1 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,600 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,440 In this episode we're talking about Bigfoot reports from 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,080 Michigan. That's correct, Bigfoot reports 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,840 from Michigan. Found these over on bfro.net. 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,360 Really cool site. This first one is dated May 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:25,200 18th, 2025. It says father and son fisherman 7 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,560 have a close encounter with a Bigfoot halfway between Toledo 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,240 and Detroit. Now this is down in the 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:36,080 southeast corner of Michigan, not far from the coast of Lake 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,480 Erie. They're pretty wild. 11 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:42,320 I looked this up, they've got some good map pictures here and 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,280 this doesn't look like it's that far from the city where this 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,760 thing was spotted at. Tells us that this is in Monroe 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,440 County. Location details I-75 to 15 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:57,040 Placeance Rd. exit behind the jail near the quarry in the back 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:00:59,760 and then we have investigator notes. 17 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,599 The two witnesses entered and exited the area from where 18 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:08,080 Winchester St. terminates at the railroad bed. 19 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,080 West side of the railroad north of Plum Creek. 20 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,720 These GPS coordinates are not precise. 21 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,960 This point is in the marsh near the railroad tracks, but it's 22 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,680 otherwise off the mark from where the incident occurred. 23 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,680 At the time of this posting. I'm still awaiting precise 24 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,480 coordinates. I wanted to post this report 25 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,200 because the incident happened this morning. 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,280 This GPS point is definitely in the Martian near the railroad 27 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,560 bid mentioned in this report. And then it says nearest town 28 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,160 Monroe, nearest road I-75 observed. 29 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,360 I was bow fishing today with my son around 11:30 AM. 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,040 We walked down the Creek, that's Plum Creek, past four railroad 31 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,240 bridges and headed into the marsh. 32 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,280 About 100 yards into the marsh, the dog scared up something that 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,200 had been bedded down there. Trees were shaking. 34 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,160 We thought it was a group of deer. 35 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:03,160 We continued another 200 yards to the Creek basin in the marsh. 36 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,200 I noticed she's talking about the tree shaking Trees, plural 37 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,320 shaking, something we hear an awful lot when these things are 38 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,480 stumbled upon. We sat and enjoyed the wildlife 39 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,720 for a little while. We headed back through the 40 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:21,080 cocktails and saw a lot of deer beds on the way to the on the 41 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,040 way to the first bridge. We crossed the first bridge and 42 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,480 wore between that and the second bridge when we heard sirens in 43 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,440 the distance. My son said do you hear that? 44 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,040 I set down my bow and arrow to get out my cell phone and 45 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,240 earbuds. I wanted to listen to the police 46 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,600 scanner app on my phone to see what was happening. 47 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,720 My son was behind me and the dog was off to the right. 48 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,880 All of a sudden I heard rustling in the trees to the left and 49 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,240 then a huge thud hitting the ground. 50 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:56,160 A big, heavy animal dropped from the tree, crouched, and started 51 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,000 moving toward me through the brush. 52 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,320 My dog shot off from my right toward the creature. 53 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,680 The dog almost got to it, but the creature took off extremely 54 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,160 fast through the trees and brush. 55 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,680 The dog chased it up the slope over the train tracks. 56 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,520 I called for my dog to come back. 57 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,200 My son said holy crap, what was that? 58 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,880 It was as big as a bear, but it looked like a gorilla. 59 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,040 We started walking back, but then we heard something 60 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,920 crunching the ground behind us. We left. 61 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,480 Yeah, I guess I could see why you would maybe want to vacate 62 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,120 the area. It says other witnesses to other 63 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,480 stories. Since 1963 we have found 64 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,360 numerous newspaper articles. Time and conditions. 11:30 AM. 65 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,280 Environment, swamp, forest, railroad tracks. 66 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,440 Follow up investigation by BFO investigator Matthew Moneymaker. 67 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,160 I spoke with Edward and his 12 year old son by phone 68 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:52,520 separately. Both are credible and very clear 69 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,400 about what happened to them this morning. 70 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,520 Edward is 47. He was born and raised in the 71 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,680 area and earns a good living in the demolition trade. 72 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,720 I asked many questions about what they saw and what the 73 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,720 animal did enough to determine that it was not a bear. 74 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,800 It was a large dark furred primate that ran up a slope on 2 75 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,519 legs looking like a gorilla from behind. 76 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,240 Yes, that would be Bigfoot. The animal was roughly 10 feet 77 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,680 up the tree when it jumped down. At no point was it facing the 78 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,600 two witnesses. The moment they got the clearest 79 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,000 look was when it was ascending the embankment. 80 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,800 They saw the hairy back and large buttocks clearly for a few 81 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,120 seconds. The animal was not on all fours. 82 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,240 It raced up the slope on 2 legs, but was hunched forward. 83 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,000 And that posture, It was nearly 6 feet tall. 84 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,840 The sunset. It would have been much taller 85 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:53,000 if it were standing upright. The incident happened so fast 86 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,160 that there was no time to attempt a photo. 87 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,720 The entire encounter lasted less than 10 seconds. 88 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,040 It happened completely by surprise. 89 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,640 No one would have gotten a photo during that initial shock. 90 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,520 The marsh area around Tamarack Creek is full of deer. 91 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,840 No hunting is allowed there, only fishing. 92 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,280 So deer reside in the marsh and woods year round. 