Nighttime sighting by three in car, near Mt. Pleasant witnessed in Isabella County, Michigan

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After remaining quiet about this for over ten yrs, here is what happened to us. My wife and I and 10-yr-old daughter were at a birthday party at (edited). We were the last to leave. We backed out of the drive, lights still off so as to not flash them into the neighbor's trailer. As I headed towards M-20, I reached for the lights... at the same time, we all spotted a large striding figure approaching the road from the east. The fluid motion of the creature stunned me and I only managed to turn on the parking lights before it took two strides and passed directly in front of the car. I had jammed on the brakes and came to a stop. In three more strides the creature stood across the road where a trail led into the woods (behind the church on the corner). It's eyes glowed green at us as it paused to stare a moment, and then turned into the woods. Stunned, we sat frozen, and then someone said "floor it...". I did, and we stoppped at the intersection and looked at each other. I turned the ...