Are there any stories about sightings in Michigan... I'm not too sure if I have one as this happened when I was a child... But anyway I don't remember when this happened as I was younger than my teenage years... I was up north with my dad, and two brothers we were in the vicinity of Gaylord, Michigan...

My dads dad had a cottage back in the woods... One day myself and my two brothers went walking around in the woods... We got to the main road which I can't recall at this time because its been so long... We got to the main road and saw something walking in the direction the road runs... My brother said for us to head back to the cottage so we ran back... I can't remember which county Gaylord is in but its just about to Travers city... This happened in the mid to late 80's... So I was wondering if there has been any BF activity in that area...

mr.morbid good evening the bfro gcbro tbrc sasquatch databases have both wonderful amount of michigan sasquatch sightings old and new. there is also 1 michigan bigfoot website that on internet. i hope this helps you out with your research. are you planning on going to michigan forests with your camera to look for evidence such as footprints. thanks bill green

Hey Bill, I've been to the BFRO site, and have the gcbro site saved but havent been to it much... I'm planning on going into the woods eventually... I've been in contact with the guy who runs the Michigan BF site and I guess he put me on his report list what ever that means... He mentioned to me that there are people to interview and tracks to find in SE Michigan which is where I reside...

mr.morbid good morning thats great please keep me and everyone here posted of further michigan sasquatch activity. im looking forward to seeing your report of what possible sasquatch evidence you find in the woods of michigan. thanks bill green

I'm between computers right now, waiting to get my data from the old one transferred to the new. On my old computer I think I have my listing of southern Michigan & northern Indiana sightings. Some are old, some are new. Some of them I came across in odd places when I wasn't expecting to find anything that might be bigfoot related! Oh, boy, I sure hope I didn't put them on floppies--I'll have a ton of those to go thru! One is just a mile from my home, & I go past there almost everyday! I borrowed a laptop from a friend, and it has a CD drive, but not a 3.5" floppy drive, so I'm still in limbo til I get my new computer set up.
I specifically ordered a floppy drive so I can organize my stuff on CD's. That should be sometime next week.

I think the Bob Daigle website is now defunct. I emailed them, but never got an answer. There's a guy named Rob Anderson who used to post often on the GCBRO board who has a farm somewhere south of Jackson. He said he had had some activity there. I don't think he posts that much anymore, but if you look thru their old messages you would probably find his posts. He doesn't have a website to my knowledge.

That's all I can give you right now. By the way, my daughter lives in Sterling Heights. What a lovely area!

Oh... I, too, ran a post here a while back asking about BF in Michigan. Didn't get a response as I remember. I guess looking for BF in southern Michigan doesn't interest that many people. That's okay, I'll still keep trying.

Try using the search function and use Michigan for the search word.

hi littlefoot good afternoon bob daigle 's michigan bigfoot website is still on and working on the tbrc links section but i dont think he ever updates it yet. but im sure michigan reports of sasquatch will start up soon i hope. thanks bill green. i wonder if wayne king does that organization still called the michigan-canadian bigfoot information center i know he used to send me his newspaper clipping about his michigan sasquatch research all the time but i lost all contact with him over the years

I would focus on Northern Michigan. The lower half of the State is worthless in my opinion in regards to Bigfoot activity. Being in Sterling Heights, you'd have to drive quite a way to get to any real good spots up North, so may I also suggest Eastern Ohio. It would be about the same distance and it's real nice country out there. Very vast.

Thats a pretty bold statement to make,considering as far as sighting reports go,Michigan ranks in the top 10 number wise.
Both currently ,in places like the BFRO ,and historically in such place as "Apes" among us." By John Green.

Hominid,

I realize that everything is relative, and you're from Washington state! Many more sightings there than here...

However, the lower peninsula of Michigan is not one hugh subdivision stretching from Detroit to Chicago. There's plenty of rural farmland, ravines, forests, swamps. If you look at the BFRO Michigan map, you will see that actually, most of the reported sightings for our state which are in their database are in the lower peninsula. And, that's only one of the websites reporting sightings in our state. Our terrain may not be as rugged and isolated (? -- not sure that's the right word to use...) as your state's, but be careful not to just write us off!

