Series of reports (6) concerning the Skunk Ape. Photos of the creature and footcasts
Account
On July 16, 1997, a tour guide driving tourists along a road stopped near a burned-out bridge and watched an upright, hair-covered creature for about 15 minutes from 70 to 80 yards away. The guide moved the bus forward and backward to give passengers views and tried to get a passenger with a telephoto lens to exit for photos, but no one would leave. The guide then drove away and could not relocate the creature on a later return.
What was reported
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Sightings
Context & caveats
Described appearance
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- Height src
- approximately 7' tall
- Hair colour src
- brownish
- Face src
- no hair on face
- Posture src
- stood upright on two legs
- Other features src
- resembled a gorilla
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
July 1997
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around 2:00 pm
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| Place |
Collier County, Florida
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| Map point |
25.92, -81.30 (± 4 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 721 with published boundary
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| Account type |
Investigator summary
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving a tour bus with tourists
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| Witness's word for it |
large brownish colored creature
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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.
A local resident searched the Turner Road area, reported finding brown hair on brush and large footprints, and made plaster casts of two tracks.
A local resident searched the Turner Road area, reported finding brown hair on brush and large footprints, and made plaster casts of two tracks.
A local resident searched the Turner Road area, reported finding brown hair on brush and large footprints, and made plaster casts of two tracks.
A local resident searched the Turner Road area, reported finding brown hair on brush and large footprints, and made plaster casts of two tracks.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #721 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “sighting from the Naples Trolley Tour out of Marco Island”Not in the Anomadex yet