Camper recounts late night experience and finds footprints near Interlochen witnessed in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

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MY STEPBROTHER TOOK ME AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS ON A CAMPING TRIP UP BY TRAVERSE CITY MICHIGAN IN JUNE OF 1982 WE WERE GOING TO ROUGH IT OUT IN THE WOODS, NO TENTS JUST OR SLEEPING BAGS. ON OUR WAY UP HE TOLD US OF AN ENCOUNTER HE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHILE CAMPING WITH SOME FRIENDS OUT IN THE WOODS. THEY HAD JUST CAME BACK FROM TOWN AND WERE SITTING AROUND A CAMPFIRE WHEN SOMETHING STARTED YELLING AND RUSTLING AROUND IN THE WOODS IT WAS MOVING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THEIR CAMPSITE THEY ENDED UP LEAVING AND NEVER WENT BACK FOR THEIR TENT OR CAMPING SUPPLIES. WE DECIDED TO HEAD TO THE SAME AREA HE HAD CAMPED AT YEARS EARLIER. THE DIRT ROAD THAT LED BACK INTO THE WOODS WAS VERY RUGGED AND IT TOOK US ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO REACH THE AREA. THERE WAS A CLEARING IN THE WOODS WHERE WE PARKED AND WE WALKED AROUND LOOKING FOR A GOOD AREA TO CAMP. WE MADE A FIRE PIT AND PICKED FIDEL HEAD FERNS TO LAY OUR SLEEPING BAGS ON TOP OF. LATER THAT NIGHT PROBABLY AROUND 2 OR 3 MY FRIEND WOKE US UP ...