Have you ever been here?

Alright, again, the lower half of the lower peninsula I should have worded it better, is what I speak of. You have more sightings South because there are more people South, but that won't save face. SE Michigan has had every single virgin white pine cut down. It's a disgrace. SW Michigan is somewhat better, I will agree, but not by much. Gaylord, Grayling, places up North are getting cut more and more as well. Lower, lower Michigan is the victim of uncontrolable sprawl. When I said focus North I mean the Upper Peninsula. But that's a pretty far drive for you guys, that's why I brought up Eastern Ohio. In my humble opinion, I would say be careful not to waste all your time searching in Southern Michigan. I did, for 15 years.

Odd, I lived in Southern Mi,for over 25 years,I interviewed witnesses,searched,looked through old library records, and I don't recall thinking then that it was a waste of time,any more than I do now living here In Fl for the last 3 1/2 years.

Considering that so far not a one of us interested in the phenomena has found a bigfoot tor evidence that we could show as being true and actual proof of thier existence,we're all wasting our time.

I somehow doubt though,that there are many here,that feel that way despite the doubts that any of us may have,or the breaks we need to take from time to time.

Fair enough.

hey morbid,

not to nitpick, but traverse city is quite a ways west of gaylord.

.... uh... but Jaylee.... if someone did THAT....

well.... THAT would just be too scientific to do.

Now, try doing a search on "Bigfoot wearing a bikini" and I bet THAT would be interesting. <?>

Bill, thanks for the info about Daigle. For some reason I thought that the two organizations (Daigle's and King's) were one and the same site. What I've got to do is figure out why I thought that. I stayed up last night practicing using some of the features on this board, including the search function. I'm doing better at using it now. I'm self-taught with computers, and really need to build up on my skills that some of you take for granted. So, before I stick my foot in my mouth, I'm going to research why I got that impression and be able to back up what I say. Again, I appreciate your help.

hi littlefoot your very welcome for the reply back to me. im always ready to help fellow sasquatch researchers with research. so did you go into the michigan forests this weekend to look for evidence. has there been any rumers of sasquatch activity in michigan please keep me posted ok. thanks bill green. p.s. im sure the bfro will get michigan reports real soon.

Mr. Morbid,

I just stumbled across this thread and thought I'd give you some hunting hints for southern Michigan. First, go spend some time in Washtenaw County... then just follow a line west and go over to Adrian then on to Battle Creek and Kalamazoo then Three Rivers and west until you finally dip yer bigfoot hunting feet in Lake Michigan... check out the beach before you leave... seriously. During your trip, make some side excursions up to Jackson from Adrian, and up to Ionia/Grand Rapids area from Kalamazoo, or down to South Bend from Three Rivers.

From Ionia/Grand Rapids, go north into Montcalm Countyand then move over west to Newaygo county and then follow the Muskegon River to it's source. Another side trip from Washtenaw county would be north through the farm lands up to around Holly... then east into the thumb, or continue north to Saginaw and Bay City and on into Arenac County and further points north or, go west into Midland County and the east part of Isabella County and then proceed north.

Anyway, the point is, south Michigan is a great area for Bigfoot... and you can't do much better in the whole state than by starting in Washtenaw County.

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hey, careful with that new fangled scientific talk when it come to BF...

gets us simple-minded folks all sorts of confused

Nightowl, there have also been two sighting reports of BF in the Sister Lakes area in the last 3 or 4 years. Closer to MrMorbid is the area to the north in the thumb... I just read a report this last week of a sighting in the Tawas area. Are they true? I don't know. But it's a place to start. What has never ceased to amaze me is the number of sighting reports in the Ann Arbor/Detroit area! It just doesn't seem like a nice place for a BF to want to be. There're plenty forests & swamps & fields that would seem more hospitable to a huge, hairy critter.

