Bigfoot sightings in Michigan
365 bigfoot and sasquatch sightings reported in Michigan, the United States, from 1868 to 2026. 138 of them since 2000; the busiest decade was the 2000s, with 78. The places named most often are Manistee (5), Alpena (5), Millington (5), Mio (4), Yale (4).
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- Woman Has Multiple Frightening Encounters
- Bigfoot sighting near Paradise, Michigan
- RECENT: Two ladies with a dog encounter a possible bigfoot near Whitefish Point Lighthouse at dusk
- TODAY: Father and son fisherman have close encounter with a bigfoot half way between Toldeo and Detroit
- Early Afternoon Sighting by Husband and Wife
- RECENT: Wood knocks at night in UP: Big Manistique Lake, east side of Seney Refuge
- Coyote hunters watch upright figure at night in woodline with glowing yellowish eyes outside Faithorn
- Daylight sighting along Lake Huron north of Lexington
- Early morning vocalizations heard by fishermen near Walhalla
- Family and friends hear two whoops from an unknown creature outside Mikado
- Possible vocalization outside Rock MI near western edge of Hiawatha National Forest
- Ongoing activity including a late night sighting at a home east of Vestaburg
- Father and daughter have possible late night sighting on edge of Huron National Forest
- Family driving a rural two-track have a late day encounter north of Higgins Lake
- Possible ongoing activity experienced while hiking a trail outside Gladstone
- Resident's sighting three miles north of Wurtsmith Air Force Base
- Motorist has a possible daylight sighting just north of South Branch
- Trapper has a daylight sighting while driving near Wakefield
- Fisherman finds possible footprints on the Carp River north of St. Ignace
- Teen recounts possible encounter while walking in a Lansing city park
- Possible night time knocks startle a woman out of her sleep near Traverse City
- Possible late afternoon road crossing north of Ransom
- Multiple incidents including rock throwing at a rural cabin near Kalkaska
- Fishermen have possible daytime encounter near Escanaba
- Homeowner follows possible track way heading into Lost Nations State Game Area near Hillsdale
- Deer hunter reports possible ongoing activity on his family's property near Bark River
- Large biped sighted running in the woods behind a home near Chippewa Lake
- Multiple interactions involving a possible road crossing, vocalizations and paralleling experienced by a hunter/homeowner near the Rogue River Game Area
- Possible activity at a cabin outside Traverse City
- Huge rocks thrown at night fishermen on Jewell Lake
- Multiple incidents at a family's rural property near Kalkaska
- Fisherman sees tall figure with orange eyeshine leaving the Menominee River near Norway
- Strange findings along a trail near a home outside Lake City
- Possible nighttime sighting by a couple in separate vehicles outside Escanaba
- Hunters come across an unknown track line with an incredible stride near Tower
- Snowmobiler observes a large figure cross the trail behind him near Traverse City
- Hunter has unnerving experience at Bear Den Lake NE of Gaylord
- Photographs taken of a possible trackway on property west of Alpena
- Ongoing activity and possible vocalizations recorded near Detroit Metro Airport
- Possible daytime road crossing within the Sylvania Wilderness Area
- Gentleman walking his dog at dusk describes possible encounter and print near St. Joseph
- Family reports possible vocalizations and unexplained activity near Mecosta
- Night fishermen startled while in their boat at Tippy Dam Campground
- Daylight sighting by a young man fishing near Whittemore
- Woman has a possible encounter involving her vehicle while driving near Beaverton
- Homeowner recounts multiple instances of rock throwing and vocalizations near Mount Pleasant
- Possible paralleling described and tall figure seen at night south of Mt. Pleasant
- Hunter hears unknown screams after shooting a deer near Jackson
- Resonant vocalizations and bipedal movement heard by hunter camped near Roscommon
- Reoccurring activity on a farm near Fife Lake
- Farmers record interesting vocalizations west of Clare
- Possible vocalizations heard from woods on a family farm outside Alpena
- Motorists describe a nighttime sighting near the Manistee National Forest
- Young woman hears possible vocalization late at night by a home near Gull Lake
- Two individuals describe possible activity outside a cabin on Turk Lake
- Close encounter by a hunter tracking his dogs at night outside the Seney National Wildlife Refuge
- Description of several strange encounters along Sleeping Bear Dunes National Shoreline
- Late afternoon encounter by hunters scouting for deer between Cadillac and Manton
- Memory told of a possible daylight sighting while driving deer on a farm east of Iron River
- Possible daylight sighting by a motorist near Mio.
