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Two nights later Lake Helen, Volusia County, Florida Related account #40901

Door or window contact near Lake Helen, Florida

Two nights later the family heard the back door shaken and banged then the front door handle rattled while the protective dog stayed silent.

Door or window contact
During the month of October 2013 around 8 PM Lake Helen, Volusia County, Florida Related account #40901

Vehicle contact near Lake Helen, Florida

The teenaged daughter sitting in a parked car had the car violently shaken and pushed down from the front without seeing the cause.

Vehicle contact
Later in the week Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida Related account #12068

Vocalization near Ormond Beach, Florida

A few days later the witness returned with another person, placed a cantaloupe on the broken tree, heard a loud wheezing like a startled boar, and later found the cantaloupe hollowed out with intact shell.

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BFRO YEAR: 74-75 Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida Class A #414

Year long sightings by family

The witness describes repeated nighttime visits to a rural property over about a year by a family of large hairy creatures that ate fruit, looked in trailer windows, and once bit a penned hog. The witness reports seeing three individuals of varying heights, hearing frequent chattering, noticing odor, tracks and hair, and attempting to hunt them without driving them away. After about a year the visits stopped, believed to have ended when habitat regrew.

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a couple of weeks later Hudson, Pasco County, Florida Related account #7627

Door or window contact near Hudson, Florida

A couple of weeks later the witness and a relative heard a loud bang that shook the residence and later found a fist-like dent and large bare prints at the rear door.

Door or window contactTracksProperty disturbance
almost 2 a.m. Place not stated Related account #8935

Footsteps

The witness woke around 2 a.m. to crunching footsteps and heard the cabin screen door open and shut quickly while the dog stayed silent and alert, prompting the witness to remain in bed until daylight.

FootstepsDoor or window contact
In 1988 or '89 Pasco County, Florida Related account #737

Footsteps near Pasco County

In the late 1980s the same group heard something walking through tall grass toward an abandoned house, heard something hit the house, fled, and the next day found a path through the grass and a damaged wall under a window.

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Date unknown Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida Related account #33612

Structure or nest near Kissimmee, Florida

The witness found a long bedding area near the bedroom window and grapefruit with large bite marks.

Structure or nestProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 08 Baker Fl, Okaloosa County, Florida Class B #25037

Kayaker experiences frightening incidents while traveling down Yellow River

While kayaking a long stretch of river in northwest Florida near dusk, the witness heard moaning to yelling sounds and smelled a strong musky odor. Rocks were thrown from the treeline toward the water and near the kayak, while sticks and trees were heard breaking. The witness also heard coyotes and loud unidentified sounds suggesting animals fighting, felt followed for much of the trip, and never saw the source.

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On the 8th night Everglade City, Monroe County, Florida Related account #65655

Property disturbance near Everglade City, Florida

On the 8th night something entered the campsite and ransacked empty water bottles in the fire pit while the witness shone a light and saw nothing.

Property disturbance
about a month later in August Place not stated Related account #31153

Growl

The witness stepped onto the back porch at night and heard the same low growl much louder, then rustling and a loud hit to the wooden shed, but found nothing with a spotlight.

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Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida

Roofs were removed from the witness's dog houses.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida

One pony regularly had a hand-hold twisted and tied in its mane.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida

Fence top barbed-wire lines were repeatedly pushed down and wrapped with moss and sticks, reappearing the next morning after removal.

Property disturbance
at night Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

Wood knock near Bunnell, Florida

The witness reports taking people to the area at night on multiple occasions and experiencing knocks, howls, tree breaks and thrown objects.

Wood knockHowlTree breakObject throwing
Since that time Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

Scream near Bunnell, Florida

The witness states that everyone he took hunting in that section had encounters involving screams, knocks, tree breaks, stone throws or howls.

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BFRO YEAR: 1971-72 Homestead, Dade County, Florida Class B #1719

Possible collision with vehicle outside Homestead

Early one Saturday morning in 1971 or 1972 the witness was driving south on US 27 when he stopped at a fresh single-car wreck with law enforcement present. He saw a car with a crushed front fender and overheard officers remark that no one could have walked away from such an impact and about a bear moving unusually. He did not see any animal himself but later heard a radio news report saying the driver claimed to have hit a Florida Skunk Ape that officers chased into a thicket.

Vehicle contact
Fall of 1962 Hernando City, Citrus County, Florida Related account #28678

Object throwing near Hernando City, Florida

During a fall 1962 scout night walk on the island, the witness and others had sticks thrown at them from the swamp area.

Object throwing
around 4-5am Place not stated Related account #77223

Footsteps

Later that night at the campground, the witness heard heavy bipedal footsteps pacing beside her parked car and felt the car nudged, while teammates at a nearby site also heard heavy bipedal movement around tents.

FootstepsVehicle contact
A few nights later Place not stated Related account #44837

Sasquatch sighting

While riding with a relative following a deputy's car, the witness saw the creature step into the road, strike the patrol car and a street sign, yell, then limp into the swamp.

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