I live in Ohio near the Michigan line and spend a lot of time in Michigan especially in the Mancelona, Bellaire, and Charlevoix area near the 45th parallel. Just south of there is the southern terminus of the Great North Woods, which, if these things exist, would provide a very vast migration area. But, Ann Arbor? (Incidentally, the only place you’ll find a wolverine or grayling in Michigan is likely to be stuffed, in the Museum of Natural History on the U of M campus!) On the other hand does anyone recall the Monroe Monster of years ago?

Littlefoot... if you don't mind saying, where did you read the report about the Tawas area? One of the more credible reports I've dealt with came out of the Foley Swamp area.

Offshore... another very credible report I dealt with came from just outside of Ypsilanti... lol... urban apes.

I don't see much correlation between "remoteness" or extreme forest and sighting reports. Of course, there may well be more of the critters out in true wilderness, and they just don't get seen because there are fewer people, and the converse may be true for more heavily populated areas - less critters, but more people to see them. I've been constantly surprised at where reports come from, and my surprise comes about only after I've talked to the wits several times and been convinced of their credibility. Of course, is possible they are all suffering from the same mental condition or are a part of that huge BF Hoaxing Conspiracy that we all know is out there, but there are just a bunch of otherwise normal people making reports in places one would never guess would have a BF around. I personally think they are just curious and hang around populated areas when they want to for the diversion and stimulation. Or, maybe that is just where the UFOs drop them off.

I stumbled on this thread just now. Oddly enough, I spent the last two days reading all the Reports out of Michigan from both the BFRO and the GCBRO. I was very impressed. Almost every county(when combining the two sites) has had at least 1 BF sighting. Southern Michigan has several good reports.

I'd love to take a trip to one of the National Forests to see what I could find. It sounds like it wouldn't be a wasted trip at all!

They're never wasted trips, that's the beauty of it... even if nothing even remotely, questionably squatchy happens (which is what you have to go in expecting in the first place -- that nothing's gonna happen), it's always beautiful, always smells great, always a good time.

Well then...I guess it's not too early to plan my vacation spot for next year!

Nightowl,

This is driving me nuts. I just saw the Tawas report on the net Sunday or Monday. I can't find it. I thought I bookmarked it. Because I'm currently not working I have time, & I searched the net (how I found it in the first place) all afternoon & haven't found it yet. I saved alot of websites in a file that did not look that familiar, and will go through them in the next couple of days. When I find it, you'll know.

I'm familiar with the Foley Swamp reports, and have been in the area. Keep in mind that I'm not a researcher or an investigator. I'm just exceedingly interested. I'm an older lady & not interested in going out in the sticks without backup in an unfamiliar place. I do try to check out places when I can. I've been obsessed with bigfoot for years.

I just posted today or yesterday on another thread that I am amazed by some of the places that a bigfoot has been sighted--for example, in Washtenaw County. The reports there don't really seem that incredible. Coulda happened. Why were they there? Talk about too much people!! If I were a bigfoot I'd avoid it like the plague... Foley Swamp would seem much more comfortable & quiet, and probably almost any place in between would work better, too.

Many years ago I saw a bigfoot, and it was in what I would now consider to be an unusual area. It was not in vast wilderness, but in a quiet little vacation community along Lake Michigan.

Over the years I've developed the theory that, at least in that area, bigfoot wasn't a year-long resident, but transient. I still think that today. Southern Michigan is not encompassed by extreme urban sprawl (ie, Chicago/Detroit megalopolis) as some people would like to think. It's rolling hills & farmlands and woods, and even forests. There are plenty of swamps, ravines and rivers. It's not like the great Northwestern United States, but it is a great pathway between places a bigfoot might really want to get to. We're part of the nation's food basket, with corn, grains, fruits & veggies. I think it's a real shame that this area is discounted as not "prime" bigfoot territory. Opportunities of discovery, I think, are being missed.
Everyone wants a "hotspot". I think hotspots aren't hot all the time.

I'm done for now--hope this didn't come out as a lecture. I've just had a lot of time to think.

http://www.michigansthumb.com/site/news.cf...id=472759&rfi=6

I don't think Wolverine issue is correct any longer, just as the Cougar sightings are becoming ever more wide spread in Michigan also.

