Rock hunters watch tall upright figure along Lake Superior near Newberry witnessed in Luce County, Michigan

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To begin with, I'm not sure what I saw, but it was something I couldn't identify, so I thought this might be the right forum to approach it. During the summer of 1993, my brother and I were looking for Lake Superior Agates along the shore of Lake Superior about 3-4 miles west of the mouth of the Two-Hearted River. It was mid-afternoon on a windy and overcast day. When looking for agates you spend much of your time looking at the ground, but occasionally stand up to stretch your back and look down the beach. It was during one of these times I noticed a figure some 300-500 yards down the beach standing at the tree line in the direction from which we'd been walking. My first instinct was that it was another agate hunter and I voiced this to my brother stating that we now had "competition". As I watch the figure I noticed that it did not bend over (which is typical of agate hunters) nor did it move from its position at the tree line. It was at this time I realized the stature of the ...