Memory told of a close encounter while frogging at night on the upper St. Johns River
Account
On a Friday night the witness parked an airboat in an oak hammock to drink coffee before frog gigging. Clumps of mud were thrown toward the boat, hitting the rudders and bow. When the witness shone a headlamp toward the source, he saw a large hairy figure staring at him and fled by boat to the middle of the next lake where he stayed until sunrise.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- approx. 8+ feet tall
- Build src
- shoulders as wide as a small pick-up truck
- Hair colour src
- dark brown body hair, dark blond facial hair
- Hair length src
- 8 -10 inch beard
- Face src
- dark blond facial hair with little hair around cheeks and eyes, darker-than-tan leathery skin, brow ridge, thin lips with large mouth, 8-10 inch beard
- Eyes src
- black eyes
- Posture src
- standing
- Other features src
- Neanderthal-like, no neck, very large oval head, not conical, hair not tangled or matted
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
23 November 1990
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around midnight
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| Place |
Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida
Stated
BFRO report #33789
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
28.21, -80.84 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 33789 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
frog gigging from an airboat at night
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| Witness's word for it |
the big guy
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- R. Monteith (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness for several hours about the 1990 encounter.
The witness agreed to take the investigator to the oak hammock during the day.
The investigator provided a habitat photo of the hammock to show the area trees and woods.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #33789 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “Several BFRO reports in or around this management area”Not in the Anomadex yet