And I agree with you, Littlefoot.....while living in Montcalm County, I never saw a Bf, only eye shine, but I do believe my son did see one....and activity was always either early spring or fall....as though they were passing through from point A to B.
And I too am an older female that isn't going to go searching through the woods ....I'm not the biggest scaredy cat in the world but I ain't the biggest brave heart either! Lol

Bobber

Bobber, that's good news. Thanks, Offshore

bobber,

Sounds like you aren't stupid, either! It's not a matter of being a scaredy cat, it's simply being practical.

Offshore - Yep, that's the article I remember seeing, just couldn't remember if it was in Michigan or Ontario. My mind is going...

This is my First Post. Hello to All. I’ve enjoyed reading this thread, along with others. I grew up in SW Michigan which is home to not only several grain crops, but a variety of Fruit Farms as well. Water is plentiful as there are 100's of small (10 acres) to medium size lakes (50 acre’s +) throughout the area. Although there are no nearby National Forests as you find in the Upper part of the State, as well as the UP, there does exists several "blocks" of hardwood forests that vary anywhere from 50 - 300 acre’s. I believe these blocks would provide excellent travel corridors for these animals, if they still frequent the area. The family Farm we grew up on consists of some 600 acres, and is located 20 miles southeast of South Haven.
My younger brother experienced a first hand encounter back in the early/mid-70's (He thinks it was around 73/74). I do not believe he has ever reported it to any BIGFOOT investigation site due to his reluctance to talk about it. I think this partially due to the fact that we are all still active in these woods, especially during the Fall/Winter Deer seasons. I don't know about him, but I often have it in the back of my mind when I enter the woods with a flashlight in the pre-dawn hours.
Encounter: During the summer when he was 7 or 8 years old he was walking with a friend through a large hay field that bordered a Pine forest. He recalled it being late afternoon because the sun was already starting to hide to the West, behind the tree tops. This location was, at the time, about 300 Yards from the nearest house. Immediately after they had climbed climbing over a barbed wire fence to enter the Pine forest, they nearly walked right into this "Animal" (within 5 feet!). My brother said both he and his friend froze to an almost paralyzed state of fright as they all stared at each other for a few seconds. Once they got over there initial shock, they quickly turned and retreated fast in the same direction they had come from. He doesn't recall even climbing back through the fence but said neither he or his friend even bothered to look behind them until they had reached the top of a hill 100 yards into the hay field. They continued their sprint the remaining 200 yards until they made it back to the main dirt road. He recalled an upright animal, at least 8' tall, with hair from head to toe. He didn't remember a specific smell, but didn't hang around long enough to even catch wind of it. Funny thing is, he never even mentioned it to an adult, or any of us older kids. It wasn't until he saw a TV show in the late 80's that had a clip of the Patterson film, that he even recalled the incident. That sudden recollection still haunts him to this day.
Not long after my brother had told me this story, I remembered an incident that occurred about 1/4 mile to the North of this exact location in the 70's as well. I could not be sure if the timeframes match up, but someday, when their all together, I will try to test the memory of my 3 older Sisters (who were in there late teens/early 20's at the time). They were out picking wild strawberries in an old Apple orchard when they suddenly heard a long, but low pitched growl. They immediately dropped what they were doing, and sprinted a mile back to the house. No one bothered even looking in the direction of the growl. My older brothers and Father went back to the orchard with loaded shotguns, looking for possibly a Bear. There search came up empty. I, even to this day, have never seen/heard/or found footprints of a bear in this area, although they do live in the Northern and UP.

The only recent encounter near this area that I have found was North of Holland in 2002. http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=5280

Michman, welcome-great story. Speaking of bears in Lower Michigan, it seems we may have them in NW Ohio. According to today's Toledo Blade. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...9160473/-1/NEWS

Black bear hit, killed on road in Fulton Co.


SWANTON - A black bear was apparently hit and killed by a vehicle last night on Fulton County Road M at State Rt. 64 in Fulton Township north of here, authorities said.


The bear's carcass was in custody of Bob Wolfrum, state wildlife officer in Fulton County, said Peter Skeldon, the Fulton County dog warden. He said he assumes it is the same one residents have reported seeing in western Lucas, Williams, and Fulton counties in the last two months

The accident occurred about 10:40 p.m., Mr. Skeldon said. Fulton County sheriff's deputies were dispatched, but the sheriff's office released no further information about the accident last night.

Dave Swanson, a forest game specialist with the Ohio Division of Wildlife, said the bear is the first reported in Lucas County in modern times. Historically, bears roamed the area in and around the Great Black Swamp.

hi stacyinmi good afternoon so any new sasquatch activity being reported to you. also i got your package today. thanks for the texas bigfoot conferance t-shirt i like realy like it. thanks bill

Hi Bill! Yep, we've got a couple of leads to follow up on, and Nightwing and I also had a report forwarded to us from another investigator recently. There's nothing exciting to report at the moment, but if there ever is, I'll keep ya posted!

hi stacy thanks for the reply. wow thats wonderful your getting follow ups on some michigan sasquatch sightings yes please keep me definetly posted. thanks bill

i think michigan is realy high state for sasquatch activity becouse there is more than enough food & water resources for the sasquatch creatures. i realy injoy reading the classic michigan sasquatch encounters that seem to make sasquatch aggressive but misunderstanding do happen. is there any field trips in the michigan forests this weekend to look for evidence. please keep me posted ok. thanks bill

Nothing this weekend Bill, but we're kicking around the idea of heading out next weekend... then there'll be at least two more in October.

hi stacyinmi good morning i hope you find a great amount sasquatch evidence in the michigan forests next weekend. thats great your going on 2 more michigan sasquatch expeditions in october. is there certain sightings locations are you going to look around for evidence. please bring your cameras & camtrackers etc. have a wonderful time. thanks bill green please keep me definetly posted ok. p.s. are other michigan sasquatch researchers here going out into the forest today & sunday to look for evidence.

I give up. I can't find the source for the Tawas, Michigan report I mentioned earlier. When I find it, you'll get it. Sorry.... I'll keep loking.

hi everyone good evening so any rumers of sasquatch encounters or footprints discoveries the michigan forests. is any researchers here going any field research trips saturday or sunday to look for possible sasquatch evidence. it would great to see photos of old michigan sasquatch sighting locations in this thread. thanks bill

Okey-dokey, Bill. You asked for it! I've never posted a photo before, so here's hoping I do it right! I found the step-by-step on how-to, so here goes! (editted for typo)

hi littlefoot good afternoon thanks for posting the photo the michigan sasquatch sighting location. it looks like good habitat for sasquatch creatures but very temperary. thanks bill please keep me & everyone here informed ok.

click on my user name and click the post by this member and ya can read about mine

Whatwasdat, did you ever actually see a creature? Or from the second hand accounts do you have a description-thanks.

did you read my posts ???

Did you see this?
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2005/.../outdoors03.txt

FYI - I just sent a very polite reply to the author of that story Offshore gave the link to. I tried to let him know in a nice way that his use of the term "mythological" is most certainly in error because I know what I saw. And, if I have confidence in only 10% of the people I have spoken to that also 'believe' they have seen one, then there are still a bunch of Bigfoot in Michigan. Anyway, it irks me when the Halloween stories go to press with just a light amount of research and are written in such a way as to discredit the whole idea of an 'unknown' critter being out there. If anyone else notices such stories, please take a minute to reply to the writer and gently educate them. Don't give them a rant, just bring them up to speed as briefly as you can.

hi nightowl good evening i totaly definetly agree with your post. im glad you emailed the writer that wrote the michigan bigfoot article. maybe he will post a follow up article. im sure sightings of sasquatch or footprints etc will probley be reported by people in forests as result of this article. im sure the writer of this article is already getting emails from people who might have seen a sasquatch. only time will tell. thanks bill. hi nightowl i would very interested in hearing everything about your sasquatch encounter.

Bill, thanks for your input. I'll send you a PM about my encounter.