Bigfoot sighting near Grantsburg, Wisconsin

Oct 1985 · Grantsburg, Wisconsin, United States

In autumn 1985 three teenagers at a cabin north of Grantsburg, Wisconsin, saw a head silhouette with orange-red eyes at an upstairs window at night after smelling a foul odor.

The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.

Facts

Reported as

Incidents around a cabin near Grantsburg

Date

Oct 1985

Place

Grantsburg, Wisconsin, United States

Evidence

visual

Point

45.776, -92.683

Light

night

Witness was

in bed

Witnesses

3

Behaviour

watching

Animals

dogs reacted

In the account

branches breaking, broad shoulders, conical head, dog cowered, eyes seen, eyeshine, face seen, felt fear, felt watched, followed or paced, full moon, hunting season, near home, near water, on or by road, red eyes, repeat location, reported years later, ruled out bear, seen through window, smell, smell musky, smell rotten, thought bear first, told no one, witness fled, woken by it

Account

firsthand

Sources

2 independent (5 listings)

Sources

• BFRORead the report
• BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
• BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
• ManganiRead the report
• BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report

Nearby sightings

• Two campers on island surrounded by strange night time activity21 Jul 2001 · 20 km
• Cabin owner describes one sighting and other incidents 2 miles north of St. Croix State ParkAug 2003 · 22 km
• Motorist swerves to miss creature on the road.2006 · 27 km
• Large grey creature seen standing in waterJun 2001 · 29 km
• A man is woken by a whoop near his home and a few months later sees an upright creature run past his barnJun 2004 · 32 km
• Hunter sees upright figure at duskOct 2007 · 33 km

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