93 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,040 There are also many cactails which Bigfoot consume along with 94 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,520 deer, especially in winter. There are likely additional food 95 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,360 sources in the area. Satellite images of this marsh 96 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,320 may lead some to believe it's too close to development for 97 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,640 Bigfoot's, but this forest and marsh pocket connects to other 98 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,080 greenbelts and farm lands. Deer enter and exit along the 99 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,000 railroad easements heading South. 100 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,000 It's not far along the tracks from Tamarack Creek to large 101 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,560 farm fields that are open and dark at night. 102 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,560 Bigfoot often walk along railroad beds for long 103 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,520 distances. Those beds can bring them into 104 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:59,000 wooded pockets surprisingly close to towns, as in this case. 105 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:03,400 That says, why might Bigfoot prefer a large forest and marsh 106 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,000 pocket near a town? The closer a natural area is to 107 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,640 town, the more likely hunting is forbidden there to prevent stray 108 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,680 rounds. These areas become a de facto 109 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,400 safe haven for deer herds. Bigfoot follow deer, so they 110 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,960 sometimes end up in wood wooded pockets near towns like Monroe 111 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,920 when food sources, plant animals are abundant. 112 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,680 Yeah, I could see that. Just imagine being hot there 113 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,400 fishing in this marsh area and this giant Bigfoot jumps down 114 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,480 out of a tree. I'm a 10 foot to the ground, it 115 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,160 says. I mean that is really something. 116 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:43,720 This next encounter is dated February 22nd, 23rd and 24th of 117 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:48,040 of 2022. This happened in Mackinac 118 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,400 County, it says. Location details. 119 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,600 We were staying at a multi cabin resort on the South side of the 120 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,280 lake. I would rather not mention the 121 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:57,080 name to protect the owner's privacy. 122 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,080 Now this actually happened. It says wood knocks at night in 123 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:05,560 the UP Big Manistique Lake, east side of Sydney Refuge. 124 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,520 On the map you can see this is up in the UP of Michigan Upper 125 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,760 Peninsula and it's over on the western edge, so toward 126 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:17,240 Wisconsin. Looks like a really, really 127 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,400 remote area to me out there just kind of in the middle of 128 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,760 nowhere. It says location details and 129 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,640 then it goes on. It says nearest town Curtis, 130 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,280 nearest road H 42 Curtis Rd. Observed. 131 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:35,240 We were staying on the southwest side of Big Manistique Lake in a 132 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,960 lakeside cabin. It was February and very cold 133 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,520 with heavy snow cover. We were there for five nights, 134 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,880 and every night I would go out for a cigarette before bed. 135 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,000 On the three consecutive nights, shortly after stepping outside, 136 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,400 I heard a distinct, very loud knock in the woods. 137 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,720 It was often followed shortly afterward by additional knocks, 138 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,240 but further away in the distance it was extremely dark because I 139 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,920 left the outdoor light off. I don't know if it was a Bigfoot 140 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,360 trees cracking in the cold or Bigfoot hunters knocking to each 141 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,200 other, but I certainly know what I heard. 142 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,240 I'm not necessarily a skeptic, but I wouldn't call myself a 143 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,600 believer A believer either. I'm open to the idea. 144 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,600 Yeah, I'm thinking that a tree cracking is going to sound quite 145 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,640 a bit different than an actual wood knocking. 146 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,480 I also noticed nothing. Witnesses myself. 147 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,800 Other stories. I've heard stories in bars while 148 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,640 snowmobiling up there. I always chalk it up to camp for 149 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,799 a talk or locals trying to sell souvenirs. 150 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,080 I always figured that if someone had a real encounter, they would 151 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,840 probably keep it to themselves. Time and conditions 152 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,960 Approximately 10:00 PM. Single digit cold, very still 153 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,480 heavy snow cover mostly clear. Very dark with a Crescent moon 154 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,760 environment. Large lake to the north, pioneer 155 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,960 Birch forest to the South, not far from the Sydney National 156 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,680 Wildlife Refuge. Yeah, pretty strange, yeah. 157 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:01,840 Could just imagine being up there in this really remote 158 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,920 cabin area, hearing these wood knocks coming in from out in the 159 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,240 distant forest. Kind of a little spooky, 160 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:12,000 actually. This sighting is dated this 161 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:17,400 Saturday, January 30th, 2021. Coyote hunters observe upright 162 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,200 figure at night in the wood line with glowing yellowish eyes 163 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:27,400 outside Faith Horn and it says Menominee County location 164 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,360 details investigator money maker notes for Google Maps link to 165 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,440 the location nearest town Faith Horn nearest Rd. 166 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,200 Menominee County Road 388 observed. 167 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,240 We are cut. We were coyote hunting and when 168 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,320 we first sat down my buddy said did you hear that? 169 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,440 I said hear what? Then he told me it sounded like 170 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,920 a wood knock. I didn't think much of it and we 171 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:53,720 began calling for about 30 minutes. 172 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,680 After 30 minutes of calling, I stood up to scan the field edge. 173 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,760 When I scanned I saw two huge glowing eyes and a tense 174 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,560 yellowish color unlike anything I've ever seen. 175 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,400 They were high enough off the ground that my first thought was 176 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:12,800 the land owners had put up a reflective sign up in a tree. 177 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,240 I scoped in on it and realized that whatever it was, it was 178 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,320 hiding behind a tree and looking around it. 179 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,600 My buddies began scoping in on it too. 180 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,720 Then the figure crouched down low to the ground and looked 181 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,600 around to the other side of the tree. 182 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:34,560 It disappeared for about 10 seconds, then popped up about 10 183 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:38,280 yards to the right at where it had been, again looking around a 184 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,040 tree. When we all scoped in we clearly 185 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,120 saw it crouched down like a person and then it vanished. 