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5 min readIn 1990, Gordon was riding in a Cordova with his father on Bissinet Road near Cook Dam in Oscoda, Michigan, when something crossed the gravel road in front of them in three steps. His father turned, looked at him, and said, "Good. Don't say nothing." Gordon, an experienced outdoorsman who spends over 140 days a year in the Huron National Forest, kept that sighting to himself for more than thirty years. He finally came forward after hearing an interview with a local police officer on the Bigfoot Society podcast, realizing the encounters he had been quietly accumulating in the same stretch of Michigan woods matched what others were reporting.
A lifetime of woods experience
Gordon knows the Huron National Forest intimately. He estimates he spends between 140 and 160 days each year in the woods, scouting for deer, bear, and coyotes, and trapping. He describes the forest as massive—one million acres, bigger than Rhode Island and slightly smaller than Delaware. He has learned to distinguish the vocalizations of coyotes, bears, bobcats, and deer, and he knows what normal animal behavior looks like. That baseline of familiarity is what makes his anomalous encounters stand out.
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What you'll learn
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- 2 (02:13) **Introducing Gordon** - A lifelong Michigan outdoorsman who spends 140+ days a year in the Huron National Forest
- 3 (06:53) **The First Encounter: 1988 Tent Incident** - Something very large approaches the family tent on their newly purchased property
- 4 (09:18) **Early Signs: Footprints and Structures** - Gordon begins noticing unexplainable evidence in the fire-cut areas of the forest
- 5 (15:05) **The 1990 Road Crossing** - Gordon and his father see a 10-foot Sasquatch cross the road near Cook Dam
- 6 (22:10) **Physical Description** - Gordon clarifies what the creature looked like up close
- 7 (23:21) **The Silence and Its Cost** - Gordon explains keeping the secret for decades
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Show Notes
A lifelong outdoorsman who spends more than 100 days each year exploring Michigan's Huron National Forest, Gordon shares firsthand encounters that began in 1988 and continued across decades. His experiences include a towering road crossing near Cook Dam, enormous tracks in the sand, mysterious tree structures, deep nighttime vocalizations, wood knocks, and an unseen presence pacing him through the forest after dark.
With encounters near Glennie, Oscoda Township, and the Au Sable River, this episode offers an extraordinary look into one of Michigan's most active Bigfoot regions through the eyes of someone who knows these woods better than almost anyone.
If you enjoy authentic eyewitness accounts, wilderness mysteries, and respectful conversations about the unexplained, this is an episode you won't want to miss.
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