Bigfoot reports in Michigan
288 cases, best-documented first. Page 2 of 3.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Bigfoot · Benzonia, Michigan · 1984
Witness reports hearing heavy footsteps and a growl from an unseen creature watching them at a bus stop in 1984.
Bigfoot · Kalamazoo, Michigan · 1969
Witness reports running into a huge, tawny-skinned Sasquatch holding a pine limb at a school playground in Kalamazoo.
Bigfoot · Houghton Lake, Michigan
Witness reports seeing a seven-foot tall, solid black Bigfoot standing behind a tree while driving on a highway near Houghton Lake.
Bigfoot · Indian River, Michigan · 2009
Witness reports seeing a massive, dark-haired bipedal figure walking on hind legs across I-75 near Wolverine, Michigan, in the summer of 2009.
Bigfoot · Allegan County, Michigan
A group heard sounds and saw a silhouette blocking moonlight while chasing noises down a trail in Allegan County.
Bigfoot · Manistee, Michigan · 2004
Witness reports finding large, single-file tracks in the snow after muzzle loader season in December 2004.
Bigfoot · Grand Traverse County, Michigan · 1978
Witness reports hearing howls and seeing a creature throw something at their truck while wading in the river with family.
Bigfoot · Ann Arbor, Michigan · 1974
Witness reports encountering a Sasquatch or family thereof while walking with parents and a dog in the woods near Pittsfield Township.
Bigfoot · Alpena, Michigan · 1998
Witness reports seeing a dark brown, seven-foot-tall creature running extremely fast and silently through the woods while bird hunting with his son.
Bigfoot · Oscoda, Michigan · 2017
Witness reports seeing a white furry humanoid figure near the Huron National Forest that moved quickly and crouched near a tree.
Bigfoot · Waterloo State Recreation Area, Michigan · 2009
Witness and his mother report hearing deep, ragged, throaty howls unlike coyotes near the tree line while it was windy and snowing.
Bigfoot · Lexington, Michigan · 1987
Witness reports seeing a hunched, monkey-like creature with light hair and a slanted forehead emerge from bushes into their yard at night.
Bigfoot · Roscommon County, Michigan · 2011
Witness reports hearing a loud scream and guttural grunts followed by bipedal movement in the woods while camping near Lake St. Helen.
Bigfoot · Delta County, Michigan · 1997
Witness reports seeing a brown, fast-moving creature cross the highway and disappear into the woods, identifying it as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Roscommon, Michigan · 1992
Witness reports seeing a creature crossing the road at dusk near Roscommon, Michigan, which they initially thought was the dogman but now believe was bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Manistique, Michigan · 2002
Witness reports seeing a sasquatch approach the road from the pines while driving on Manistique river road in 2002.
Bigfoot · Kalamazoo, Michigan · 1979
Witness reports hearing growling and seeing a large figure peeking around the corner of her house, followed by finding large footprints in the snow.
Bigfoot · Oscoda, Michigan · 1979
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark, ape-like creature with heavy fur while hunting in Tuttle Marsh on New Year's Day 1979.
Bigfoot · Mio, Michigan · 2000
Witness reports seeing a large, black, hairy humanoid step into the treeline while driving on M-72 near Mio.
Bigfoot · Newberry, Michigan · 1972
Witness reports finding large human bare-foot tracks in deep snow while snowmobiling in a remote marshy area.
Bigfoot · Whittemore, Michigan
Witness reports hearing something walking beside them and making loud noises in the woods near their house.
Bigfoot · Mikado, Michigan · 2018
Witness reports that seven people smelled a foul odor and heard two whooping sounds from an unknown creature in the woods across the street.
Bigfoot · Charlevoix, Michigan · 2008
Witness reports a pungent foul odor and later hearing a deep-throated moan in the woods behind their summer home in Northern Michigan.
Bigfoot · Alpena, Michigan · 2011
Witness reports hearing sounds in the woods behind their home that reminded them of bigfoot researcher calls.
Bigfoot · Kalamazoo County, Michigan · 2002
Witness reports hearing loud banging and thumping on a deck, then seeing a large beast stand up, run across the lawn through a mud puddle, and growl before disappearing.
Bigfoot · Roscommon County, Michigan · 1984
Witness reports that four teenagers stopped dead in their tracks while walking on a two track north of camp and saw a large, dark, tall figure staring at them before running back to camp.
Bigfoot · Marquette County, Michigan · 1977
Witness reports seeing a large, smelly creature running on all fours like a chimpanzee near a bait station in the woods.
Bigfoot · Rock, Michigan · 2018
Witness reports hearing a loud vocalization and seeing footprints during a camp investigation.
Bigfoot · Cornell, Michigan · 1982
Witness reports hearing a strange sound resembling an elephant trumpet from behind the hunting blind.
Bigfoot · Manton, Michigan · 2010
Witness reports hearing a growl and seeing a shadow standing upright and walking in a swamp while scouting for deer.
Bigfoot · Dundee, Michigan
Witnesses report a massive Bigfoot stretching out on all fours and moving faster than a sprint before standing on two legs.
Bigfoot · Isabella County, Michigan · 2011
Witness reports hearing bigfoot-like vocalizations, howls, and tree knocking in central Michigan during the previous summer.
Bigfoot · Superior, Michigan · 2006
Witness reports hearing a whistle resembling someone whistling at the group from the dark near the lake.
Bigfoot · Vestaburg, Michigan · 2017
Witness reports seeing a tall dark brown bipedal creature with bright green eyes and smelling a strong odor near their home in Vestaburg on the night of October 28th.
Bigfoot · Newberry, Michigan · 1993
Witness reports seeing a tall, black, man-like figure near the tree line that threw a rock into the lake.
Bigfoot · Manistee, Michigan · 1983
Witness reports hearing and smelling a loud, foul-smelling creature crashing through the woods while deer hunting.
Bigfoot · Alpena, Michigan · 2012
Witness reports finding large, flat tracks without toe marks in the snow on their property in Alpena County.
Bigfoot · Frankfort, Michigan
Witness reports hearing his name called from the brush in Frankfort, Michigan, despite his father being at work.
Bigfoot · Spring Arbor, Michigan · 2000
Witness reports hearing pacing noises and smelling a dead animal while walking to the back of a trailer on Emerson Rd, feeling intense fear as if something was staring at them from a ditch.
Bigfoot · Twentyfour Mile Creek, Michigan · 2005
Witness reports a passenger saw a large dark upright blob in the tree line that they swear was a sasquatch chasing deer.
Bigfoot · Osseo, Michigan · 2014
Witness reports finding large tracks and urine in their backyard that led up a steep ridge, which they believe were made by a large creature.
Bigfoot · Manistique, Michigan · 1978
Witness reports waking in her car to find a large, hairy, humanoid creature staring at her infant son through the windshield.
Bigfoot · Little Manistee River, Michigan · 2006
Witness reports finding a pair of large tracks in the Manistee National Forest while deer hunting.
Bigfoot · Standish, Michigan · 2003
Witness reports seeing a large, black, hairy-legged creature hiding in weeds with only its legs exposed while hunting.
Bigfoot · Brimley, Michigan · 1998
Witness reports seeing a bigfoot-like creature with reddish-brown hair and long arms near Hiawatha National Forest in 1998.
Bigfoot · Roscommon, Michigan · 1980
Witness reports a large bipedal animal with long brown matted hair and bloodshot eyes ran across the road in front of their van.
Bigfoot · Traverse City, Michigan · 2005
Witness reports hearing rhythmic stick-banging noises and being pelted by sticks thrown from the dark woods, leading to a group evacuation of their campsite.
Bigfoot · Ashley, Michigan · 1991
Witness reports seeing a large, reddish-brown haired creature with a huge head and wide nostrils staring into her mobile home window from nine feet up.
Bigfoot · Jackson, Michigan · 2011
Witness reports hearing a terrible, prolonged scream while deer hunting that approached their location, causing them to flee.
