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at night Hawthorne, Putnam County, Florida Related account #24893

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
Date unknown Hawthorne, Putnam County, Florida Related account #24893

Property disturbance near Hawthorne, Florida

A relative saw the trailer floor heave upward and noises were heard from the crawl space.

Property disturbanceUnidentified sound
Prior to the initial visit Hawthorne, Putnam County, Florida Related account #24893

Property disturbance near Hawthorne, Florida

Eggs stopped appearing or were taken and a duck disappeared from its cage.

Property disturbance
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.

Full-body sightingChatterOdorTracksHair +1
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
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.

FootstepsObject throwingTracksProperty disturbance
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.

VocalizationOdorRock throwingUnidentified soundTree break +1
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
Date unknown ALVA, Lee County, Florida Related account #38165

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
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
around that very same time Esto, Holmes County, Florida Related account #115

Vehicle contact near Esto, Florida

A preacher reportedly had a creature chase his car around the same time and place as the main event.

Vehicle contact
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.

ScreamWood knockTree breakRock throwingHowl
Date unknown Immokalee, Collier County, Florida Related account #20420

Property disturbance near Immokalee, Florida

Previous occupants of the same house reportedly had the back door ripped off its hinges.

Property disturbanceDoor or window contact
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
about 5 months ago Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, Florida Related account #35330

Property disturbance near Punta Gorda, Florida

The witness found a heavy fish-box lid shifted aside with the bungee still attached and about 20 lbs of mullet missing from a boat in the yard, with a feeling of being watched.

Property disturbance