State by State Sightings

Michigan

Date	Location	Witness	Incident
Oct. 1891	Nr the Tittabawassee River	George W. Frost & W.W. Vivian	7-ft Bigfoot killed bulldog with one blow.
1937	Saginaw River	Fisherman	Saw 'manlike monster climb up the river bank, lean upon a tree and then return to the river. Had a nervous breakdown.
Autumn 1951	Charlotte	Many	'Gorilla Swamp' the haunt of a 'strange monster' on 2 legs, seen by many different people.
May 1956	Nr Marshall	Otto Collins, Philip Williams, Herman Williamb	First 2 witnesses picked up and carried by Bigfoot.
May & June 1964	Sister Lakes, Cass County	Mr. & Mrs. John Utrup, Gordon Brown, Joyce Smith, Fatsy & Gall Clayton, & many others	9-ft Bigfoot with shining eyes frequently seen over several weeks.
13 Aug. 1965	Nr Monroe	Christine van Acker & mother Mrs. Ruth Owens	Black 7-ft Bigfoot reached into car and gave Christine a black eye.
1966	Cass County	Various	Bigfoot seen in sparsely populated area near Detroit.
24 April 1969	Port Huron	Children	Frightened in woods by 6-ft gray Bigfoot.
Summer 1973	Bay City	2 men	Saw Bigfoot while camping in the woods.
Autumn 1973	New Buffalo	-	Bigfoot sightings.
11 June 1977	U.S. 27 in Glare County	Abby Matthews & Nicholas A. Zurawic	Saw three creatures around 7 ft tall, 300-500-lb weight, run across road with big strides.
June 1977	Nr Barryton	Robert Kurtz & brother-in-law	Glowing eyes seen at night; men investigated and saw Bigfoot which walked into forest.
5 Sept. 1977	Care	Karl Traster (14) & Steven Traster (10)	While playing in yard, saw 8-9-ft smelly Bigfoot with long brown hair, breasts, big teeth and long fingernails.
5 Sept. 1977	Care	Wayne W. King & friend, Charles J. Roose, Karl Traster (14)	At midnight visited site of Traster boys' sighting and saw longarmed, black Bigfoot with 'large glowing eyes about the size of golf balls,' about 10 ft tall; another, bent over, was close by.
9 Sept. 1977	Barryton	Robert & Becky Kurtz	Saw black Bigfoot crossing road.
30 April 1978	Rayner Park, Mason	Three men	8-ft black Bigfoot with green shining eyes seen in car headlights.
31 May 1978	Mason	James Jenks	Watched Bigfoot enter shed.
13 July 1978	M-36, Ingham County	Francis Jones, & Michael Hacksworth	Saw Bigfoot cross road in early morning.
31 July 1978	Fowlerville	Boy (4)	Told mother he had seen a 'gorilla' in front yard. Mother heard thud and scream and saw part of a possible Bigfoot on other occasions.
16 Aug. 1978	Fowlerville	Gary Browning	Shot at Bigfoot which ran out of underbrush.
24 Aug. 1978	Concord Township	Mindy Singletary	At night saw Bigfoot drinking from swimming pool.
28 Aug. 1978	Concord Township	Dennis M. Heath	Saw black, 7½-ft (compared to height of green corn behind it) Bigfoot; non-human tracks found.
12 Oct. 1978	Evart	Catherine & Robert Cook	Massively built Bigfoot seen briefly as it walked into woods.
21 Oct. 1978	Millington	Rodney Gouine (19), George A. Proctor, Jr. (19), his father & sister Tracy (18)	At 1:30 am saw Bigfoot walking across neighbor's lawn.
19 Nov. 1978	Fvart	Norman Lee Nowland & Chris A. Jirrard	While deer hunting, saw heavy Bigfoot about 7 ft tall walking into dense forest.
2 Dec. 1978	Lansing	Morse Easterling	Saw 7-ft Bigfoot near his apple orchard; it disappeared quickly.
13 Dec. 1978	Barnes Road, Millington	Mrs. Diane Meharg	Watched Bigfoot near trees from kitchen window for over 15 mins until it walked into trees. It had heavy arms and legs, no neck, and was dark in color.
June 1979	Mayville	Two teenage girls	Saw 7-ft Bigfoot while playing hide-and-seek.
2 July 1979	Forest Township, Genesee County	Woman	Saw tall, brown creature in swampy area near house.
7 Nov. 1980	Battle Creek	John Pelfrey	Saw three Bigfeet which ran off grunting.

Data from "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings (1818-1980)"
(The Bigfoot Casebook, Janet & Colin Bord, 1982, New York: Granada Publishing)