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Close encounter while fishing remembered near Giant City State Park
The witness was fishing alone at a small wooded lake in the afternoon when brush breaking, snapping trees, and splashing rocks drew attention. The witness turned to see a large muscular creature standing nearby that emitted a loud high-pitched scream. The witness froze, the creature quickly retreated into the woods, and the witness fled down the trail to the vehicle.
Object throwing near Midlothian, Illinois
The witness says nuts were thrown and smacked them, and once with a companion a six-inch by six-foot log flew from the trees landing nearby, prompting them to leave.
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.
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.
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.
Property disturbance near Live Oak, Florida
The witness's daughters reported something banging the side of the house outside their room at night.
Property disturbance near Hawthorne, Florida
Something banged repeatedly on the trailer side when the outside light was left on, stopping when it was turned off.
Property disturbance near Hawthorne, Florida
A relative saw the trailer floor heave upward and noises were heard from the crawl space.
Property disturbance near Hawthorne, Florida
Eggs stopped appearing or were taken and a duck disappeared from its cage.
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.
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.
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.
Structure or nest near Kissimmee, Florida
The witness found a long bedding area near the bedroom window and grapefruit with large bite marks.
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.
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 near ALVA, Florida
Something took a raccoon from a backyard snare, breaking 250-lb fishing wire attached to a fence post.
Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida
Roofs were removed from the witness's dog houses.
Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida
One pony regularly had a hand-hold twisted and tied in its mane.
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.
Vehicle contact near Esto, Florida
A preacher reportedly had a creature chase his car around the same time and place as the main event.