Boy Scouts have sighting while camping at Quednau Ranch
Account
The witness was on a Boy Scout campout in the Murdoch area near Tampa. On the second night after midnight during an initiation outing with another scout, they saw a very large figure running bipedally into the woods at high speed while giving a high-pitched scream or shriek. A strange smell was noted but was attributed at the time to sulphur water. The troop reportedly never returned to the area to camp.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Legs src
- on two legs
- Gait src
- moving very fast
- Other features src
- really big, really quick moving
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
15 August 1962
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
after midnight
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| Place |
Murdoch, Charlotte County, Florida
Stated
BFRO report #445
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
27.00, -82.03 (± 5 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 445 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
on a Boy Scout campout initiation outing
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| Witness's word for it |
something really big
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #445 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
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