Geographical Index > United States > Michigan > Monroe County > Report # 78631
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Submitted by witness Edward Henry on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
TODAY: Father and son fisherman have close encounter with a bigfoot half way between Toldeo and Detroit
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YEAR: 2025
SEASON: Spring MONTH: May DATE: 18 STATE: Michigan COUNTY: Monroe County LOCATION DETAILS: I-75 to Laplaisance Rd exit, behind the jail near the quarry in the back.
[Investigator (MM) Notes: The two witnesses entered and exited this area from where Winchester Street terminates at the railroad bed (west side of railroad) north of Plum Creek.
These GPS coordinates are not precise. This GPS point is in the marsh near the railroad tracks but is otherwise off the mark from where the incident occured. At the time of this posting I am still awaiting precise coordinates. I wanted to post this report because the incident happened this morning. This GPS point is definitely in the marsh and near the railroad bed mentioned in this report:
41.900658, -83.389054 ] NEAREST TOWN: Monroe NEAREST ROAD: I75 OBSERVED: I was bow fishing today with my son around 11:30am. We walked down the creek [Plum Creek] past four bridges [railroad bridges] and headed into the marsh. 100 yards into the marsh the dog scared up something that was bedded there. Trees were shaking. We thought it was a group of deer. We continued on 200 more yards to the creek basin in the marsh.
We sat and enjoyed the wildlife for a little while. We headed back through cattails and saw a lot of deer beds on the way to the first bridge. We crossed the first bridge and was between that and the second bridge. We heard sirens in the distance. My son said do you hear those? I sat down my bow and arrow to get out my.cell phone and earbuds. I wanted to listen to the police scanner app on my phone to see what was happening. My son was behind me and dog was off to the right.
All of a sudden I heard rustling in a tree to the left and a huge thud hitting the ground from the tree. A big heavy animal hit the ground and crouched and start moving towards me through brush. My dog fired off from the right of me toward the creature. The dog almost got to it but the creature shot off extremely fast through trees and brush. The dog chased the creature up the slope and over the train tracks. I then called for my dog to come back.
My son said "holy shit what was that?? It was as big as a bear but it looked like a gorilla!" We walked back but we heard something crunching on the ground behind us. We left! OTHER WITNESSES: 2 OTHER STORIES: In 1963 on forward numerous newspaper articles we found TIME AND CONDITIONS: 1130am ENVIRONMENT: Swamp forest railroad tracks
Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Matthew Moneymaker:
I spoke with Edward and his 12 year old son by phone, separately. Both are credible and freshly descriptive about what happened to them this morning.
Edward is 47. He was born and raised in the area. He earns a good living working in the demolition trade.
I asked many questions about what they saw, and what the animal did. I asked enough to discern that it was not a bear. It was a large dark furred primate that ran up a slope on two legs looking like a gorilla from behind. Yes, that would be a bigfoot.
The animal was roughly 10 feet up the tree when it jumped down. At no time was it facing the two humans. The point at which they got the clearest look at it was when it was ascending the embankment. They could see the hairy back and big butt cheeks pretty clearly for a few seconds.
The animal was not on all fours. It raced up the slope on two legs but hunched forward. In its hunched posture it was nearly six feet tall. The son said it would have been much taller if not hunched over.
This incident happened so fast that there was no time to even consider trying to photograph it. The whole encounter lasted less than ten seconds from beginning to end. It happened totally by surprise. No one would have gotten a photo of it in that first shock interval.
This area around the marsh for Tamarack Creek is full of deer. No hunting is allowed there. Only fishing is allowed there. Consequently there are herds of deer in the marsh and woods year round.
There are lots of cattails around this marsh as well.Therefore, two things bigfoots consume, especially in winter: cattails and deer. There are likely other food sources around this marsh as well.
The satellite images of this marsh area will prompt some people to say this area would not be accessible to bigfoots because there is too much development around, like the nearby town of Monroe. But this pocket of forest and marsh is not cut off from other green belts and farmlands in the area. The ingress are egress for deer will be along the railroad easements heading south. It is not a long walk south along the railroad tracks from Tamarack Creek to large farm fields that are open and dark at night. Bigfoots will walk along railroad beds for long distances. The railroad beds will sometime bring them into pockets of woods very close to towns, as it this case.
Why might bigfoots prefer a large pocket and woods and marsh near a town?
The closer a nature pocket is to a town, the greater likelihood that hunting is forbidden there (so the bullets don't travel into the neighborhoods). The area becomes a defacto safe haven for deer herds. Bigfoot look for deer so they will sometimes end up in pockets of woods near towns like Monroe when there is enough plants and animals to sustain them.
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About BFRO Investigator Matthew Moneymaker:
Matthew Moneymaker is originally from the Los Feliz District of Los Angeles, California.
- Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
- Juris Doctorate (Law degree) from University of Akron School of Law
- Founder of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization,1995.
- Writer and co-producer of the Discovery Channel documentary "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science", 2001.
- Co-producer of the TV Series "Mysterious Encounters" for the Outdoor Life Network (OLN Channel), 2002.
- Producer of the "2003 International Bigfoot Symposium" (Willow Creek Symposium) DVD set, 2004.
- Co-host of "Finding Bigfoot" on Animal Planet Channel, 2010 - 2017.
- Current Director of the BFRO
- Available for private bigfoot expeditions and conferences. To inquire please email ContactUS@BFRO.net
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