Birder has daylight sighting in Rainbow Springs State Park
Account
On New Year's Day morning the witness was birdwatching off-trail in a Florida state park when they noticed a hairy arm gripping a pine with a nest box about 100 yards away. Through binoculars they watched a hair-covered creature hug the opposite side of the trunk, peeking out and shifting to stay hidden for several minutes. When the witness stepped closer, the creature dropped and fled unseen through saw palmettos, leaving a wake of moving vegetation.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 6 foot tall or a bit bigger
- Build src
- rather thin but muscular
- Hair colour src
- reddish brown
- Hair length src
- hanging off in losse strands
- Face src
- grayish black hairless skin, human-like nose, thin lips, rather big mouth
- Eyes src
- all brown with black pupils, no white
- Arms src
- reddish brown hairy arm gripping tree trunk
- Hands src
- human-like with thumbs, short worn yellowish nails
- Posture src
- hugging tree with face pressed to back of tree
- Other features src
- very short neck fading into shoulders, small cone-shaped head, no visible ears
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1 January 2000
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| Time of day |
around 8 a.m.
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| Place |
Dunnellon, Marion County, Florida
Stated
BFRO report #12921
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
29.10, -82.42 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 12921 (2 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 |
birdwatching while hiking off-trail
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| Witness's word for it |
a bigfoot
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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
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
An investigator spoke at length with the witness but added no further details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #12921 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference