Daylight observation of a hair-covered bipedal figure in the Grassy Waters Preserve
Account
The witness and a companion were walking a preserve boardwalk in the early morning after being denied a guided canoe trip. From the boardwalk they watched a tall dark figure at the base of a distant cypress tree repeatedly squat, dig in the mud, stand, and bring a hand to its mouth for several minutes. Two park rangers were also present, but requested binoculars fogged and were unusable. The witness described the figure as human-like in posture and movement and did not consider it a bear.
What was reported
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Sightings
Context & caveats
Described appearance
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- Height src
- over 7 ½ foot tall
- Build src
- muscular, but with a slim build
- Hair colour src
- evenly dark
- Hair length src
- short
- Arms src
- unusually long arms
- Hands src
- human-like hands
- Posture src
- stood too straight, bent at waist, squatted at knees like a human
- Other features src
- roundish head with head resting on shoulders
Facts & provenance
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| Time of day |
early morning before 8AM
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| Place |
Lake Park,, Palm Beach County, Florida
Stated
BFRO report #30929
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
26.81, -80.17 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 30929 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
4
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
walking the boardwalk
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| Witness's word for it |
a dark figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Cathy Betz (BFRO)
An investigator spoke to the witness by phone about the Grassy Waters sighting and recorded details.
The witness spoke with an investigator and visited the Okeechobee area with the investigator about the second sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #30929 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “a sighting here in Columbia County, Fl”Not in the Anomadex yet