Class A First-hand BFRO #27076

Woman has close daylight sighting while driving through Payne's Prairie outside Gainesville

Summer 2000 early morning around 6am Gainsville, Alachua County, Florida 2 witnesses

Account

The witness was driving in the early morning with a young child when a hair-covered biped crossed the road in front of the car and paused. The witness stopped a short distance away and watched the figure before it continued across the road and disappeared into roadside vegetation. The figure was described as muscular and wearing a crude covering draped over its shoulders.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Road crossing

Described appearance

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Height src: about 6 foot tall, or maybe taller
Build src: stocky, muscular and very stout
Hair colour src: brown
Hair length src: longer on head and forehead than on body
Arms src: held out like a muscle man when running
Legs src: ran on two legs the whole time
Feet src: bare, big and thick
Gait src: moved quickly when running
Posture src: hunched-over
Age / size src: not old
Clothing src: crude brownish-tan burlap-like covering draped over shoulders/back to waist
Other features src: scraggly, matted, dirty and course hair texture

Facts & provenance

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Date	Summer 2000 Stated BFRO report #27076 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day	early morning around 6am Stated BFRO report #27076 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Place	Gainsville, Alachua County, Florida Stated BFRO report #27076 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	29.58, -82.33 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 27076 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #27076 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Witnesses	2 Stated BFRO report #27076 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #27076 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Witness was	driving to town with a child Stated BFRO report #27076 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	Monkey Man Stated BFRO report #27076 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #27076 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Cathy Betz (BFRO)

Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #27076 Primary

Published 2009-12-30 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash ec612982e0db

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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“the famous Floria Skunk Ape”
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