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 an encounter, it was something they would never forget and find difficult to discuss. Some of the long-time locals alrea...