- Possible daylight sighting by a mountain biker in the Pere Marquette State Forest
- Grandfather and grandson witness a big, black creature chasing a deer near Manistee
- Couple have multiple sightings at their home near Bark River
- Retired police officer describes possible nighttime sighting near Monroe
- Motorist is shocked by sighting on I-75 between Wolverine & Indian River
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- Possible sighting and vocalizations heard by a young man near Hillman
- Close encounter experienced while waiting for the school bus near Marion
- Two hunters experience possible sasquatch intimidation behavior near Pinckney State Recreation Area
- Bird hunter surprises a resting sasquatch near Curtisville
- Dusk sighting by two teenagers participating in the Youth Deer Hunt near Wolverine
- Woman describes foul odor and possible vocalizatons near home outside Charlevoix
- Man witnesses the sillouette of a tall creature while boiling sap near Sault Ste. Marie
- Large, unusual footprints observed in deep snow near Bass Lake
- Night Time Sighting by Motorist - South of Lupton
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- Possible vocals at property near the Allegan State Game Area
- Possible knocking heard in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
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- Possible tracks in snow near Gwinn
- Teenager encounters creature in the woods.
- Possible footprints found near Manistee
- Two bowhunters hear possible screams near Glennie
- Bigfoot sighting near Kalamazoo County, Michigan
- Possible vocalization heard at dusk by bowhunter near Glennie
- Couple relate possible sighting on their back deck and unexplained activity while camping near Hart
- Late afternoon sighting by two brothers near Baldwin
- Possible stalking of two people walking in the early evening near Lake Michigan and Gulliver Lake (Upper Peninsula)
- Possible daylight sighting by backwoods motorist couple near Huron National Forest
- Possible ongoing activity outside Whittemore
- Two men hear a screech, see a Bigfoot neae the woods' edge
- Possible footprint and chatter outside Wetmore
- Vacationer hears possible howls at night near Henderson Lake
- Resident reports numerous incidents in his neighborhood outside Allen, near borders of MI, IN and OH
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- Possible sighting by a motorist avoiding deer west of Escanaba
- Possible wood knocks and sticks thrown cause campers to leave early south of Traverse City
- Teenager sights man-like creature in the woods near freeway.
- Former police officer has encounter in the woods.
- Disoriented coon hunter is followed out of the woods and experiences possible intimidation near Buckley
- Howls heard, creature seen running through woods
- Loud vocalization heard near gravel pit
- Young man sees strange animal running down road under streetlight
- Possible footprints found in snow outside Marquette
- Deer hunter watches large bipedal animal in Rifle River State Park
- Bigfoot tries to hide under brush, leaves legs exposed
- Multiple years of wood knocking and primate-like behavior described by a soldier hunting near Manistee
- Air National Guardsman describes being ushered out of the woods culminating in a nighttime sighting from his car near the Presque Isle Lighthouse
- Former Michigan native recalls possible activity near National City
- Two bikers hear strange sound near "Lost Nation"
- Woman describes roadside sighting
- Two cars stop to let pair of BF cross the road
- Nighttime sighting on CR550 outside Marquette
- Hunters hear loud vocalization
- Partridge hunter has a daylight sighting while driving from Germfask
- Scientist hears nocturnal vocalizations near Ontanagon.
- Late night sighting by motorist on 19 Mile Rd. near Greenville
- Nighttime sighting by four witnesses, near Plainwell
- Teen walking in woods sees glowing eyes, dark figure
- Man makes eye contact with creature on road
- Father and sons hear screams while deerhunting near Gay
- 2 witnesses see a BF at night in the headlights
- 2 Friends with a flashlight watch a BF late at night
- Possible early evening sighting at a cemetery outside Escanaba
- Family members describe possible nighttime vocalizations heard over the years near Prescott
- Bare, wide footprints seen in the mud of a February thaw
- Teens shining for deer have a scary encounter near Kingsley
- Possible intimidation experienced by two bow hunters near Cadillac
- Bigfoot sighting near Alpena, Michigan
- Drives around curve, sees a bigfoot step into the treeline
- Odd sounds and animal behavior from the forest cause woman concern
- Harrisville, Alcona County, Michigan
- Macomb County, Michigan
- Possible nighttime activity while camping and a chimp-like animal seen lifeless in the road near New Era
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- Footprints, sometimes in pairs, seen periodically on family property
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Trucker recounts possible early morning experience while making a delivery outside Spring Arbor
- Bigfoot sighting near Greenland, Michigan
- Woman recalls her early morning sighting of a sasquatch east of Brimley
- Father describes possible late night vocalizations heard by his boys near Willis
- Daylight sighting of a white creature while walking near Thompsonville
- Daylight sighting in woods behind high school outside Houghton Lake
- Having morning coffee and looking out the window, man sees tall black "ape" walking in his woods
- Woman recalls daylight sighting while driving and a possible incident at a home east of Gaylord
- Creature hurls object at hunter.
- While bird hunting in the woods witness observed " something " dark brown, seven feet tall, running extremely fast through the woods.