186 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,520 I've been in the woods my entire life and I've seen all sorts of 187 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,080 eyes shine, but tonight I saw something unexplainable. 188 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,760 Oh man, that's really a cool sighting. 189 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,000 Also I noticed my buddy had told me about 40 minutes before the 190 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,760 sighting that he thought he heard it would not, but we 191 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,120 laughed it off at the time. Other witnesses at 3 hunting 192 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,440 with me, Other stories. No time and conditions at 9:30 193 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,720 PM. Full moon cloudy, slight breeze. 194 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,600 Environment. Large agricultural field 195 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,680 surrounded by nearby swamp. Follow up investigation by BFR 196 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:22,200 investigator Rich Meyer after communicating with Tyler. 197 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,920 We have more details to add to this incident. 198 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,520 The eyeshine changed in intensity depending on whether 199 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,160 it was illuminated by moonlight or by the spotlight. 200 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,800 The eyes appeared to be roughly the size of a bicycle reflector. 201 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:38,960 That's big. Before the eyeshine was 202 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,800 observed, the dogs at a neighboring house began whining, 203 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,360 barking and acting strangely. I know the neighbor. 204 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:49,480 The dogs are trained to hunt bear and raccoon and are 205 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,800 generally quiet in their kennels. 206 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,880 Tyler hunts this field every weekend and is very familiar 207 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,720 with the surrounding area and with both wild and domestic 208 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,360 animals. The coyotes were unusually quiet 209 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,880 that evening. The hunting party was using a 210 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:08,320 Fox Pro call with a deer in distress sound. 211 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:13,440 Tyler uses a Vortex Razor HD 20 by 50 scope on his rifle. 212 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:18,160 The area has sufficient cover, food and water to support 213 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,680 Bigfoot says well as several possible exit routes from the 214 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:25,880 exciting location. This is update 4923. 215 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,920 I spoke with one of the other coyote hunters from that night. 216 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:34,240 He had no knowledge that this report existed and is a skeptic. 217 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,000 Without being prompted or asked any leading questions, he 218 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,600 confirmed the eye collar, height, distance and overall 219 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:45,120 circumstances of the sighting. Before this encounter, these 220 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,680 hunters use this field every other weekend. 221 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,320 Since the incident, they have not returned to hunt this 222 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,040 location. That's kind of funny. 223 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,320 Yeah, I guess you could be skeptic, but at the same time 224 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,120 not feeling like you want to go back there and have a another 225 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,400 run in with this thing. It's funny how people's minds 226 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,640 work sometimes. That's a strange one. 227 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,360 This one happened in the fall, September. 228 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,640 It says 1998. First week of first week of bird 229 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,440 season which starts September 15th. 230 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,600 Haunted the area all week. My son was dropped off to me on 231 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,280 the 18th. That was the day. 232 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:24,280 State Michigan County. Alpena County location details. 233 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:29,320 160 acre private property, mostly wooded with small 5 acre 234 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,520 sections. Clear cut about every five 235 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,400 years. Bounded mostly by farmland. 236 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:39,520 Heavy swamp only 3/4 of a mile from the Thunder Bay area. 237 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:45,000 Field of travel Crossing property lines without crossing 238 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,920 a road is about 1.9 to 4 1/2 miles nearest town. 239 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:54,280 Alpena nearest Rd. Long Rapids Rd. 240 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,200 Observed while bird hunting with my son. 241 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:01,120 We heard a rustle. As any bird hunter would, I 242 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,040 raised my gun, expecting, based on the sound, to see a deer 243 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,040 startled from sleep. Instead, I glimpsed something 244 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,560 quickly moving between the trees, about 8 feet apart, over 245 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:15,520 the ferns and just below the lowest tree branches. 246 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,800 Admittedly, this entire sighting lasted no more than three 247 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,400 seconds. It was a very quiet day with 248 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:25,280 almost no breeze. It wasn't so much what I saw, 249 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:30,040 but what I heard or didn't hear. If I were deaf, I could have 250 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:31,720 dismissed it as a human trespasser. 251 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,840 It was completely dark brown, about 7 feet tall, and running 252 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,760 extremely fast through the ferns, branches and sparse 253 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:43,840 deadfall, yet doing so silently. It was not a bear. 254 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,760 I was not a believer in Bigfoot. I tried telling myself it was a 255 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,520 deer leaping because of the silence and upright posture 256 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,880 covering roughly 11 yards. Acceptable, right? 257 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,240 But then I looked at my son. The pure white fear on his face 258 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:03,400 said otherwise. Also noticed nothing unusual has 259 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,600 ever occurred to this location, nor have I heard stories about 260 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,560 anything odd happening here. Please note I was not a believer 261 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:15,120 in Bigfoot at the time or even a year after the 1998 bird opener. 262 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,640 My son's facial expression has matched was matched only by my 263 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,640 own. I was terrified by the unknown. 264 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:23,720 I've come to terms with what I saw. 265 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,400 It wasn't a bear, a deer, or a trespasser. 