Partridge hunter has a daylight sighting while driving from Germfask witnessed in Schoolcraft County, Michigan

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This incident occurred in late September or early October in 2002. I was living in Seney at the time and working in Manistique in the U.P. of Michigan. I would take the Manistique river road to work every day to try and bag a couple of partridge on the way in. This is a gravel road that runs along the river from Germfask to Manistique. On this day, I left early and drove slowly for about the first half of the road. I had shot one bird, and chased another into the popples a way, and realized that I was close to being late. I cased up my shotgun and jumped in the car and put the hammer down in the 1991 Ford Fiesta. About 45mph is pretty fast on this road, but I had driven it many times. With the river on the right and white pine stands on the left, I was approaching an area called the "second high bank." I saw movement on the left in the pines, and slowed down thinking to avoid hitting a deer. About 30 to 40 yards ahead of me I saw what can only be described as a sasquatch approa...