During June of 2014 they drive up north to visit my family most of my family
live on or around the reservation up there my parents separated when I was
younger and I lived with my mom in the southern area of Michigan but during the
summers I would drive up north to see my father and his side of the family when I
was younger I remember hearing stories of dog men in that song that became
popular in the north I knew that there was at least one wolf up there
I remember reading that tribal newsletter I just thought the dog man
sightings were just type urbanized sightings of the wolf
after spending more than a day there I have to travel back down I rented a car
that weekend so I wouldn't put any miles on mind I also decided since this was
not my car I would go through Deadman's hill and not worry about the body
getting damaged Deadman's Hills a heavily wooded area some tribals go
there to do Vision Quest and they stay out there for a couple days the only
time anyone goes out there to check out on this day bring him some water I have
been through the top of dead man's hill by never towards the bottom I decided to
drive through there as I first go through Deadman's hill it's around 7
o'clock at night it gets dark pretty fast I've seen opening the stairs
leading towards a creek I parked the car and get out I stay along the riverbed
for about 15 minutes after I came back up on the road that's when I realized
how dark is getting I looked down in the dirt road and I see dog prints and I
realized that's a huge dog the footprints were about twice the size
of my fist I notice about four footprints going from one side of the
road to the other in a diagonal I think a couple steps forward to see where
these prints go and then I hear a snarl and then a low growl I look towards the
direction of the sound and I see a huge wolf on all fours after about four
seconds of staring at this thing I take a step back and it's left arm goes down
to the ground I take another step back and it's left hand pushes off the ground
and it stands on two legs I run towards the car without looking back get in
start the car and drive off after driving 20 yards I look back and see
that this thing is gone
I speed up and don't look back
I think that what I saw that night was probably just a big wolf I could walk on
its hind legs whatever I saw that night I just know that it was real
you
it was November of 2010 my father brother and myself go up to the northern
part of Michigan I didn't know it at the time but this is the last time the three
of us would go hunting together my dad had been diagnosed with cancer two
months earlier and it's been five years since the three of us have done hunting
together we stay at my dad's friend's cabin we arrive at the cabin and get set
up that evening we go out to the area
that's usually best for finding deer my dad goes with my brother to the western
part of this valley I had to the southern open where there's
a tower overlooking the valley in line with the canopy
I get up there and then we wait
I hear coyotes off in the distance they start off faint and then they get louder
a single howl overpowers all of the howling from the pack of the coyotes
it didn't sound like a coyote it sounded like a large wolf I looked through my
night-vision scope in the direction of the sound
I see nothing but there's still a ways away
I hear rustling in the leaves down below I slowly peek out and keep shifting my
eyes in the direction of the sound to see if I can pick up an outline of a
deer I bring out my rifle and look through the scope I can see something
that looks like the outline of a person I thought for a second it was my brother
but I don't see his rifle and he would not have left it
it was too thin or at least not built like my dad
I don't know where the nearest house is and how many neighbors these people have
I just thought it was a little creepy for someone to be out here by themselves
this thing turns its head and I can see a snout there are stories of people
spotting bears in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan I finally spotted one down here
but then I noticed the legs and see how skinny and doglike they are nothing like
a bear I'm not sure what I'm looking at I just continue to stare at it it was
walking at even pace it didn't speed up or slow down it was moving down south
towards me but towards the east more it pretty much stops heading east and then
just continues to go south towards me it walks right to the camping stand where
I'm in
I can hear breathing down below I look in between the cracks in the floorboards
I see it looking right up towards me it was a woman walking and standing sign
lights at this point the only thing I think of I hope this thing can't climb a
ladder this whole time I remained still but the floorboards between us creak a
little as I shift my weight back just a little bit as the wood creaks I shift my
head up and I can hear quick rustling on the leaves down below I remain in a
single stance with the gun pointing towards the ladder
I believe I hear it walking away but I wait after what felt like ten minutes I
take a couple steps forward and look down the ladder
I don't see anything I get my flashlight in signal in the direction of where my
brother and dad are I was expecting the worst as I was climbing down the ladder
I meet up with my dad and brother and they saw the same thing that I did we
decided to head back to the cabin I was on edge all night but that was the only
time we've ever saw that I haven't gone back since then but I have heard one
other report
it was June of 2013 I was driving down from Honan Lake it was the first week of
June Memorial Day was a week before and I intentionally planned on going up
there a week after Memorial Day after spending
about a day there I head back down it's around 11:15 I take the scenic route
down m37 this road is heavily forested it splits down the middle of the
Manistee National Forest it was late and I was tired my eyelids were getting
heavier it was getting harder to see where the road stopped and the wood line
began I wasn't sure where I was exactly but I was getting more and more tired I
drive up a slight hill and see something jumped into the road I thought it was a
deer at first it's crouching down on all fours
I Drive a little closer and my headlights catch the whole frame of this
animal from a distance I didn't know what it was I get out of my car and take
a few steps forward maybe it's a coyote or a bear they have been known to wander
down in this area of Michigan but it was more wolf like in appearance
it turns its head to the left and then it stands up the engine fan to
my car goes on and that's when this thing howls at me
it takes giant strides towards me and goes on the driver's side like harm
but I just kept on staring at this thing we made eye contact I'd say it was
around six five definitely under seven foot it just looked like an ordinary
wolf that was walking upright it wasn't until he got right up to the window is
when I decided to let go of the brake and get out of there