Bigfoot reports in Michigan
288 cases, best-documented first. Page 3 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 · Cheboygan County, Michigan · 2008
Witness reports seeing a large, silent creature walking out of the woods towards a cornfield before disappearing without a trace.
Bigfoot · Cheboygan, Michigan · 1983
A hunter and his partner heard loud screaming and grunting vocalizations from an unseen creature that moved around them in a swamp.
Bigfoot · Baraga County, Michigan
Witness heard a long howl from up the beach while agate hunting at Lake Superior State Park.
Bigfoot · Marshall, Michigan · 1974
Witness reports seeing a tall, reddish, upright creature with visible sexual organs walking towards his truck on Gooselake road at night.
Bigfoot · Kent County, Michigan · 1979
Witness reports hearing strange vocalizations and breaking branches in the forest near Grand Rapids, suspecting hairy creatures were attempting to intimidate him.
Bigfoot · Barry County, Michigan · 2011
Witness reports hearing a strange sound and branches clicking from the woods while standing next to a garage on a clear night.
Bigfoot · Niles, Michigan · 1993
Witness reports seeing a seven to eight foot tall muscular figure on a beaver dam while looking for his missing dog.
Bigfoot · Greenville, Michigan · 2010
Witness reports hearing banging noises and seeing a two-legged creature walking in the woods near Turk Lake Bar and Restaurant.
Bigfoot · Beulah, Michigan · 2023
Witness reports seeing a tall, thin silhouette with long swinging arms crossing a deserted highway near Beulah, MI, which he later identified as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Barton City, Michigan · 2013
Witness reports that big rocks were thrown at their boat by an unseen entity while night fishing on Jewel Lake.
Bigfoot · Montague, Michigan · 1979
Witness reports seeing a tall animal with its head between five and six feet high, hearing hard breathing and odd calls, being chased by an enormous creature running on two feet, and finding deer…
Bigfoot · Muskegon County, Michigan
Witnesses report seeing a lifeless, chimp-like body with black/brown hair and long limbs lying in the road before it disappeared.
Bigfoot · Alpena, Michigan · 2011
Witness reports hearing a scream like a howl from across the road last night around dusk.
Bigfoot · Mount Pleasant, Michigan · 2012
Witness reports hearing gorilla-like grunts and seeing a large creature throw rocks and break a tree stump near a river.
Bigfoot · Rapid River, Michigan · 1986
Witness reports that five teenagers camping near a swamp in the Upper Peninsula heard screeching noises and saw branches breaking from a creature that circled their campsite for three hours.
Bigfoot · South Branch River, Michigan · 2016
Witness reports seeing a large figure that looked like a ghillie suit while driving on road 7 in light fog.
Bigfoot · Escanaba, Michigan · 2014
Witness reports hearing and observing two large animals crossing a road near the Days River, with one bluff charging through brush before hiding in straw grass.
Bigfoot · Frankfort, Michigan
Witness reports being growled at by a large creature while hiking down to a river near Frankfort, Michigan.
Bigfoot · Houghton Lake, Michigan · 1999
Witness reports seeing a large, bipedal creature with dark brown or black fur standing under a nine-foot branch in the woods near Houghton Lake.
Bigfoot · Leelanau County, Michigan · 2011
Witness reports a bad smell, silence of wildlife, and hearing someone walking on two legs while turkey hunting.
Bigfoot · Mecosta, Michigan · 2012
Witness reports her father noticing a large limb sticking out of the ground that was not there in earlier photos, and her husband hearing rustling nearby.
Bigfoot · Roscommon County, Michigan · 1968
Witness reports hearing crashing sounds and seeing a large white furry leg while deer hunting near St. Helen, Michigan.
Bigfoot · Menominee County, Michigan · 2013
Witness reports seeing a 7ft tall jet black figure with orange eyeshine watching him on a game trail near the Menominee River before it walked away.
Bigfoot · Evart, Michigan · 1989
Witness reports hearing heavy deliberate footsteps and seeing a 7-foot outline in the woods while searching for a deer, followed by a guttural warning sound.
Bigfoot · Bendon, Michigan · 1980s
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark gray, bulky humanoid figure with long arms and an undefined body standing up from a boulder in a field, accompanied by dogs, before walking into the woods.
Bigfoot · Michigan · 2026
Witness reports three separate encounters involving strange smells, sounds, and physical sensations attributed to an ape-like creature.
Bigfoot · Michigan · 2021
Witness reports hearing a massive creature get up behind him in the woods and standing directly behind him while he was frozen in fear.
