHED, CLICKING SOUND, LIMBS BREAK, SCREAM, ODOR

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TR 93 JAN 2000 * Dave Steiner here again and this happened on the 22 of November this year. We were in Alcona County in Michigan hunting deer about 3:30 in the afternoon. I had placed my wife down in a small swamp and had walked back west of her to go down in and walk towards her. I had just come through a real thick section of cedar saplings and had stopped to take a break. I lit a cigarette and heard a branch snap behind me in the thicket I had just come through. I turned towards the thicket and had a strange feeling that I was being watched. I never did see any one so I turned back around and then heard movement in the thicket again. I could tell by the sound of the footsteps that it was two legged and not an animal, I heard a very strange clicking sound as whatever it was moved from my left to my right. the only thing that I can describe the sound as would be similar to a hammer drill running and very loud... the movement stopped as did the sound,, this happened three times as I tried to see what it was. As I said, the area it was in was very thick and I had a hard time getting through it. What ever it was had no difficulty getting through at all. It just busted saplings and limbs and made all kinds of movement sounds as it continued to walk by me. At this time I was approximately 40 yds from it...then it stopped and the next thing I heard was a scream that I can only describe as a large chimp or primate that was mad as hell and screaming. Then it was silent... I walked to where my wife was and she asked me if I had smelled the strong musty odor a few minutes before It had gotten to her...she described it as a musty wet dog or blanket type of odor. We left the area and talked about it that night. I am convinced that it was a Sasquatch and am going back in to look for it. I have hunted there for 42 years and never heard anything like that in the woods.
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Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W83.4, latitude N44.7): Monday 22 November 1999 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 12:07 Sunrise 12:39 Sun transit 17:20 Sunset 22:00 End civil twilight 22:32 MOON Moonrise 21:28 on preceding day Moon transit 04:21 Moonset 11:27 Moonrise 22:05 Moonset 12:45 on following day Phase of the Moon on 22 November: waxing gibbous with 99% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Full Moon on 23 November 1999 at 07:04 Universal Time.
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IBS Report #: 2659

Location: ALLEGAN county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +042˚ 40' N
Longitude: 086˚ 13' W
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Elevation: 581

Data Source: TR 61 SEPT 96
Credibility: 3
Locality: KALAMAZOO RIVER
Researcher: Betty Parks
Witness: Betty Parks

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: TRACKS 16 IN

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TR 61 SEPT 96 Betty Parks saw tracks along the Kalamazoo River that were 16 inches long, and 7-8 feet apart. The area was swampy and tracks were seen along the bank and in the water.
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Temp: KALAMAZOO 22.8 24.3 33.8 46.4 57.7 67.6 72.3 70.0 63.0 51.1 37.9 27.5 47.8
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IBS Report 408 is missing

IBS Report #: 1106

Location: DELTA county, MI. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +045˚ 53' N
Longitude: 086˚ 36' W
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Month: MAR
Year: 2000
Time: 12:30 AM
Elevation: 627

Data Source: TR95
Credibility: 3
Locality: ISABELLA
Researcher: BFRO
Witness: ROBERT JAMES

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: CAR STRUCK BY BF, BF DRAGGING DEER CARCASS

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MI DELTA 2000 627 FT TR95 * 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 #: 3884

Location: DELTA county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +045˚ 54' N
Longitude: 086˚ 36' W
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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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IBS Report 3090 is missing

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

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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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
Day:
Month:
Year: 1965
Time:
Elevation:

Data Source: TR100
Credibility: 2
Locality: NEAR MONROE
Researcher: COLEMAN
Witness: Christine Van Acker

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF ATTACKS LADY

Sighting Text:
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

IBS Report 406 is missing

IBS Report #: 1518

Location: SAINT CLAIR county, MI. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +042˚ 58' N
Longitude: 082˚ 25' W
Day:
Month: APR
Year: 1969
Time:
Elevation:

Data Source: TR22
Credibility: 2
Locality: NEAR BLACK RIVER,
Researcher: KENNETH A. SAYERS
Witness: PORT HURON PAPER