266 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,720 I'm only 38 years old. Throughout my years of hunting 267 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,240 and fishing, I've seen many animals, but many still elude 268 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,320 me. I've only seen a wild boar once 269 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,200 crossing a highway. I've only seen a bobcat once 270 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,960 while walking through land. I was considered I was 271 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,800 considering buying. If I seldom see these animals 272 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,040 while sitting motionless in a tree line, how many others have 273 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,520 passed unnoticed? It's a good question. 274 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,960 Other witnesses? I questioned my son as soon as I 275 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,040 could speak. My mind was still trying to 276 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,280 convince itself of a rational explanation. 277 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,400 My body was shaking and my speech was obviously stuttered. 278 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,800 He heard the initial rustle but couldn't pinpoint anything 279 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,320 afterward due to the silence. He did not see what I saw. 280 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,560 His fear came entirely from the look on my face. 281 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,720 He was nine years old at the time. 282 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:19,320 We've Hudded together several times and of course he knows me 283 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,000 well enough to recognize when something is seriously wrong. 284 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,320 This environment, the 160 acres, includes a swamp, clear cuts, a 285 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,120 small field in Old Forest. The sighting occurred 180 yards 286 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:37,000 from the field, 150 yards from the cut and 50 yards from a very 287 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,640 mild swamp in Old Woods with new growth. 288 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,920 We were on a four Wheeler path about 60 yards from the subject. 289 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,640 Yeah, it sounds like a pretty substantial sighting. 290 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,040 Very strange. This encounter happened on July 291 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:58,720 31st, 2013. Alcona County, Michigan location 292 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,280 details on Jewel Lake near Barton City nearest town Barton 293 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:06,920 City nearest road to Stout Rd. My girlfriend, son and I are up 294 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,359 at Barton City on Jewel Lake at 2:00 AM. 295 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,440 We were night fishing in a boat close to shore. 296 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,640 Rocks were being thrown at us. I've been coming up here for 37 297 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,319 years and I've never had anything like this happen. 298 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,359 These were big rocks, big perplunks and splices and it 299 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,760 only happened when we reached a certain point of the lake. 300 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,440 Never in all my years have I experienced anything like this. 301 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,000 This happened less than an hour ago and we are freaked out. 302 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,400 Contact me. My name is Mike. 303 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,600 I guess that really had an impact on him, huh? 304 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,480 This is time and conditions 2:00 AM. 305 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,840 Clear and bright environment, edge of the lake, Dark wooded 306 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:47,680 area overshadowing the shoreline. 307 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,560 Follow up investigation by BFRO investigator Kim Fleming. 308 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,360 The witness was sitting around a campfire with friends and family 309 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,920 around 11:00 PM when he and his friend's son decided to go 310 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,600 fishing. It was a beautiful clear 70° 311 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,000 night and the lake was calm. They launched their boat near 312 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,720 the northwest shore of Jewel Lake and headed South Down the 313 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,040 shoreline about 200 yards from their cabin. 314 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,240 They were approximately 50 yards from shore, casting toward the 315 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:20,200 bank using hoodle popper lures. After three cast, a startling 316 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,400 experience occurred. A huge rock hit the water right 317 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,800 near where the lure had landed. These were huge rocks. 318 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,440 They were large enough to make a capulsul sound when hitting the 319 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,280 water. The first rock hit about 20 320 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,840 yards away. The third one landed roughly 10 321 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,480 yards from the boat. At that point, the two fishermen 322 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:45,680 decided to head back in. I am an avid hunter and I know 323 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,000 what's out in the woods. No one could have thrown rocks 324 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,280 that large that far. The witness reported that 325 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:55,400 shortly before the rocks were thrown, they heard movement on 326 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,880 the Ridge just above the shoreline. 327 00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:03,040 The witness has fished Jewel Lake for nearly 40 years and has 328 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:05,400 never experienced anything like this. 329 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,560 He noted that there were few people at the cabins or the lake 330 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,120 that day and he believes that they were probably the only ones 331 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,400 on the water that night. He also stated that if kids had 332 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,480 been messing with them, they would have heard giggling, 333 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,640 running or other movements noises. 334 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,880 He couldn't see anything on the shore and has no explanation for 335 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,480 what happened. After the third rock hit, the 336 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,280 hair on the back of my neck stood up. 337 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,600 Both fishermen decided it was time to get off the lake. 338 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,360 They returned to the cabin with no further incident. 339 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,360 The entire event lasted about 10 minutes. 340 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,400 Jewel Lake is located within the Huron National Forest, which 341 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,600 contains abundant wilderness with plenty of covering both 342 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,480 large and small game. The incident took place in an 343 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,720 area where dense forest covers most of the western shoreline 344 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:58,200 with minimal lake access. I've been up around these places 345 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,960 before and I've been, I've done a lot of fishing in Michigan. 346 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:06,920 There's a lot of really, it's just wilderness area and pretty 347 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,800 unlikely, I would think that there would be these random kids 348 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,280 out there throwing these huge rocks at people if they were, 349 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,360 they're pretty stupid. I mean, you could, you could 350 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:18,720 kill somebody tossing a rock, talking, you know, tossing large 351 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,880 rocks off a Cliff like that. Really, really intimidating 352 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,000 behavior there, goes on and says about BFR investigator Kim 353 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,880 Fleming. Kim is a high school science 354 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,360 teacher who incorporates Bigfoot research techniques into 355 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:33,440 teaching the into teaching the scientific method. 356 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,560 She has been interested in Bigfoot research since 2008 and 357 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,600 her husband had a sighting in Florida in 1976. 