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existing public record source
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Kent County deer hunter
Historical witness profile documenting a reported encounter in Michigan during 1978, with source provenance and connected research records.
Michigan1978Provisional research profile
Location archiveMichigan
Media & documentation
Featured media & source material
Recovered media is placed here for direct inspection of the source record. A video, photograph, document or interview is not treated as evidence merely because it appears on this page.
Overview
At a glance
Encounter period1978
RegionMichigan
Direct visualYes
Repeat / ongoingNo
Co-witness / corroborationNo
Primary sourceBFRO
Exact locators0
Media / transcript records0
Summary
Sasquatch watching hunter
Background & context
Deer hunter; outdoor experience: High. The profile preserves what the entered sources document and does not infer missing biographical or encounter details.
Only public, encounter-relevant context is shown. Private contact details and precise residential information are not published.
Events
Encounter record
1978 · Michigan
1978 reported encounter
Sasquatch watching hunter
Witness-level record; dedicated case page not yet created
Dedicated case page not yet createdReported observations
Matrix-coded
Matrix-coded reported observations
- Sasquatch watching hunter
Original source ↗ Exact locator pending
Media & source material
Watch, listen & read
Interviews, reports and transcripts are gathered at the research layer and displayed here when the source and rights state permit it. The original provider is always preserved.
No dedicated media record is currently registered.
The source chronology remains available below. New audio, video, transcripts and documents will appear here when recovered.
Indexed source passages
Concise research summaries point to exact source locations when available; long third-party transcript passages are not reproduced.
Exact source passage not yet indexed.
The source is retained, but paragraph/timestamp/page-level recovery is still required before excerpts or exact-locator analysis are displayed here.
Provenance
Source history
A chronological record of where this testimony appears. Media above is presented for reading or playback; this timeline preserves source order and provenance.
1978
Reported encounter period
Michigan. Sasquatch watching hunter
Later BFRO archive
Consistency & changes over time
Stable / recurrent
None coded in the current record.
Added later
None coded in the current record.
Changed / contradicted
None coded in the current record.
Unresolved
- Additional source layers are needed before longitudinal stability can be tested.
- Exact source locator has not yet been recovered for this profile.
Controls
Corroboration & evidence
No independently recovered co-witness statement is currently linked at the profile level.
BFRO Class A retention. Evidence authenticity and testimony are evaluated separately.
Research assessment
Documentary strengths
- Already qualified for the Observatory's public baseline witness corpus.
- Recoverable source URL is preserved.
- The source matrix codes a reported direct visual.
Limitations / controls
- No exact source locator has yet been entered for this profile.
- Current profile is primarily dependent on one entered source layer.
What would improve the record
- Recover an exact timestamp/page/paragraph locator.
- Search for earlier or independent firsthand source layers.
- A dedicated case record may be added if the event details can be resolved from public sources.
Research graph
Connections
No additional canonical connections are entered yet.
The witness remains searchable in the archive while event/source/media relationships are resolved.
Related reporting & research
No witness-specific analytical publication is linked yet.
This does not mean the witness is absent from future cross-era or trait analysis.
Public record reference
Record identifier
- Witness ID
- H076
This stable identifier helps readers and researchers cite the same Observatory witness record over time.