- creature screamed twice
- Sisters have nighttime sighting near Buckley.
- 15-16 inch and 8-10 inch very fresh tracks found in the mud.
- Macomb County MI 1998
- Group Has Late Night Visitor to Their Bonfire
- witness describes an "ape-like" creature along a road.
- Daylight multi-witness road-crossing sighting just outside Gladstone (MI-UP)
- Witness heard screams coming from the direction of the hay field.
- Two men see a bigfoot cross a road near Rose City
- Possible Sighting by Deer Hunter in the Ottawa National Forest
- Man tells of sighting of two creatures while shining for deer near Beaverton
- Bikers have daylight sighting near Marquette
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- Possible dusk sighting near Lake Hudson State Park
- Mother and son find footprints in woods near Nunica
- Bigfoot sighting near Detroit, Michigan
- Detroit County, Michigan
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- Two people spot a 7-8 foot tall creature walking on two legs.
- Young ape-like creature seen squatting on a tree limb near Shingleton
- Man recalls a possible brief sighting near Buchanan, while looking for dog
- 8' tall bigfoot crosses a road in one bound
- Rock hunters watch tall upright figure along Lake Superior near Newberry
- Bigfoot sighting near Caro, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Recollection of a possible road crossing at dusk near Roscommon
- Hunter tells of his daylight encounter while baiting bear outside Lewiston
- Bigfoot sighting near Mayville, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Witness hears scream, sees large 2-legged figure covered with hair
- Bigfoot sighting near Mio, Michigan
- Horseback rider has close range sighting in jackpine forest
- Woman remembers unnerving interactions near Ashley
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Oakland County, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Lake Township, Michigan
- Foley Swamp, Oscoda County, Michigan
- Nighttime sighting by three in car, near Mt. Pleasant
- Bow hunter recalls a small Bigfoot playing peek-a-boo with him east of Grayling
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- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Van Buren County, Michigan Decatur
- Possible bluff charge toward a hunter in a blind near Copemish
- Daylight sighting by hunters near Gwinn (Upper Peninsula)
- Hunter recalls incidents near Pecks Lake
- Oscoda County, Michigan 1989
- Man recounts two experiences with bigfoot while camping in the Lower Peninsula
- Bigfoot sighting near Hillsdale, Michigan
- Multiple encounters, multiple witnesses, dating back to 60's
- Glennie
- Piercing scream heard by hunters.
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- Wood knocking and tree shaking noticed while deer hunting
- Witness observes strange "monkey-like" animal from bedroom window.
- Man recalls scary incidents as a teenager on his family's farm SW of Mt. Pleasant
- Man describes road sighting in teen years near Pine Stump Junction
- Campers have strange encounter near swamp in the Upper Peninsula
- Hunters endure hour-long, intimidation behavior by unseen aggressor(s)
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- Man recounts sounds, smells in rural residential area during youth
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- Bigfoot sighting near Davison, Michigan
- Possible stalking at rural school bus stop near Benzonia, Michigan
- Man recalls a sasquatch watching he and a group of teenagers taking a walk while camping near Houghton Lake
- Memory told of an early evening sighting at a migrant work camp in Bear Lake
- Three toed track found, grunting heard
- Teens find footprint in swampy ground near Interlochen
- Memory told of a possible encounter while deer hunting east of Manistee
- Series of accounts reported by witness.
- Hunter hears loud vocalizations as the animal moves around him, hunting partner hears it as well
- Two boys, out "hunting" with BB guns, witness a seven foot tall creature on two legs.
- witness heard footsteps.
- Bigfoot sighting near Vassar, Michigan
- Homeowner recalls a sighting outside her window and hearing strange vocalizations near Palo
- Bigfoot sighting near Vassar, Michigan
- Memory told of strange incidents while alone at a family hunting camp near Cornell
- Bigfoot sighting near Bentley, Michigan
- Motorist sighting on County Road 426 between Cornell and Watson
- Teen hears extremely loud vocalization along path near home
- Bigfoot sighting near Millington, Michigan
- Camper recounts late night experience and finds footprints near Interlochen
- Bigfoot sighting near Stockbridge, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Petoskey, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Augusta, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Croswell, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Clair County, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Yale, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Augustga, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Yale, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Yale, Michigan
- a family reports repeated encounters on their farm. (From newspaper articles.)
- Bigfoot sighting near Augusta, Michigan
- Campers are harrassed by screams, tent is damaged by unseen creature.
- Bigfoot sighting near Moorestown, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Peck, Michigan
- Passenger recalls a nighttime sighting near Brooklyn
- Bigfoot sighting near Battle Creek, Michigan
- Man recalls close range daylight sighting while squirrel hunting near Monroe
- Two firefighters have near collision with animal north of Houghton Lake.