358 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:43,400 Her interests include hiking, outdoor activities, birding, and 359 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:48,160 working with young adults. Kim attended the 2012 and 2013 360 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:52,040 Michigan UP expeditions and has conducted research in northern 361 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,280 Michigan. Yeah, I really like the way that 362 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,320 they involve so many people in this BFRO. 363 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,400 What a great organization here to bring in these accounts to 364 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,640 life for people to to enjoy. We'll do three more here and 365 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,120 wrap this up. This sighting is listed as one 366 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:12,520 of 1974 Berrien County, Michigan location details. 367 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:16,920 The area where this occurred was bordered on the north by I-94 368 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,880 Exit 23, on the South by the Lincoln Township Public 369 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,600 Cemetery, directly behind our house, on the east by the 370 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,800 north-south railway tracks with a factory in woods beyond, and 371 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,880 on the West by Saint Joseph Ave. which leads from the highway 372 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,760 into downtown Stevensville about a mile South. 373 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,960 About a half a mile West of the house is a very hilly wooded 374 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,840 dunes area that runs along Lake MI shoreline. 375 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:48,480 Lake MI is roughly one mile due West of the house nearest town, 376 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,520 Stevensville, MI nearest Rd. I lived in one of the five 377 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,760 houses on Marquette Woods Rd. between Saint Joseph Ave. and 378 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,480 the railroad tracks that crossed Marquette Woods. 379 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,600 Across the street were another 5 or 6 houses and behind them was 380 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:07,200 the Exit 23 interchange on I-94. Observed. 381 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,560 I was around 12 years old and watching my 4 younger brothers 382 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,800 one evening while my parents went out for a few drinks when I 383 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,240 heard something that scared me like nothing else ever before 384 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,320 since. It terrified me so badly that I 385 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,680 was too embarrassed to ever mention it to my parents, 386 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,600 certain they would ridicule me for making such such an 387 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,160 unbelievable claim without any evidence. 388 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,000 I had sent my brothers to bed about an hour earlier and was 389 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,280 lying on the living room couch watching television around 11:00 390 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:40,160 PM when I heard a noise outside the window directly behind the 391 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,960 couch. It was very loud and extremely 392 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,320 close right outside the window against the side of the house, 393 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,720 close enough that I could hear an intake of breath from 394 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,960 whatever made it. The sound horrified me because I 395 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,680 had never heard anything like it. 396 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,400 It began as a howling scream, like something dying, and then 397 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,480 gradually shifted into a gurgling chuckle like laugh that 398 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,240 lasted maybe 10 seconds. I had heard many screams from 399 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,600 both humans and animals, rabbits, deer, dogs, cats, 400 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,480 raccoons, and possums, but this sounded like none of them, not 401 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:17,040 even remotely, and I had never heard anything except a human 402 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,960 produce an actual laugh. What I heard did not sound human 403 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,560 at all, for lack of a better description. 404 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,440 It sounded evil, and I was so terrified that I waited about 30 405 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,120 minutes before gathering the courage to put on boots and a 406 00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:33,120 jacket, grab a flashlight, and go outside to investigate. 407 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:38,360 It was midwinter and had been snowing since early evening, so 408 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:40,440 several inches of fresh snow covered the ground. 409 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,680 But after searching all around the house and yard I couldn't 410 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,480 find a single track showing what had made the sound. 411 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,880 The gap between the house where the sound came from is about 12 412 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:54,120 to 15 feet wide with a shrub line roughly 6 feet from the 413 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:57,200 side of the house, and snow there was completely 414 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,160 undisturbed. This upset me even more because 415 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,880 I had been hoping that maybe a boy who lived a shoe doors down 416 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,680 had somehow managed to sneak over and scare me as a prank, 417 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,240 but I could not convince myself that the sound could have been 418 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,040 made by a human, nor realistically reproduced by any 419 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,120 portable recording device available to teens in the early 420 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:21,040 1970s. Telling myself it had to be a 421 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,800 prank had been the only reason I managed to muster the courage to 422 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,320 go outside at all. When I found nothing, I became 423 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,480 truly frightened and went back inside to wait until my parents 424 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,120 came home. I never associated this event 425 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:37,280 with Bigfoot until just a few days ago. 426 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,320 While reading some Bigfoot citing reports online as a lark, 427 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,520 I was amazed at how similar some of the reported sounds wore to 428 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,600 what I heard that night. In fact, just reading the 429 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,840 descriptions caused me to relive some of the terror I felt so 430 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,120 many years ago, and I've never been a person with phobias or 431 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:57,200 irrational fears. The scream was frightening, but 432 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,800 also as terrifying as the inhuman laugh it turned into 433 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,880 before fading away. I saw the word diabolical used 434 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,640 to describe a sound in one of the reports and I completely 435 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,840 agree. It was the most accurate 436 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,120 description I could imagine for what I heard. 437 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,760 I don't mind whether my account is believed or dismissed as 438 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,040 faults. I only want to share it in case 439 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,440 someone else reported something similar in the same place in 440 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,720 time, and perhaps my report can add some detail to other more 441 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,840 credible or better documented events. 442 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,680 Other witnesses, none other stories. 