Michigan Upper Peninsula
Bigfoot Organization
investigating all aspects of the Sasquatch mystery
sightings — stick signs — evolution — UFOs & high strangeness — human origins
info@upbigfoot.com
report your sighting
If you've had a Bigfoot or UFO encounter, MUPBO would like to hear about it. Please fill out the report form.
All personal information remains confidential. Please see our privacy statement in the sidebar at right.
Have you seen a hairy creature that walks upright like a man, but you know it's not a guy in a fur suit? MUPBO wants to know what you've seen. We record three basic types of sightings:
  1. Sight—You saw a creature, whether a glimpse or a full-frontal view.
  2. Sound—You heard something inexplicable, such as heavy footsteps or an inhuman scream.
  3. Sign—You found footprints, oddly bent trees, or other physical evidence you believe indicates a Bigfoot's presence.
Tips for Reporting A Sighting
Include as much detail as possible. Try to remember the weather conditions, other sounds you heard during the sighting, or other animals seen in the vicinity. If other animals reacted to the creature you saw (or heard), be sure to mention that too. If there's anything you feel might be related to the sighting, no matter how outlandish it seems, feel free to include it in your report. If you have any supporting evidence—testimony of other witnesses, hair samples, footprint casts, photos, etc.—let us know about that too.
The number one rule for reporting a sighting is be honest.

What happens next?
If you said you wanted to be contacted, an investigator will contact you to verify your report, and possibly to obtain further details. If you've found sign, the investigator may want to visit the location where the sighting occurred.

Tips for Preserving Evidence
If physical evidence exists to corroborate your sighting, you need to preserve it as best you can. First and foremost, make certain you take note of where you found the evidence so you can take an investigator there later. Here are some additional tips geared toward helping you keep the evidence fresh.
Footprints
  • If you have a camera, photograph the prints. Place your foot or another object of known length, such as a ruler, next to the print when you take the photo. This will provide scale.
  • Look for more prints nearby. Follow the line of travel—the direction the footprints seem to lead—in order to locate more prints.
  • You may also wish to cast the prints in plaster or another casting medium. Take care not to deform the prints when you pour the casting material into them.
  • If you have a tape measure or ruler, measure each print across its length and width. Also measure the distance between prints.
Feces/Urine
  • Collect a sample inside a plastic bag. Be careful not to touch the sample, as you may accidentally contaminate it.
  • As soon as possible, freeze the sample.
Hair
  • As with feces/urine, collect a sample but take care not to contaminate it.
  • Keep the sample in a sealed container.
  • If you can do so without contaminating the sample, photograph the hair(s) on a neutral background.
Other Sign
Photograph any other sign you see, including twisted tree limbs or other disturbances to the vegetation.
Your Privacy Matters
All sightings remain confidential.
We may use your first name and last inital (e.g. John S.) in referring to your sighting, but your full name will never be released without your written permission. At your request, we will withhold your first name as well. Locations of sightings may be protected at the witness' request. Your email address and other personal information will not be shared, sold, or disclosed to third parties in any form, for any purposes, at any time unless we first have your consent. We will never send you unsolicited email.

The MUPBO Pledge
MUPBO makes this promise to you: no ridicule, no censorship. If parts of your sighting don't fit with our theories, we won't edit out those portions. We'll leave them as you wrote them. Reports may be edited for clarity (e.g. to add more info on where the sighting occurred or correct typos), to remove profanity, or to protect the privacy of other witnesses. However, we will never change the facts of your sighting or cut out details. Witness reports are only shown to MUPBO members.

email questions or comments to
sightings@upbigfoot.com


Backyard Bigfoot
The True Story of Stick Signs, UFOs, & the Sasquatch
by Lisa A. Shiel

** a finalist in the ForeWord magazine 2006 Book of the Year Awards **

"As informative as it is entertaining"
(Midwest Book Review)

"One of the best types of investigative reporting I've seen"
(Reader Views)

"You may agree or not with her conclusions but you will be entertained by the discussions"
(The Mining Journal—Marquette, Michigan).