Hunter has unexplained, late night encounter while in small boat on Saddle Creek
Account
Late at night the witness paddled a small boat up a creek with two dogs and heard something following on the bank, then a loud blowing noise. The dogs refused to go ashore and later barked intensely. The witness shone a light and saw a large ape-like figure running away over a hill, then noticed a group of tracks while leaving. A skunk-like brassy odor was noted before the sighting.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Build src
- large
- Gait src
- running away
- Other features src
- Ape like
Facts & provenance
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| Time of day |
10:30-11:00, dark
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| Place |
Lakeland Fla, Polk County, Florida
Stated
BFRO report #3918
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
27.97, -81.95 (± 10 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 3918 with published 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 |
traveling by boat up a creek with dogs
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| Witness's word for it |
large Ape like thing
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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Group of tracks seen from boat after sighting, not closely examined.
Witness and friends made a return trip to the area.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3918 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “stories about skunk apes or Something in the swamps around Polk County”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “the article the lady wrote from Polk County Fla.”Not in the Anomadex yet