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 6 FT BF. GRAY, FRIGHTENS CHILDREN

Sighting Text:
MI TR 22 Kenneth A. Sayers report This report was further backed up by a newspaper article I found, in the Port Huron paper, dated April 24th, 1969. It tells of the sighting of a six foot tall, gray “wild animal,” that seems to have upset a whole group of homes. A group of children were particularly frightened, and the article goes on to say that parents were out in the woods with guns looking for “it.” The article also states that several complaints had been filed in regards to the creature. It is also important to state that the reports of this creature were from an area near the Black River, less than two miles from the pond aforementioned.
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Precip: PORT HUR0N 1.6 1.6 2.1 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.1 31.8
Temp: PORT HURON 22.5 24.1 33.6 44.6 55.6 65.7 71.6 70.0 62.6 51.1 39.6 28.0 47.5
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report #: 1040

Location: SAINT CLAIRE county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude:
Longitude:
Day: 30
Month: SEPT
Year: 1988
Time:
Elevation: 604

Data Source: TR92
Credibility: 2
Locality: NEAR HWY 21 AND RABBIDUE ROAD, BEARDS HILLS, PINE RIVER
Researcher: DAWN HERRICK BFRO
Witness: 3 HUNTERS

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BLACK BF SQUATTING,VOCALIZATION, TREE FALLIING, BEING WATCHED, EYES YELLOWISH IN LIGHT

Sighting Text:
MI SAINT CLAIR COUNTY 1988 TR#92 * BFROreport b)' Dawn Herrick. Sept 30 initially, 1988, through November. It was the eve before opening day of bow season for deer in Michigan, and three hunters were in St. Clair Count)', near Hwy 21 and Rabbidue Road in the Beards Hills. About one mile from that junction the hunters were camping on a ridge in the state forest. While talking around the fire, something was notired walking the along the low side of the ridge on the north side OF the Pine River some 40-50 yards away. It was heavy and didn't waver or trip over all the branches and undergrowth along the river. Circling to the east we heard a piercing scream. Witnesses froze, as they regained composure and thought somebody was trying to scare them. Meanwhile the creature had moved to the south slope of the ridge some 20 yards away. Dan yelled out that the group had weapons and the joke was over...then we heard a loud, high-pitched scream and a tree falling, and as we gathered back at fireside, something very large passed us just beyond the area of fire-light, and was running faster than a human, with long strides. We could clearly hear the foot-falls as it ran through the forest knocking over small saplings and dead branches. In about 15-20 seconds the sounds faded to nothing. Using flashlights we noted a tree of 6-8 inches dia snapped like a toothpick about 8.5 feet up the bole. The hunters decided to return to camp and stay by the fire until daybreak as it was too dark to see the road a half mile away. As the fire died down in the night, a large shadow could be seen some 10-15 yards beyond the light, watching them. Once it approached and they all moved towards weapons, but it retreated into the darkness again. They left the next day. That evening, discussed the incident with Dan's father and he said something had been watching him while he sat in a tree stand, and he heard strange squealing and hooting noises in the direction of a valley. A week later, hunters returned to camp, and this time the creature only circled them. They experienced this same thing throughout the deer season, and once they saw something squatting, watching them, and as they watched the creature they could tell it had dark black hair or fur, used its hands to steady itself, and the eyes glowed a yellowish color in the light...not green like other wild animals. These appearances continued for some two to three months and then abruptly stopped. Witness has not returned to the area in several years. The area is forested from Yale to Lexington near Lake Huron. Witnesses were only 18,19, and 20 ears old.
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report #: 956

Location: SANILAC county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +043˚ 16' N
Longitude: 082˚ 31' W
Day:
Month: summer
Year: 1987
Time: 11PM
Elevation: 623

Data Source: tr89
Credibility: 2
Locality: NEAR LEXINGTON, HWY M-25
Researcher: Ron Schaffner
Witness: denise

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 5 FT MONKEY TYPE CREATURE SEEN, LONG WHITISH HAIR.

