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Chatter near Oviedo, Florida
In February 2008, the witness heard a loud metallic chatter near a neighbor's yard while on the patio, then heard it again seconds later from farther away and went back inside.
Sasquatch sighting near Haines City And Avon Prk, Florida
A relative walking a dog behind a camper trailer reported seeing a figure, after which the dog pulled hard to return inside.
Historical account near Lake Park,, Florida
The witness recalls skunk ape reportedly seen in the general area 40 to 50 years earlier before development.
Daylight observation of a hair-covered bipedal figure in the Grassy Waters Preserve
The witness and a companion were walking a preserve boardwalk in the early morning after being denied a guided canoe trip. From the boardwalk they watched a tall dark figure at the base of a distant cypress tree repeatedly squat, dig in the mud, stand, and bring a hand to its mouth for several minutes. Two park rangers were also present, but requested binoculars fogged and were unusable. The witness described the figure as human-like in posture and movement and did not consider it a bear.
Footsteps near Kissimmee, Florida
When outside with dogs, the witness hears heavy crunching footsteps while dogs stare without barking.
Family has a strange and terrifying encounter while fishing in the Everglades National Park
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.
Animal behaviour near Jupiter Fla, Florida
Later that morning the witness felt watched and followed to the tree stand, noticed eerie quiet, and found normal animal sounds did not resume until after returning for supplies.
Folklore near Fort Myers, Florida
Local children shared stories of a hairy man living in the woods around the trailer park.
Animal behaviour near Brooksville, Florida
The witness's horses would stand for hours staring into the woods off the back corner.
Sasquatch sighting near Coconut Creek/Coral Springs, Florida
A relative and a friend reportedly saw a standing figure at a trail intersection at night that reached out toward them before they fled.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
Two years before the bike-path sighting, the witness was driving in broad daylight and saw a huge black-gray hairy creature about 100 feet away. It paced and peeked around trees watching cattle. He stopped at the fence, called his partner, and tried to flag down others.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
A few years after the 1918 incident the community reportedly captured another hair-covered figure in the same swamp area. The teller suggests this individual and the 1918 figure were humans with a hair-growth condition from a family that arrived in 1901, distinct from the original 1884 wild man.
Eyeshine in Florida
On night two a separate team driving a roadway saw red eyeshine about ten feet up that turned and crossed the road. They pursued on foot hearing twig snaps and rustling of something large and seeing shifting eyeshine eight to ten feet up. Members then reported feeling ill, disoriented, and trance-like, with the last person feeling lured away from the group.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
The witness and several friends camped on family land in South Florida near the national park. At night they heard hisses, tree knocks and whoops, saw strange lights, then saw a group of large hairy bipeds that threw rocks, injured a friend, threw a large dog, and chased the group as they fled on ATVs. The next day the camp was found destroyed and the dog was found dead.
Whoop in Florida
The witness set out alone on a multi-day hike through swamp trail and camped overnight in a hammock. During the night the camp was surrounded by unseen figures making vocalizations, knocks and walking sounds, and a food bag was knocked down. The next day the witness found large tracks, then encountered large dark hairy figures on and near the trail, one of which followed closely. The witness fled in panic to a highway rest stop and required medical care, reporting lasting distress and nightmares.
Vocalization in Florida
The evening after hunting, the witness and the cousin walked toward the truck at dusk and felt surrounded by unseen sources making varied bird and owl-like animal noises all around them. The sounds followed until near the truck then stopped. The witness suggested poachers while the cousin insisted it was not poachers.
Sasquatch sighting near Pioneer, Florida
The witness, then a 10-year-old boy, was catching reptiles in a dry creek bed behind his grandparents' rural property when a tall slender ape-like female appeared across the creek with an infant. He crouched and pretended to eat vegetation to avoid provoking her while they observed each other for several minutes. A taller darker male then emerged, bared his teeth and displayed aggressively, and the female positioned herself between the male and the boy. Both creatures then left into the brush, and the boy ran home and told his grandmother, who said she believed him.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
The witness was out at night with a friend and the friend's father when their dogs ran back terrified and would not leave the dog box. While driving out they saw high wide eyeshine and an outline that leapt from a tree. A crouched hairy shape then rose screaming and tore at trees, and the witness fired his shotgun before all three fled in the truck and never returned.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
The guest and a friend went fishing in the evening near the woods where the guest had a prior encounter. The friend suddenly stared at one section of woods and told the guest to get ready, then withdrew without explanation. Days later the friend said a hairy man-like creature had been standing about 15 feet away watching them.
Unidentified sound in Florida
The witness was scouting for a redfish tournament from a kayak in Florida near NASA property in the early morning. After hearing a large splash, smelling a nauseating odor, jumping wild hogs, and hearing a powerful scream-growl with trees shaking, the witness saw a tall hairy human-like face watching from behind a palm frond. The creature charged to the water's edge about 15 feet away, stopped when the witness raised a paddle and yelled, stared again, then walked back into the woods, leaving the witness physically ill and anxious for weeks.