Bigfoot · Michigan · 1970s
Witness reports seeing a large dark form moving through the woods while hiding in a bog, later identified by a brother as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Michigan · 1970s
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, hairy creature standing at the edge of the woods near their shed.
Bigfoot · Rock, Michigan · 2018
[name] reports seeing a face between two trees through a night vision camera before it died.
Bigfoot · MSU Upper Peninsula Forestry Innovation Center, Michigan
A woman and her one-year-old son encountered a giant hairy man on the hood of their car who showed curiosity but no aggression before backing off when the headlights were turned on.
Bigfoot · Monroe County, Michigan · 1993
Witness reports that he and his friend saw a 7-8 foot tall, hairy humanoid walking on two legs near Newburg.
Bigfoot · Rock, Michigan · 2018
[name] reports hearing a loud yell and short yells from an unknown source near the camp.
Bigfoot · Port Sanilac, Michigan · 2020
Witness reports that his oldest son saw a large dark figure walking through the woods near M-25 and identified it as bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Calumet, Michigan
Neighbor reports seeing a tall, brown, man-like person standing on the edge of an iron ore hill staring at the valley.
Bigfoot · Drummond Island, Michigan
A friend claims to have seen a sasquatch coming through the woods while camping and swimming in his teens.
Bigfoot · Traverse City, Michigan
Witness reports being awakened by a strange smell drifting into the bedroom and suspects it may have been bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Tuscola County, Michigan · 1997
Witness reports that his friend [name] and [name] heard screams from a hay field in Kingston, Michigan, but saw no creature.
Bigfoot · Delta County, Michigan · 1982
Witness reports seeing an 8-9 foot tall, black-haired humanoid with glowing red eyes that jumped into a swamp while she was driving on County Road 426.
Bigfoot · Livingston County, Michigan · 1910
Witness reports that her grandmother saw five bigfoots swim across a lake when she was seven years old.
Bigfoot · Baraga County, Michigan · 1970
Witness reports that she and her sister-in-law saw a huge white furry creature on a hill near Three Lakes about 38 years prior to the letter's writing.
Bigfoot · MSU Upper Peninsula Forestry Innovation Center, Michigan
Witness reports that as a teenage boy in the late 1970s, he realized years later that his experience near Lake Superior involved bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Kalkaska County, Michigan · 1962
Witness reports a large animal emerged from the forest, stood on two legs to cross a road, and then vanished back into the trees.
Bigfoot · Traverse City, Michigan · 2013
Witness reports hearing a loud growl in the woods during the summer of 2013 and suspects it may have been bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Rock, Michigan · 2018
[name] reports feeling something behind him and [name] seeing a face through night vision.
Bigfoot · Willis, Michigan · 1999
Witness reports his sons heard screaming that descended into a low growl and moved around their property in 1999.
Bigfoot · Arenac County, Michigan
Witness's stepbrother reports a fast-moving creature on all fours that scuffled with him and hit his leg while walking through a trail.
Bigfoot · Menominee County, Michigan · 2009
Witness reports that his father and stepmother observed a tall, upright-walking creature with dark fur in their field near Bark River.
Bigfoot · Manistee, Michigan · 2009
Witness reports that his grandson and he saw a large black sasquatch chasing a deer near the north end of Clay Bank swamp.
Bigfoot · Oscoda County, Michigan
An investigator reports a Bigfoot almost seemed to smile with a mischievous little smile.
Bigfoot · Grand Traverse County, Michigan · 1962
The narrator reports old encounters in 1962 involving a Sasquatch or dog-manlike creature roaming the Sister Lakes area.
Bigfoot · Little Manistee River, Michigan
A friend of the narrator defines a creature he spotted while fishing as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Manistee National Forest - Cadillac Ranger District, Michigan
[name] sees a massive bipedal creature running alongside his semi-truck and trying to open the passenger door before shooting it.
Bigfoot · Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit, Michigan · 2014
Witness reports hearing tree knocking sounds at 4:30 am that woke his wife.
Bigfoot · Yale, Michigan · 1981
Witness reports that her family's first encounter with the animal occurred in September when a neighbor's barn door was ripped off.
Bigfoot · Blue Mountains, Michigan · 1988
Photographs taken by Paul Freeman's son [name] showed evidence related to Sasquatch in the Blue Mountains.
Bigfoot · Caseville, Michigan · 1965
Witness's sister reports seeing an ape-like creature with swinging arms and hairy hands/feet in the sand dunes.
Bigfoot · Oscoda County, Michigan · 1997
Witness reports that his friend and the friend's girlfriend saw a large, tall, dark brown creature cross Deckerville Road at night.
