Snowmobiler observes a large figure cross the trail behind him near Traverse City witnessed in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

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Visual incident My wife and I rented a snowmobile for the day after Christmas 12/26/2012 from Roudolph Ranch near Traverse City MI. Our first exploration on the trip were the trails from the ranch to Traverse City. We traveled through some forest to a high wire clearing that we felt had too much rugged terrain to continue. We came to the first road in the high wire clearing and decided to turn around. I was driving and my wife was riding in the passenger's seat. After turning around I looked across two hills from which we had just come and noticed what appeared on first impression, to be a cross country skier, 200 yards away, coming down the second hill away from us. Immediately many things bothered me about this cross country skier. First, it was male and it was extremely tall, maybe 8 to 9 feet in height. (It was very male because of its wide shoulder to slim waste shape) Second, he appeared to traverse the steep down hill slope like a down hill skier attacking the slope in ...