Iosco County, Michigan

Near Oscoda, Michigan

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Iosco County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

January 1979

It was the morning of the New Year in 1979 during the pre-dawn hours. I took my wife with me to help search out a deer I thought I may have wounded while hunting the prior evening. There was plenty of snow in the Tuttle marsh that year so we were able to see even though it was 6:00 a.m. approximately. A storm had been predicted for New Year's day and I knew if I was to have any chance of retrieving my deer, I would have to be out there early. We were about a half a mile off old U.S. 23 and the heavy snows that year meant leaving the car parked on the highway. When we got to my ground blind I positioned us exactly as I had been the previous evening to get some bearings as to when to begin our search. It was already beginning to snow and as we peered through the blind we could see a tall dark image moving towards us. We simply froze in the blind and watched. It was a two-legged, ape-like creature about 7-8 ft. tall with a heavy coat of fur. Had it not been for the size, I would hav...

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Iosco County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by a young man fishing near Whittemore

My name is Michael, and I am 17. I had a Bigfoot sighting in Michigan. I was fishing one day and I was all alone because I walked up and down the river for almost a mile and a half. I was fishing and ...

April 2012

Iosco County Michigan (Class B) BFRO

Possible ongoing activity outside Whittemore

I'm not entirely sure if what lives in our woods is a bigfoot. All I can say is that as long as I can remember there has been something there. If you take walks at night along the woods line you can h...

July 1985

Iosco County Michigan (Class B) BFRO

Former Michigan native recalls possible activity near National City

(Edited by investigator) Individuals from the surrounding area found one another via Facebook and began to share their stories. The BFRO was contacted by one of these witnesses and more have come forw...

January 2003

Iosco County Michigan (Class B) BFRO

Father and daughter have possible late night sighting on edge of Huron National Forest

I was walking from the house to a detached garage with my daughter about 2:30 am when we both seen a (human like) white furry figure approx. 100 feet from where we were. Our house borders the Huron Na...

October 2017

Jefferson County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Hiker has daylight sighting near Warrior

In the early fall of 1979, my cousin and I were following some trails through the woods near my home. These were trails that myself as well as the other neighborhood kids frequented often on bikes as ...

September 1979

Arenac County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Bigfoot tries to hide under brush, leaves legs exposed

I was coming home from hunting and I looked down the side of a field. I then seen a big, black thing walking down the side of the field and I went back to check it out. The creature seemed to be afrai...

November 2003

Holmes County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

A group of canoers see a large, black creature along the river bank

I was on a canoe trip with a bunch of friends from school. There were five canoes, each with two people in them. We had canoed about a mile, when we came to fork in the river. According to the map, th...

July 1997

Morrow County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Three fox hunters witness a "Freak of nature bear" step over a fence and walk into a thicket.

My brother, dad and I had spent the day hunting behind our home. A ravine ran through the deep woods where we were fox hunting. The pelts brought a good price in those days. I was about 11 years old. ...

January 1978

Holmes County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Young girls have daylight sighting near their home

My brother had built a hut (fort) in the woods right at the edge of the woods by our home. That morning, my little sister (age 5) and myself (age 9) went out to the hut. It was just after daybreak. Th...

August 1976

Butler County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Campers have close encounter with large, hairy creature

I and two other friends were sitting around a camp fire late one night cooking hotdogs and talking. I began to hear leaves rustling and sticks breaking as if something was walking around in the woods ...

February 1993

Ashland County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Two high school students are chased by large unknown creature

Myself and my best friend at the time were still in high school And we were "investigating" a "supposed" haunted bridge one night. So we went out to this old rail road bridge,(the kind that you can dr...

September 1991

Le Flore County Oklahoma (Class A) BFRO

Small sasquatch seen in tree by hunter, near Big Cedar

Primate observed from tree stand. The animal itself was in a tree....

October 2001