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Bigfoot sighting near Watson, Michigan
1 Oct 1982 · Watson, Michigan, United States
A motorist driving on County Road 426 near Watson, Michigan, at dusk in fall 1982 saw a very tall dark creature standing at the roadside that jumped into a swamp.
Facts
- Reported as
- Motorist sighting on County Road 426 between Cornell and Watson
- Date
- 1 Oct 1982
- Place
- Watson, Michigan, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 45.964, -87.329
- Light
- twilight
- Witness was
- driving
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 55 m (180 ft)
- Duration
- 7 s
- Height
- 2.6 m (8 ft)
- Described as
- massive, black hair
- Behaviour
- fleeing, standing, watching
- In the account
- ape like face, bare face, eyes seen, eyeshine, face seen, felt fear, headlights, in vehicle, leaped, likened to ape, long arms, looked at witness, on or by road, red eyes, reported years later, stopped vehicle, swamp or marsh, thought person first, very fast, very tall, witness fled
- Account
- investigator interviewed
- 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
- Memory told of strange incidents while alone at a family hunting camp near Cornell
- Possible vocalization outside Rock MI near western edge of Hiawatha National Forest
- Daylight sighting by hunters near Gwinn (Upper Peninsula)
- Possible sighting by a motorist avoiding deer west of Escanaba
- Fishermen have possible daytime encounter near Escanaba
- Possible ongoing activity experienced while hiking a trail outside Gladstone
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