Woman remembers encountering a strange animal while driving outside Mexico Beach
Account
Late at night while traveling by car toward Mexico Beach, Florida, the witness encountered an animal squatting at the edge of the pavement near County Road 386 and Highway 98. As the car approached, the animal jumped up and ran bipedally across the road in front of the car into woods on the other side. It was described as about five to six feet tall with long dark shaggy hair with red highlights, and its face was not recalled.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about five to six feet tall
- Hair colour src
- dark with red highlights
- Hair length src
- six to eight inches long
- Legs src
- two legs
- Gait src
- running on two legs pretty fast
- Posture src
- squatting
- Other features src
- shaggy, not uniform in appearance
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Spring 1985
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| Time of day |
approximately 1 or 2 a.m.
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| Place |
Mexico Beach, Fla, Bay County, Florida
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| Map point |
29.94, -85.39 (± 2 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 23247 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
traveling to Mexico Beach late at night
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| Witness's word for it |
a strange animal
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Ken Johnson (BFRO)
An investigator spoke by phone with the witness and recorded additional details about the Mexico Beach sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #23247 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference