Benzie County, Michigan

Near Benzonia

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Benzie County Michigan (Class B) BFRO

October 1984

It was early in the morning, I think around 6am. This happened to me in about 1984, it was in the fall. I was going to school at the time, and I'd have to walk about a 1/4 mile to get on the bus. That morning it was dark, and I was waiting for the school bus, I was alone. I was facing the roads and to the left in back of me was a grove of woods. I was standing there and I heard very heavy footsteps in the dried leaves. I moved down the road about 6-10 feet and it took about two more steps. Whatever it was, it was watching me. I was very scared. So I thought I'd walk down to the next bus stop, which was about 1/4 mile away. When I started walking, then I seen the school bus was coming. So I ran back to meet the bus and when the bus stopped to pick me up, I heard a growl behind me in the woods. That day when I came home from school, I looked all around for anything, and I could not find anything. I do know that whatever it was, it was watching me.

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Benzie County Michigan (Class B) BFRO

Description of several strange encounters along Sleeping Bear Dunes National Shoreline

It was too dark for visual. We had rocks thrown at our boat from shore. Shore is all forest and swamp. Man can not access it . It ran away from us after we started the boat to get the hell out of ther...

August 2010

Benzie County Michigan (Class B) BFRO

creature screamed twice

: On a 2 and one half day canoe trip on the Betsie River I pulled up to a nice sandy bank on the Betsie at dusk. When I laid the paddle against the side of the canoe I startled approximately six white...

September 1998

Benzie County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Sisters have nighttime sighting near Buckley.

In August of 1998, my younger sister and I were on our way back from the hospital, she was about 20 yrs. old, I was 23. It was probably around two or three A.M. when we finally hit County Line Rd. out...

August 1998

Benzie County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Near Bendon, woman and daughter recall their daylight sighting from automobile

My mom and I were driving home to Interlochen from a friend's house. It was late afternoon / early evening. We were on Reynolds Road. This would have been in the mid 80's and I would have been in my m...

January 1980

Yakima County Washington (Class A) BFE

Photographer has encounter near old cemetery at Grand Lake RV

I'm from Yakima, Washington originally, and I call these being Big Foot or Sasquatch. Ran into something which I believe was a Sasquatch about 15 to 20 feet in front of me while jogging in the drive...

August 2010

Montmorency County Michigan (Class A) BFE

Creature stares down young deer hunter near Lewiston, Michigan

I was 17 years old and bow hunting and had placed apples and Doe estruses [scent] near a stump and went back to sit 60-100 ft cant remember for sure anyway I do remember sitting up hill being heavil...

October 1985

Walker County Texas (Class A) BFE

Deer hunter observes bipedal creature crossing over pipeline near Huntsville, Texas

Me & my dad were deer hunting , myself & a few buddy's built a little camp house out of scrap materials from construction sites where we worked. Dad & I hunted for 2 days , realized we're weren't gonn...

November 1984