Bigfoot · Drummond Island, Michigan
Parents and grandparents warn of a huge bear that would frequent a bridge picnic area nearby and harass people.
Bigfoot · Little Manistee River, Michigan
Witness reports that fly fishermen saw large black objects watching them and moving away, generally interpreted as black bears but not on two feet.
Bigfoot · Mecosta, Michigan
Witness reports her father hearing the same screaming sound at his house and later recognizing it from a TV show about Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Canandaigua, Michigan · 1995
Witness reports that she and her husband saw a tall, dark, two-legged creature appear in front of their car on M-156 at dusk.
Bigfoot · Western Location, Michigan · 2013
Witness's wife heard very similar sounds in early spring from the same general area.
Bigfoot · Union, Michigan · 1960
Witness reports that her aunt saw a large white figure keeping pace with her horse while riding late one evening in the late 1960s.
Bigfoot · Lake City, Michigan · 2013
Witness reports hearing loud wood knocks and whistles while walking in a pine area near Lake City, Michigan, and finding large and small tracks.
Bigfoot · Missaukee County, Michigan
Witness retells a story of an elderly man who stopped his truck to observe a hairy, seven-foot-tall creature with a puggish nose in the road.
Bigfoot · Kalkaska, Michigan · 2013
Witness reports that their 8-year-old daughter saw a large brown creature resembling bigfoot walking on two legs before dropping to all fours and running away.
Bigfoot · Marquette County, Michigan
Witness's sister reports seeing a large black creature standing on the shoulder of the road at Pine Stump Junction during dusk in winter.
Bigfoot · Yale, Michigan · 1981
Witness reports that her daughters and cousin encountered a large, hairy, red-eyed creature standing on two legs in their barn.
Bigfoot · Rock, Michigan · 2018
[name] reports determining the previous night's vocalization was bigfoot based on length and intensity.
Bigfoot · Alcona County, Michigan
A Vietnam vet claims his friend and he saw a creature while deer hunting behind the cemetery in Tawas City.
Bigfoot · Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit, Michigan · 2013
Witness reports that their friend and another person heard grunting and wood knocks from an unseen creature in a wooded swamp area near Traverse City.
Bigfoot · Interlochen, Michigan · 1982
Witness reports that their stepbrother and a friend heard something yelling and rustling around their campsite perimeter in the woods near Traverse City, Michigan, causing them to flee.
Bigfoot · Oscoda County, Michigan
Witness's wife reports hearing something throwing stuff at their tent while camping near New Era.
Bigfoot · Lenawee County, Michigan · 1980s
Witness recalls a childhood memory of seeing a glimpse of an animal-like creature with four or five people in a car.
Bigfoot · Lenawee County, Michigan
Contractor reports his brother-in-law's wife saw 'the thing' out a window two weeks after the previous sighting.
Bigfoot · Little Manistee River, Michigan · 1985
Witness reports a coworker confirmed a similar sighting near the Little Manistee River area in 1985.
Bigfoot · Ottawa National Forest - Iron River Ranger District, Michigan · 2010
Witness reports his niece saw a Bigfoot cross the highway in front of her while driving home from work in June 2010.
Bigfoot · Schoolcraft County, Michigan · 2006
Witness reports hearing loud grunt/howl and muffled talking sounds from the woods near Wetmore in June 2006 and 2007, and finding a large human-shaped footprint at a lake site in Schoolcraft County.
Bigfoot · Lenawee County, Michigan
Contractor reports his brother-in-law saw a big hairy ape going under brush while hunting deer north of Kingston.
Bigfoot · Nunica, Michigan · 1994
Witness reports finding large non-human tracks and smelling a foul odor while walking in the woods with their son.
Bigfoot · Wexford County, Michigan · 2013
Another witness reports seeing tracks in their yard located behind the primary witness's home.
Bigfoot · Alger County, Michigan
Witness reports a local newspaper article stating that a man and his girlfriend saw a bigfoot on an old road in the area.
Bigfoot · Wakefield, Michigan · 2016
Witness reports her boyfriend saw a tall, black, bipedal creature in the road near Wakefield, MI, which they believe was Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Rock, Michigan · 2018
[name] reports a large scream heard 75 yards to the south that caused coyotes to react.
Bigfoot · Michigan
The bait shop owner reports seeing a large, fur-covered creature walking upright on two legs that easily climbed a steep embankment.
Bigfoot · Michigan
Friend and his parents report seeing a large hair-covered creature standing in the middle of the road at night.
Bigfoot · Michigan
Witness reports that neighbors saw a birch log fly and later saw eyes high off the ground before the creature ran into a swamp.