Class B First-hand BFRO #20333

Possible Nighttime Encounter by Girls on Horseback north of Ft. Myers

7 July 1983 between 11:30 and 12:30 N. Ft. Myers/Riverdale, Lee County, Florida 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a companion were riding horses at night along a dirt road bordered by ditches, woods and pastures when the horses became nervous. The witness heard something moving parallel to them in the woods, keeping pace even as they urged the horses from a gallop to a full run across several fence lines. The parallel movement stopped where the woods ended at the edge of the witness's property. A later search by truck found where something had been, but the creature was never seen.

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What was reported

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Facts & provenance

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Date
7 July 1983
Stated BFRO report #20333 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
between 11:30 and 12:30
Stated BFRO report #20333 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
N. Ft. Myers/Riverdale, Lee County, Florida
Stated BFRO report #20333 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
26.76, -81.85 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 20333 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #20333 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #20333 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
nighttime horseback riding
Stated BFRO report #20333 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
a "Bigfoot"
Stated BFRO report #20333 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #20333 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Caroline Curtis (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator spoke to the witness and concluded the pair were paralleled by an unseen creature.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2007-07-18 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 5a87da360b95
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “one from the Lee County area”
    Not in the Anomadex yet
  • “an article on your web site about a girl walking a trail in the woods”
    Not in the Anomadex yet