Bigfoot sighting near Manistee, Michigan
Nov 1983 · Manistee, Michigan, United States
A lone deer hunter in a swamp east of Manistee, Michigan heard a scream and a branch break in late November 1962 or 1963, then saw a biped about 32 m away behind brush.
Facts
- Reported as
- Memory told of a possible encounter while deer hunting east of Manistee
- Date
- Nov 1983
- Place
- Manistee, Michigan, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 44.171, -86.103
- Located within
- 168 m
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- hunting
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 32 m (105 ft)
- Height
- 2.4 m (8 ft)
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- standing, walking
- Sounds
- scream, tree break
- Traces
- broken branches
- In the account
- alone, branches breaking, felt fear, firearm present, followed or paced, hunting season, logging area, only silhouette, repeat location, reported years later, returned to spot, scream, swamp or marsh, very tall, walked upright
- 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
- Grandfather and grandson witness a big, black creature chasing a deer near Manistee
- Multiple years of wood knocking and primate-like behavior described by a soldier hunting near Manistee
- Night fishermen startled while in their boat at Tippy Dam Campground
- Series of accounts reported by witness.
- Late afternoon sighting by two brothers near Baldwin
- Memory told of an early evening sighting at a migrant work camp in Bear Lake
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