443 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,600 Thinking back, I remember in urban legend from my teenage 444 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,440 years about a family of primitive, possibly mentally 445 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:41,280 impaired mutants said to live in the deeply wooded dunes area 446 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,400 near the Lake MI shoreline between Stevensville and a small 447 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:50,920 town of Bridgeman 5 miles South. They were called Melon Heads, 448 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:53,200 supposedly with tall misshapen heads. 449 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,520 Teens would often drive back along the little 2 tractor roads 450 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,520 in the area to scare each other looking for the melon heads. 451 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,240 I have no idea how the story began or how long it had 452 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,040 existed, but it was common knowledge among kids when I was 453 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,400 growing up. As far as I know, the story is 454 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,800 still told today. That's weird time and 455 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,240 conditions. The time was close to midnight 456 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,760 around 11:00 PM. The night was moonless with with 457 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,720 low overcast light snowfall. When I went outside it was 458 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,080 extremely quiet and visibility was good due to the reflected 459 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:31,800 light from nearby businesses and the Interstate exit environment. 460 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,160 The neighborhood was rural residential at the time, about a 461 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,720 mile east of Lake MI, with plenty of heavily wooded areas 462 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,960 in nearly every direction. In the 1970s there were many 463 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,520 farms South and east of Stevensville, and although the 464 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,080 population has increased greatly since then, the region still 465 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,680 contains large areas of woods and open farmland. 466 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:55,920 The house across the street was an old farm with grapes, 467 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,360 Peaches, pears and cherries growing on A10 acre plot 468 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,160 bordered by the Interstate exit ramp and the railroad. 469 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:07,080 About 3/4 of a mile E is Hickory Creek and a deep, heavily wooded 470 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,840 ravine. The woods extended all the way 471 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,280 from the Creek up to the railroad tracks at the eastern 472 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,560 edge of the cemetery behind our house. 473 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:19,120 This is follow up investigation by BFR investigator Dr. Wolf H 474 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,760 Fehrenbach. The observer provided an 475 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:26,000 excellent and perspective description of the event which 476 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,760 occurred to the total silence of a snowy evening. 477 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,040 He emphasized how utterly frightening the sound was, 478 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,960 especially its unearthly human inhuman quality. 479 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:40,640 He noted that if the initial scream startling at a rabbit 480 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,440 scream pitch had not flowed continuously into the concluding 481 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:48,120 sound, a gravely low chuckle like laugh, he would never have 482 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:50,080 believed the two sounds came from the same creature. 483 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,080 He also noted the vocalization sounded so close and by 484 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,080 implications so powerful that he fully expected to find 485 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,120 footprints in the snow beneath the window. 486 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,000 However, the snow was completely undisturbed within the visible 487 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,440 area he surveyed. No dogs responded to the sound, 488 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,560 including the witness's own dog, which was nowhere to be seen 489 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,080 after the episode. Yeah, the dog might have been 490 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,200 hiding out. That's wild. 491 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,760 Do a couple more here. The sightings dated October 492 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,440 18th, 1979. Calhoun County, Michigan 493 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,880 Location details Albion north of I-94 on 29 Mile Rd. just north 494 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,400 of H Drive. The sighting occurred behind the 495 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,440 schoolhouse on the right, behind a swamp in old apple orchard. 496 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:41,240 Nearest town Albion nearest road 29 Mile Rd. north Observed It 497 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,640 was October, shortly after my birthday, getting chilly in the 498 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,800 late afternoon. My friend and I were bored so we 499 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,080 decided to go walking in the woods adjacent to my home, which 500 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,480 at the time was a one room schoolhouse my stepdad was 501 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,080 remodeling. We often took these walks 502 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,120 exploring or looking for cool places to build forts. 503 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,640 This time we went further back through an old apple orchard and 504 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:07,520 that's where it happened. As we were walking we both 505 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,480 noticed that it had become extremely quiet. 506 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,680 No birds, no animals, nothing. We were both amazed at the 507 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,440 silence. The wind picked up a little and 508 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:21,040 blew the leaves around. There were still a lot on the 509 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,800 trees. The sound of the leaves broke 510 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,680 the silence, so we started moving on. 511 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,520 I suddenly had a weird feeling of being watched. 512 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,480 I told my friend and he said he felt it too. 513 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,280 At that moment we both heard a loud thumping crunch. 514 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,920 I said did you hear that? He nodded yes, too afraid to 515 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,280 speak because it was loud and close, probably about 50 feet 516 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,400 away. It sounded like something had 517 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,240 stomped around. I said it came from over there, 518 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,320 and as I turned toward the direction of the noise, we both 519 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,160 saw a large, upright animal covered in hair. 520 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,360 It immediately moved into the deep brush and trees while 521 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,920 making a deep, throaty, uh, sound. 522 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:05,120 All we saw was a black roughly 3/4 of the way up the stomach, 523 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,320 the butt, and the left leg as it went into the brush. 524 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,200 It wasn't crouching, it was upright, as if it were simply 525 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,680 walking away. I took off running as fast as I 526 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:20,560 could toward my house about 350 feet away, through dense brush 527 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,360 and partial swamp and along a trail. 528 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,120 I didn't even think about my friend. 529 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,880 I just ran. When I stopped, he was right 530 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,480 behind me, which surprised me because I thought I could outrun 531 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,120 him. This thing's leg was at least as 532 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,200 tall as I was. I was about 5 foot 414 years 533 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,600 old. The hair was dark reddish and 534 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,880 some Gray mixed in, about 3 to 4 inches long and extremely thick. 