Sighting Text:
MI SANILAC 1987 TR89 * [EOBICBF] Report: August, 1987; Sanilac County, Michigan. Credit: Ron Schaffner. rschaffner@fuse.net, EOBICBF@onelist.com Denise was in the summer of 1987 near Lexington, MI, not far from Highway M-25, and saw a creature. Not a typical Bigfoot,as it was a monkey-type creature, hunched over, with a hairless face and the body having long whitish colored hair, slightly darker on the back. It was about five foot tall, and might be a foot taller if it stood erect. There were narrow human like shoulders though the arms were longer and the hands almost touched the ground stooped over. The legs had haunches similar to a dog and the creature had a monkey-like face, wide eyes, flat nostrils and no lips. It was 11PM and there was a light post to see it with. It squinted at the light, the face wrinkling. The forehead was slanted back like a monkey, not like a humans. The walk was bipedal, but it used the front right hand also, causing a rolling gait. The left hand was held higher, as if possibly injured. It was in no apparent hurry, turning from the light and walking down the driveway. Dogs throughout the area continued to bark as the creature apparently moved from west to east in the dark. Creature Chronicles http://home.fuse.net/rschaffner
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Precip: SANDUSKY 1.6 1.4 2.2 2.6 3.4 3.5 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.0 29.7
Temp: SANDUSKY 19.9 21.4 31.1 43.0 54.9 64.6 69.6 67.3 60.3 48.7 37.8 26.2 45.3
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report 3426 is missing

IBS Report #: 1517

Location: ST. CLAIR county, MI. United States

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +042˚ 58' N
Longitude: 082˚ 25' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1968 OR 69
Time:
Elevation: 586

Data Source: TR22
Credibility: 2
Locality: BLACK RIVER OUTSIDE OF PORT HURON
Researcher: Kenneth A. Sayers
Witness: ANONYMOUS

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: VOCALIZATION, CREATURE IN DEEP WATER NOT SEEN. 16 IN TRACKS

Sighting Text:
MI TR22 Kenneth A. Sayers report The report is from Port Huron, Michigan, and dates from 1968 or ’69. Several instances during this time period, I learned later, police reports had been filed on a hairy human like, so-called “monster,” which had been seen by area residents. I recently interviewed a man who had an experience with this creature…he was a young hunter and trapper at the time. He presently is a man of high standing in the community, and I wish to keep his name anonymous. Portions of the following are from a taped interview I had with the person. The man explained that he had heard “rumblings” (rumors) of strange occurrences, presumably dealing with this creature, at the time, so it is evident other people had seen it, but kept basically quiet. One Night this man and a group of his friends were camping at a site outside of Port Huron, on an oxbow of the Black River. In the middle of the oxbow was a pond, surrounded by woods and brush, and, as the man stated plainly, it was a particularly eerie spot. The still of the night was erupted by a strange “bellow” in the vicinity of the pond. It was not the scream of any usual animal, so the man ran towards it to investigate. As he ran towards it, with his friends trailing behind, the “creature” could be heard crashing in the brush, turning towards the pond. Then, the man explained, he heard a tremendous splash in the water, and as he approached the pond, could still hear something splashing, and, presumably, walking around in the deep water. When one of his friends followed with a flashlight, and cast the beam on the water, all that could be seen were sizable ripples on an otherwise stagnant pond. Whatever it was, it had not left the water, but had gone under, and stayed under. “We surmised that whatever it was dove into the water and either hid under the water, by whatever means, or escaped through some kind of a tunnel.” The man explained. He then told me that no one would go into the pond to investigate if there was a tunnel in it or not frankly because they all were afraid of its waters. He also added that there were rumors of many tunnels in that area, and that the pond was very deep. The group then found evidence that left no doubt that what they had encountered was not a normal animal, the man recounted. “We organized and found the footprints that I mentioned before, that were probably spaced five to six feet, and were roughly sixteen inches long, and embedded in the wet earth as deep as six inches, where the ball of a human foot would be. And they were fresh when we found them, because there had been rains, they weren’t washed in. And when we walked on the same ground, you could discern our footprints, but only lightly, so whatever made the tracks was easily three to four times our weight, and tall, because of the span, the stride. We finally found some with, what we thought, was pretty good detail of either a claw or a toenail, kind of a sharp definition. We made plaster casts of, I’m thinking two or three, and I remember one was really clear, it was a lot clearer than the others, it was roughly sixteen inches ling. It was a large, bare, human foot, basically, with some humongous toenails…there were sets of two, plain and simple, a left and a right.” The man then recounted all the second-and incidents that he knew of, in reference to this creature. He also told that later, he found similar footprints, again in the vicinity of the pond.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: PORT HUR0N 1.6 1.6 2.1 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.1 31.8
Temp: PORT HURON 22.5 24.1 33.6 44.6 55.6 65.7 71.6 70.0 62.6 51.1 39.6 28.0 47.5
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report #: 3521