Bigfoot · Grand Traverse County, Michigan · 2016
Witness and their girlfriend heard a sequence of unusual sounds including loon, coyote, human voices, ape chatter, and a long call resembling a Bigfoot vocalization while driving through Wilderness…
Bigfoot · Berrien County, Michigan · 2012
Witness reports seeing a strange footprint in the woods near Kalamazoo while walking their dog.
Bigfoot · MSU Upper Peninsula Forestry Innovation Center, Michigan · 2025
Witness reports seeing a pair of eyes and then a flash of an upright figure that glided silently into the woods from a clear cut area.
Bigfoot · Fife Lake, Michigan · 2011
Witness reports seeing a tall creature with huge orange eyes standing over a chicken tractor at night.
Bigfoot · Little Manistee River, Michigan · 2003
Witness reports hearing three distinct knocks from the north and answering sounds over four mornings in October 2003, initially attributing them to large woodpeckers.
Bigfoot · Wexford County, Michigan · 2000
Witness reports that while shining for deer with friends, they saw a crouched creature stand up and run toward them at high speed.
Bigfoot · Cedar Springs, Michigan · 2013
Witness reports hearing unusual howls and ape-like grunts in early fall that were not coyotes, wolves, or bears, leading them to search for bigfoot recordings.
Bigfoot · Higgins Lake, Michigan · 2017
Witness reports seeing a huge bigfoot running across a trail with a wolf near Higgins Lake.
Bigfoot · Holland, Michigan · 2002
Witness reports seeing two large, barrel-chested, human-walking creatures cross the road at night.
Bigfoot · Gwinn, Michigan · 2007
Witness reports finding a single set of large, clean footprints in the snow that appeared to be made by something walking upright on two legs.
Bigfoot · Stevensville, Michigan · 1970s
Witness reports hearing a loud howling scream that shifted into a gurgling, inhuman chuckle outside their window in the early 1970s.
Bigfoot · Ontonagon, Michigan · 2002
A scientist and his family heard loud, rising-pitch vocalizations resembling a primate's whoop from the nearby pine trees while staying at a cabin near Lake Superior.
Bigfoot · Lower Peninsula Experimental Forest, Michigan · 2012
Witness reports seeing a nine-foot tall black-haired creature leaning over a river, making eye contact, and then fleeing after knocking on trees.
Bigfoot · Lenawee County, Michigan · 1980
Witness reports a large, bipedal, reddish-brown creature crossing the highway at high speed in front of their car.
Bigfoot · Lenawee County, Michigan · 1999
Witness reports seeing something big move across between two trees in a swamp area in the fall of 1999.
Bigfoot · Alpena, Michigan · 2011
Witness reports hearing a screech from the opposite direction last night around dusk.
Bigfoot · Cedar Springs, Michigan · 1978
Witness reports seeing a Sasquatch standing at the edge of a wooded area while hunting deer in western Michigan.
Bigfoot · Traverse City, Michigan · 1982
Witness reports finding huge footprints on a sandy dirt road and by a creek, believing they had encountered a Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Bark River, Michigan · 2013
Witness reports hearing back and forth calling on the morning of November 15th that was lower pitch than coyote or wolf sounds.
Bigfoot · Manistique, Michigan · 1962
Witness reports that six teenagers saw a tall, hairy humanoid walking along railroad tracks near Marblehead Swamp in their teens.
Bigfoot · Escanaba, Michigan · 2001
Witness reports seeing a creature resembling a deer that did not run away and feeling watched in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Bigfoot · Faithorn, Michigan · 2021
Witnesses report seeing a creature with glowing yellowish eyes crouching and moving behind trees while coyote hunting.
Bigfoot · Mackinac County, Michigan · 1979
Witness reports seeing an 11-foot tall, fur-covered humanoid with red eyes on Hwy 2 in northern Michigan in 1979.
Bigfoot · Beaverton, Michigan · 1996
Witness reports seeing two large black objects with red eyes in a field while spotlighting for deer.
Bigfoot · Frankfort, Michigan · 1970s
Witness reports seeing three large tree stumps appear and disappear near his window in Frankfort, Michigan, in the early 1970s.
Bigfoot · Chippewa Lake, Michigan · 2013
Witness reports seeing a large biped running in the woods behind their house and disappearing.