535 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,200 It's leg alone was thicker than my whole body. 536 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,440 Out of the blue. My friend recently visited me. 537 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,360 We hadn't seen each other since high school and now we're both 538 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,680 in our 40's. The second thing he said to me 539 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,960 was do you remember what we saw behind your house? 540 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,480 I told him yeah, we saw Dang Bigfoot. 541 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,480 I don't think I've ever run that fast or that strong since, not 542 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,160 even when I was in the Marines. Since then I've always kept an 543 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:16,480 eye out for those critters. I guess I could imagine that it 544 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,440 says also noticed deep impressions in the ground, trees 545 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,520 broken, loud screens before and after. 546 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,400 At the same time we thought the screams were owls. 547 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,400 Now I know better. Other witnesses, my friend name 548 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,600 removed. We were just walking around. 549 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,840 My stepfather has since passed away. 550 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,000 Other stories Haven't heard of anyone else reporting anything 551 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,800 in this immediate area. Times and conditions around 4:00 552 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,680 to 5:00 PM and getting dark whether it was fair but 553 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,200 overcast. It had rained for a couple of 554 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,000 days prior. Environment and abandoned an 555 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,760 overgrown apple orchard with many sumac trees, chookberry and 556 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,520 thick brush bordering a swamp. The area included an old one 557 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:02,040 room schoolhouse. Like we know these things seem 558 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,560 to be attractive to apples. Follow up investigation report 559 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:09,640 by BFO investigator Eric Lester so that I spoke to the witness 560 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,880 by phone and found him to be very sincere about his 561 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,480 experience. Not many additional details can 562 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,680 be added to the report. When he saw the creature, it was 563 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,240 walking away from him, leaning forward as it moved into the 564 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,040 brush and trees. He knew it wasn't a bear or 565 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,240 moose and based on what he saw, he later estimated height that 566 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,400 nearly 9 feet tall. The impressions found later in 567 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,640 the soil were 2 1/2 to 3 inches deep. 568 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,920 That's pretty deep. While neither the witness or the 569 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,960 others with him were able to make impressions of any depth, 570 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:46,520 he also mentioned hearing heavy bipedal walking in the same area 571 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,480 on another occasion. Wow. 572 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,400 When I tell you what, that would really be kind of a frightening 573 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,000 experience. Very cool. 574 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,080 OK, we'll do one last one here. This last sighting stated as 575 00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,800 July of 1986 Delta County, Michigan. 576 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,760 Location details. To reach the location, turn off 577 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,120 US two at the top of which of White Fish Hill and drive down 578 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:12,080 County Road 511 past Road five O 9 to what is now the parking lot 579 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,400 at the head of the Rapid River Stemmobile Trail. 580 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,360 From there, take the road heading north into the woods. 581 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,200 After a minute or so, you'll come to a split. 582 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,360 Take the road to the right. You will come to a forced 583 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,000 service gate, which will likely be closed. 584 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,800 If it is, continue on foot up the road about 1/2 mile to the 585 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,840 site. If the gate is open, you can 586 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:35,280 drive in, but be careful if you don't have a four by four or 587 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,720 decent clearance. There has been significant 588 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,000 logging in the area, so the route is in now much different 589 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,080 condition than it was at the time, but the actual site is 590 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,120 mostly unchanged. If you've read the description 591 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,280 above, you'll recognize it when you reach the correct spot. 592 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,600 Nearest town Rapid River, nearest Rd. 593 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:56,400 County Road 511 slash US2 observed. 594 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,760 This took place in the summer of 1986. 595 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,400 Our friends and I decided to go on an overnight camping trip 596 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,480 about two miles from my friend's house. 597 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:10,440 There were three males and two females in total, ages 15 to 17. 598 00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:15,360 The area we chose to camp in was known to us, the Beaver pond. 599 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:19,080 My friend's father drove us to within 1/2 mile of the campsite 600 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,719 and we hiked the rest of the way with our tent and gear. 601 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:25,960 The area where we camped was on a Ridge running alongside an old 602 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:29,520 small lake. Our campsite set on top of the 603 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:34,040 Ridge on an old road used as a snowmobile trail during winter. 604 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,719 One side of the campsite drop steeply down to the water's 605 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,639 edge. The opposite side sloped down 606 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:45,199 into a swampy brush choked area on both ends of the Ridge of the 607 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:49,080 terrain sloped down into thicker woods after about 20 yards. 608 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,560 We arrived after dinner, probably around 6:00 or 6:30 PM. 609 00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:57,880 We set up a large yellow one room tent overlooking the lake. 610 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,480 We gathered firewood, made hamburgers and settled in. 611 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,920 As teenagers. We didn't plan on getting much 612 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,080 sleep. I should mention we were a 613 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,760 straight laced group. No alcohol or drugs were 614 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,280 involved. We stayed close to the campsite, 615 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,880 venturing only a few yards for wood or to the water's edge. 616 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,480 Around 1:00 or 1:30 AM, the first thing happened. 617 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,680 All of us had grown up in the Upper Peninsula and were very 618 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,200 familiar with the animals and sounds of the woods. 619 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:29,360 The first sound was distant, something like a screaming noise 620 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,880 a chimp might make. It was very faint, probably over 621 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,800 a mile away, coming from the direction of the swamp. 