Location: St. Clair county, MI. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +042˚ 49' N
Longitude: 082˚ 29' W
Day: 30
Month: SEPT
Year: 1988
Time:
Elevation: 577

Data Source: TR 92 OCT 1999
Credibility: 3
Locality: Beards Hills, Pine River
Researcher: BFRO Dawn Herrick
Witness: HUNTERS

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BLACK BF WALKS BY RIVER, SCREAM, TREES SNAPPED, EYES YELLOWISH

Sighting Text:
TR 92 OCT 1999 BFRO report by Dawn Herrick. Sept 30 initially, 1988, through November. It was the eve before opening day of bow season for deer in Michigan, and three hunters were in St. Clair County, near Hwy 21 and Rabbidue Road in the Beards Hills. About one mile from that junction the hunters were camping on a ridge in the state forest. While talking around the fire, something was noticed walking the along the low side of the ridge on the north side by the Pine River some 40-50 yards away. It was heavy and didn't waver or trip over all the branches and undergrowth along the river. Circling to the east we heard a piercing scream. Witnesses froze, as they regained composure and thought somebody was trying to scare them. Meanwhile the creature had moved to the south slope of the ridge some 20 yards away. Dan yelled out that the group had weapons and the joke was over...then we heard a loud, high-pitched scream and a tree falling, and as we gathered back at fireside, something very large passed us just beyond the area of fire-light, and was running faster than a human, with long strides. We could clearly hear the foot-falls as it ran through the forest knocking over small saplings and dead branches. In about 15-20 seconds the sounds faded to nothing. Using flashlights we noted a tree of 6-8 inches in diameter snapped like a toothpick about 8.5 feet up the bole. The hunters decided to return to camp and stay by the fire until daybreak as it was too dark to see the road a half mile away. As the fire died down in the night, a large shadow could be seen some 10-15 yards beyond the light, watching them. Once it approached and they all moved towards weapons, but it retreated into the darkness again. They left the next day. That evening, discussed the incident with Dan's father and he said something had been watching him while he sat in a tree stand, and he heard strange squealing and hooting noises in the direction of a valley. A week later, hunters returned to camp, and this time the creature only circled them. They experienced this same thing throughout the deer season, and once they saw something squatting, watching them, and as they watched the creature they could tell it had dark black hair or fur, used its hands to steady itself, and the eyes glowed a yellowish color in the light...not green like other wild animals. These appearances continued for some two to three months and then abruptly stopped. Witness has not returned to the area in several years. The area is forested from Yale to Lexington near Lake Huron. Witnesses were only 18,19, and 20 ears old.
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Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W82.5, latitude N42.8): Friday 30 September 1988 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 10:58 Sunrise 11:26 Sun transit 17:20 Sunset 23:12 End civil twilight 23:41 MOON Moonset 16:23 on preceding day Moonrise 01:14 Moon transit 09:20 Moonset 17:35 Moonrise 02:01 on following day Phase of the Moon on 30 September: waning gibbous with 72% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Last quarter Moon on 2 October 1988 at 16:59 Universal Time.
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Ecology: Missing