Bigfoot · Oscoda County, Michigan · 1980s
Witness reports hearing a bloodcurdling scream while bow hunting near his family's cabin in the late 1980s.
Bigfoot · Ypsilanti, Michigan · 2001
Witness reports seeing a large hairy creature resembling an ape-like human form kneeling on the side of the road while driving at night.
Bigfoot · Copemish, Michigan · 1999
Witness reports seeing a large man dressed in white running at incredible speed through dense undergrowth near Thompsonville.
Bigfoot · Albion, Michigan · 1979
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, upright creature in an apple orchard near their home, hearing it vocalize, and fleeing with a friend.
Bigfoot · Hudson, Michigan · 1978
Witness reports seeing a large, ape-like creature near a raspberry patch while fishing with family.
Bigfoot · Rogers City, Michigan · 1967
Witness and her sister report seeing a large, ape-like creature with long black hair sitting cross-legged in a wooded lot near a cemetery.
Bigfoot · Saint Ignace, Michigan · 2015
Witness reports finding two sets of large, flat, barefoot tracks in the Carp River that were not human.
Bigfoot · MSU Upper Peninsula Forestry Innovation Center, Michigan
[name] reports hearing a loud stench and feeling vibrations from a creature walking towards his hammock tent in the woods at night.
Bigfoot · Glennie, Michigan · 2006
Witness reports hearing an eerie, human-like scream filled with anger and the sound of huge rocks being thrown into a lake while bowhunting.
Bigfoot · Barton City, Michigan · 1985
Witnesses report hearing mournful wails and growls from an unseen entity at their campsite, followed by the discovery of a large dirt mound containing mutilated deer.
Bigfoot · Manistique, Michigan · 2006
Witness and her sister report being followed by an unseen entity that emitted a grunt-like vocalization near Gulliver Lake.
Bigfoot · Oscoda, Michigan · 2016
Witness reports seeing a tall, brownish, silent humanoid that glided through their wooded driveway and treeline at night.
Bigfoot · Horton, Michigan · 2000
Witness reports finding two sets of large human-like footprints in hard ground near neighbors' swamps while checking for deer tracks.
Bigfoot · Canada Creek Ranch, Michigan · 2012
Witness reports hearing a terrifying, powerful roar while waiting for companions at dusk near Bear Den Lake.
Bigfoot · Gladstone, Michigan · 2016
Witness reports hearing a distinct crying noise and feeling watched while hiking Days River Trail at night, leading to the conclusion that they experienced Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Six Lakes, Michigan · 1986
Witness reports being awakened by a strong odor and seeing a huge creature looking down at them from outside their bedroom window before it roared.
Bigfoot · Lewiston, Michigan · 1992
Witness reports seeing a 7 to 8 foot tall, very dark creature with a gorilla-like face cross a two-track road in Red Oak Township.
Bigfoot · L'Anse, Michigan
Witness and wife heard wood knocks and screams while watching eagles near Newberry and Tahquamenon Falls.
Bigfoot · Marion, Michigan · 2009
Witness reports a large figure chased her and her sister at a bus stop near Marion, Michigan, causing them to flee into their house.
Bigfoot · Interlochen, Michigan · 1984
Witness reports finding two pristine, 18-inch right footprints in the snow near a swamp and railroad, suggesting a large humanoid creature.
Bigfoot · Fife Lake, Michigan · 2008
Witness reports seeing a large, jet-black furred creature with no noticeable ears or eyes appear in a burnt RV window while repairing a bike tire.
Bigfoot · McKinley, Michigan · 1987
Witness reports hearing wood knocking and seeing a pine tree shake violently while hunting with his brother in Michigan.
Bigfoot · Kalamazoo County, Michigan · 1989
Witness reports hearing a creature vocalize and tear up a tree while camping with a friend near Bear Crick.
Bigfoot · Mio, Michigan · 2006
Witness reports seeing a white figure walking upright across a dirt road in burned woods, initially assuming it was human before later suspecting it was a sasquatch.
Bigfoot · Hudson, Michigan · 1977
Witness reports a large hairy arm reached through their window screen while they were in bed.