- Fisherman recalls being startled by late night encounter on Fletcher Pond near Hillman
- Bigfoot sighting near Millington, Michigan
- Near Bendon, woman and daughter recall their daylight sighting from automobile
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- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Sighting by two teenagers in woods near Albion
- Bow hunter remembers possible intimidation behavior near Grand Rapids
- Bigfoot sighting near Dansville, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Forest Twsp, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Mayville, Michigan
- Motorist describes nighttime sighting/encounter in headlights on US-2, west of St. Ignace
- Bigfoot sighting near Comins, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Millington, Michigan
- Couple sees 7-8' tall "ape-like creature" in Tuttle Marsh
- Bigfoot sighting near Augusta, Michigan
- Avid hiker recalls years of experience living in an area with what local people called the "Shadow People" near Montague
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- Bigfoot sighting near Millington, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Lansing, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Sears, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Sears, Michigan
- Man recalls spotting a sasquatch watching him while hunting deer north of Grand Rapids
- Bigfoot sighting near Millington, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Mayville, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Big Rapids, Michigan
- Woman wakes to find sasquatch staring at her son while in her car
- Bigfoot sighting near Concord, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Fowlerville, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Rexton, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Dansville, Michigan
- Woman recalls being paralyzed by fear during childhood sighting near Lake Hudson State Park
- Bigfoot sighting near Mason, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Mason, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Bay City, Michigan
- Nighttime sighting by Air Force personnel near Seney National Wildlife Refuge
- Juvenile Bigfoot crosses road and clears a fence near Fowlerville
- Bigfoot sighting near Ionia, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Oil City, Michigan
- Memory told of a possible nighttime sighting by a teenager snowmobiling south of Houghton Lake
- Nighttime sighting remembered while driving southeast of Kalkaska
- Bigfoot sighting near Barrytown, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Caro, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Caro, Michigan
- Mecosta County, Michigan 1977
- Witness and cousin see "hairy brown man-like creature" watching them
- Bigfoot sighting near Traverse City, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Otter Lake, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Harrison, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Lake Ann, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Interlochen, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Honor, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Lake Ann, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Large Hairy Arm Knocks in Window Screen
- Bigfoot report in Benzie County, MI 1977
- Bigfoot sighting near Grayling, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Lapeer, Michigan
- Long term possible Sasquatch interactions on a farm near New Era beginning in the mid 1970's
- ape-like creature seen by witnesses.
- Bigfoot: Childhood sighting recalled, Oscoda Michigan 1976...
- Bigfoot sighting near Edenville, Michigan
- Cub Scouts see two different colored creatures
- Motorist has nighttime sighting of animal near Marshall
- Man recalls family experiencing possible intimidation near Ann Arbor
- Observer hears scream changing to low "demonic" chuckle
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Man recalls childhood incident near Grayling
- Bigfoot sighting near Bay City, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Comins, Michigan
- BF shakes bush and screams at 2 hunters
- Snowmobiler finds large barefoot tracks in upper peninsula of Michigan
- Family finds large footprint, and hears unusual sounds
- Teenager views runner covered in hair near Michigamme
- Dusk sighting by two women near Three Lakes (w/sketch by artist)
- Bigfoot sighting near Watersmeet, Michigan
- Bigfoot: Chippewa County, Brimley, Michigan
- Westmoreland County PA 2002
- Bigfoot sighting near Ishpeming, Michigan
- Multiple childhood interactions recalled by a woman who grew up near Kalamazoo
- Bigfoot sighting near Port Huron, Michigan
- Hunter recalls a possible encounter during deer season near St. Helen
- Woman remembers childhood sighting near Rogers City
- Man recalls walking home from the bus stop and observing a Bigfoot taking off across a field near Midland
- Bigfoot sighting near Rudyard, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting near Munroe, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Apelike creature seen by children on a sand dune near Caseville
- Afternoon highway crossing near Felch
- Bigfoot sighting near Sister Lakes, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting near Sister Lakes, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Eight foot tall creature seen standing under a tree at family cabin
- Man recalls multi-witness sighting in teen years near Manistique
- Man recalls encounter he had as a teenager near Kalkaska
- Possible Evening Encounter by Woman on Horseback near Union
- Bigfoot sighting near Sister Lakes, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting near Charlotte, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Witness recalls a childhood face to face daylight sighting near his home and night vocalizations outside Gaylord
- Memory told of a possible daylight sighting while playing in the woods in Eben Junction
- 1940's newspaper article - 40 Skeletons found
- Bigfoot sighting near Saginaw, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- A family observes a small group of bigfoots swim across White Lake.
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting near Hillsdale, Michigan
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Cass County, MI The Dewey Lake Monster 1946
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Michigan, United States
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