Do you believe him? STORY

Sure.
I was bow hunting for deer back around “77” about 45 miles north of Grand Rapids MN sitting over a very old grassy logging trail.
I saw a a critter come down that trail, under me, then go beyond and gone. It was absolutely a Wolverine. No one not even DNR would believe me and it was long before any type of any easy to use camera.

I know what I saw, I figure every now and again one gets to wandering, sort of like mountain lions in Minnesota, moose in Iowa etc.

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For some reason I can't pull it up but do.I believe there are wolverines in Michigan?No

We saw one from my Parents house one winter. 100% sure that is what it was. It came out, stood in the road and then ran straight away from us for 50 yards. All 3 of us saw it and the diamond on the back was unmistakable. About 5 years prior we followed tracks in the snow that I am certain was wolverine. I believe they cruise through once in a while from Canada.
There was a wolverine rumored to be in the Thumb of MI many years ago too.

There was one in the thumb area,how it got there is pretty dubious

I'm sure some pass thru from Canada.For some reason animals don't recognize borders

To pass thru from canada would require a lengthy swim. I would maybe believe a zoo or private pen escapee. It is common for people to mistake badgers for wolverine

Nothing freezes?

20 years ago a biologist got a picture of a wolverine in lower MI, seems like an odd place, Mn stories are totally believable.

Wolves get to/from Isle Royale on the ice pack.

The thumb area of Michigan is urbanized in some parts,and heavily agricultural in others,with at least one large state game area that I know of.That wolverine appeared out of nowhere in that area and died there.It never left the state game area where it was found.There was always something fishy about it.

It could happen

A old timer trapper friend saw one 40 some years ago on the south shore of Lake of the Woods,about 15 years ago another trapper friend showed me a track picture what he thought was a gulo it was a week later they had it on trail cam.A year ago in Sept I saw one out south in the big woods.Don't know about MI,but it wouldn't surprise me if once in a great while one comes through as stated above.

I would believe it. The Mn dnr also said we didn't have mountain lions in MN. either at one time.

Does MI have a sign up that says "Wolverine do not enter" at the boarder? They shot one in ND down around Bismarck. Why couldn't one be in MI?

Look at a map, easy to see how critters could go back and forth to Isle Royal. 200 miles south, the lakes seldom freeze solid and shipping channels are maintained, it would be easier to believe a wolverine was released than actually traveled on its own to end up in such a odd place.

Bismarck North Dakota is much more realistic than the thumb area of Michigan.If you don't know the thumb area you have no idea how astronomical the odds are for this.On the other hand people claim they see mountain lions and Big foot in southern Michigan too.

Mountain Lions have traveled into southern Michigan before. I’ve seen trail cam photos from Ithaca, and that’s not all that different from the Thumb.

Is it unlikely a Wolverine would end up in the Thumb? Yeah. Is it impossible? Not at all.

Wolverine can show up about anywhere, they are great travelers.
Wolverine have even been showing up in California, in Washington they seem to be expanding nearly everywhere, even out on the ocean beaches.

They are probably getting chased out by some of the "cougars" in the retirement communities.