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Sightings: Au Train Bigfoot
In 1978, the Dallas Cowboys were Superbowl champions, the Bee Gees were the biggest thing in pop music, Johnny Carson ruled late night television and stories began circulating about a large, roving, white-eyed ape-human in the remote reaches of the Au Train woods on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Easy for people outside the perimeter to dismiss, but for those battered by the encounter, it would be was something they would never forget and find difficult to discuss. Some of the long-time locals already knew about the wild human/animal—they even had a nickname for the monster … and they knew best to let it be.
Au Train is remote—you don’t end up there by accident. Anyone having been there would realize if you were an ageless cryptid—this would be the place to hang out. But should you find occasion to cross paths with the thing that calls this place home, best to have your affairs in order, because luck is the only reason you survive the encounter.
Beware the Upper Peninsula.
Easy for people outside the perimeter to dismiss, but for those battered by the encounter, it would be was something they would never forget and find difficult to discuss. Some of the long-time locals already knew about the wild human/animal—they even had a nickname for the monster … and they knew best to let it be.
Au Train is remote—you don’t end up there by accident. Anyone having been there would realize if you were an ageless cryptid—this would be the place to hang out. But should you find occasion to cross paths with the thing that calls this place home, best to have your affairs in order, because luck is the only reason you survive the encounter.
Beware the Upper Peninsula.
- GenresCryptozoology
106 pages, ebook
Published December 19, 2016
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About the author
J.F. Rodo Rome
19 books16 followersSIGHTINGS:
Monsters Of The World.
A collection of first-person interactions with cryptids.
HAUNTINGS:
Encounters With The Supernatural.
An anthology of personal experiences with the unexplained.
Monsters Of The World.
A collection of first-person interactions with cryptids.
HAUNTINGS:
Encounters With The Supernatural.
An anthology of personal experiences with the unexplained.
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September 23, 2017
Great collection of stories.
Read this book if you don't believe in Bigfoot. Read this book if you do believe. You will find that these people have little to gain by telling people about their encounter with Bigfoot and a whole lot to lose, but they told their stories anyway. I love the organic nature of the sightings, it's obvious that they aren't written by the same author and the individual sightings are very simular and yet have some of the same elements.
Read this book if you don't believe in Bigfoot. Read this book if you do believe. You will find that these people have little to gain by telling people about their encounter with Bigfoot and a whole lot to lose, but they told their stories anyway. I love the organic nature of the sightings, it's obvious that they aren't written by the same author and the individual sightings are very simular and yet have some of the same elements.
January 23, 2018
Bigfoot
Good stories about sighting of a Bigfoot. I have been to that area and although I didn’t see anything the woods are so thick it is easy to imagine that one could have been there
Good stories about sighting of a Bigfoot. I have been to that area and although I didn’t see anything the woods are so thick it is easy to imagine that one could have been there
July 24, 2018
Good read
I was entertained. That's what I look for in a book. Reading encounters in their own words was interesting. It could have used a closing remark though.
I was entertained. That's what I look for in a book. Reading encounters in their own words was interesting. It could have used a closing remark though.
September 8, 2024
Frightening Encounters with an Angry Squatch
Another great entry in the Sightings series. This time the focus is on the Au Train Bigfoot and it's a mean creature with a very territorial attitude. As with the other Sightings books, the author allows the stories to speak for themselves. There are some good ones in this collection. Cryptid lovers will enjoy this book.
Another great entry in the Sightings series. This time the focus is on the Au Train Bigfoot and it's a mean creature with a very territorial attitude. As with the other Sightings books, the author allows the stories to speak for themselves. There are some good ones in this collection. Cryptid lovers will enjoy this book.
November 9, 2025
If I were a “Bigfoot,” I would live in Au Train. But as I am a person, I don’t want to run into that thing up there. The untamed wilderness and endless forested expanses described in "Sightings: Au Train Bigfoot" offer the perfect refuge for a creature of legend, with enough seclusion to keep prying eyes at bay and an abundance of natural beauty to roam free. The author's vivid portrayal of this mysterious landscape makes it easy to imagine vanishing into the shadows, footsteps muffled by moss and pine needles, and living undetected in the heart of Michigan's wild country.
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