622 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,960 Since the swamp was only about 1/4 mile across, we assumed the 623 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,280 noise came from the pine forest beyond it. 624 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:46,760 Even though the sound was far away and short, it immediately 625 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:50,840 gave all of an uneasy feeling. We tried to rush it off and 626 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,040 return to our conversation, but a moment later it happened 627 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,960 again, much louder and closer this time. 628 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,800 I estimate it was 400 to 500 yards away. 629 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,680 Again, it was a lone screech lasting for two or three 630 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,720 seconds. After this one, none of us could 631 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:10,280 return to our conversation. We began discussing possible 632 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,800 explanations, but none of us had heard anything like it. 633 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:18,240 One person suggested it might be an animal, and he another said 634 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,120 maybe an animal was being killed. 635 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:24,480 Neither idea seemed right. We sat quietly, waiting to hear 636 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,200 more. After a few moments, the 637 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,560 screeching began in earnest. Whatever was making the sound 638 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,880 had come within 40 or 50 yards of our campsite at the base of 639 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:38,440 the Ridge on the swamp side. It seemed as though whatever it 640 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,520 was had made a Direct Line tortoise from the moment we 641 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,520 first heard it. The next three hours were truly 642 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,240 terrifying. The creature began moving around 643 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:49,400 our camp, always staying at the base of the Ridge. 644 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,040 It circled us completely, moving from one side of the lake to the 645 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,080 other. Sometimes we heard large 646 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,000 branches breaking, as if something heavy were moving 647 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,000 through the woods. Other times it moved silently. 648 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,760 Sometimes it screeched while circling and other times it 649 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,960 would screech from one spot and then without any sound of 650 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,880 movements, screech again moments later on the opposite side of 651 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,240 the camp. We shined our flashlights into 652 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:16,560 the woods but saw nothing. I can't recall if the creature 653 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,000 reacted to the lights, I don't think it did. 654 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,440 This went on for about 3 hours. Occasionally it would fall 655 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,360 silent for a few minutes before erupting again. 656 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,600 None of us had any idea what to do. 657 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,680 We were more frightened than any of us had ever been. 658 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:36,800 Our only weapons were two Rambo style hunting knives, popular 659 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,080 among teenage boys in the 1980s, and a couple of pocket knives. 660 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:44,320 We kept the fire burning strong. I remember a couple of times we 661 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,560 went into the tent to feel safer, but we would come out 662 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:49,520 again when the creature went quiet. 663 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,760 I think we were afraid it might sneak up on us. 664 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,840 The silence was almost worse than the noise because at least 665 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,240 when it screeched we knew where it was. 666 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,440 Around 4:00 AM the screeching stopped. 667 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:06,600 After a few minutes we heard one more scream several 100 yards 668 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,960 away and then another in the distance and then it was gone. 669 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:15,200 We did not sleep at first light. We took off at a jog down the 670 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,760 dirt Rd. toward the main road. In hindsight, I wish we had 671 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,680 searched for tracks for signs, but we just wanted to leave. 672 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,200 I do remember noticing that we saw no tracks on the on the 673 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,080 sandy dirt Rd. even though the creature must have crossed it 674 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:31,120 dozens of times. But again, we didn't look 675 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,680 closely. We walked to my friend's house 676 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,880 on mile and 1/2 or two miles away. 677 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,720 When we told his father what we what had happened, he dismissed 678 00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:43,440 it as teenage imagination. Every adult we told were acted 679 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,600 the same way. We returned later that day to 680 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,600 retrieve our gear. My friend's father let him use 681 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:53,160 the truck so we could drive in. We loaded everything quickly and 682 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,560 left. It has been many years since the 683 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,440 incident. I've told many people but never 684 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,720 anyone able to evaluate it seriously. 685 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,840 I've since heard Bigfoot recordings and some are very 686 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,840 similar to what we heard. Many explanations have been 687 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,440 offered but none of it ever seemed right to me. 688 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,040 This is also noticed nothing. I can remember other witnesses, 689 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,080 3 males, 2 females. We were sitting around the 690 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,880 campfire drinking sodas, eating snacks, talking and listening to 691 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,800 the radio. Other stories. 692 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,920 This will sound vague, but as a child I remember hearing stories 693 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,000 about a feral man living up on County Road 5 O nine. 694 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,360 I vaguely recall hearing about police looking for him. 695 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,040 That could have been eight or nine years before our incident 696 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,120 and probably 15 to 20 miles away. 697 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:37,600 Time and conditions between 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM. 698 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,160 It was warm and humid. There must have been a new moon 699 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,960 as there was no moonlight in the woods environment. 700 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,080 We camped on top of a Ridge along an old pond filled with 701 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,480 dead tree trunks sticking out of the water. 702 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:54,240 There was a swamp on the opposite side of the Ridge, and 703 00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:58,280 the surrounding area was mostly pine forest at various ages and 704 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,000 sizes. Yeah. 705 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,720 Very strange, very intense sighting there. 706 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,360 Well, if you liked the program today, you don't forget to like, 707 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:07,160 follow, subscribe. Doesn't cost a dime. 708 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,040 Until next time. This is UFO WARNING over and 709 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:10,240 out.