Multiple witness motorist sighting in daylight at the edge of the Alafia River
Account
On New Year's morning in 1978 the witness was riding as a passenger south on Highway 37 over the Alafia River when she saw a large hairy figure squatting at the water's edge splashing water. She got out at the bridge rail for a closer look; the figure looked up, stood, briefly faced her, then climbed the bank into the woods. Her sister, the driver, saw it as it entered the woods, after which they left in the car.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- well over six feet
- Build src
- massive chest and shoulders, muscular with thin waistline
- Hair colour src
- dark brown/black
- Hair length src
- shaggy
- Face src
- more human than ape-like, less hairy than body
- Arms src
- massive
- Posture src
- squatting then stood upright
- Apparent sex src
- male (referred to as 'He')
- Age / size src
- big, large
- Other features src
- lighter colored skin visible through hair, especially on chest
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
January 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around 8 o'clock in the morning
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| Place |
Brewster, Polk County, Florida
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| Map point |
27.78, -81.98 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 24032 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
riding as passenger while driving to Ona
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| Witness's word for it |
large dark haired skunk ape
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Caroline Curtis (BFRO)
An investigator visited the bridge about thirty years later and noted the steel guard rails had been replaced with concrete barrier rails.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #24032 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference