Class B First-hand BFRO #24241

Family has a strange and terrifying encounter while fishing in the Everglades National Park

BFRO YEAR: 1975-76 after sunset North Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida 3 witnesses

Account

While night-fishing beside a canal in the Everglades with his parents as a young child, the witness heard something pacing back and forth in dense vegetation behind them. His father threw a piece of coral, shone a spotlight, and shouted, but the movement continued without any visible source or response. Frightened by the persistent, methodical pacing, the family fled in their car without breaking down their fishing rods.

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Facts & provenance

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Time of day
after sunset
Stated BFRO report #24241 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
North Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida
Stated BFRO report #24241 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
25.20, -80.87 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 24241 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #24241 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
3
Derived BFRO report #24241 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
night fishing while camping
Stated BFRO report #24241 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness's word for it
something or someone
Stated BFRO report #24241 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #24241 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Cathy Betz (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator conducted phone interviews with the witness and his parents to collect additional details.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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