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Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1970)
As a small child sleeping in an isolated Florida ranch house on a bright summer night, the guest was awakened by livestock panic followed by silence and approaching footsteps. A massive dark form filled the bedroom window and seemed to look down at him while breathing heavily, terrifying him so badly he tried to hide under the mattress. He later identified the hairy arm seen in a movie as matching what was at his window.
Scream near Hernando City, Florida (1963)
In April 1963 while camping with a companion, the witness heard footsteps around camp and a loud terrifying scream or howl before footsteps ran away.
Large bipedal creature passes child's window near Ft.Myers
At around 10 p.m. in 1963, the witness was lying in bed trying to sleep when heavy footsteps passed the bedroom window. The witness saw a huge shadow moving bipedally with a human-like walk, described as taller than a man, then heard a loud low-pitched moan. Frightened, the witness ran to the parents' bedroom sobbing and shaking.
Boy Scouts have sighting while camping at Quednau Ranch
The witness was on a Boy Scout campout in the Murdoch area near Tampa. On the second night after midnight during an initiation outing with another scout, they saw a very large figure running bipedally into the woods at high speed while giving a high-pitched scream or shriek. A strange smell was noted but was attributed at the time to sulphur water. The troop reportedly never returned to the area to camp.
Man recalls a possible up-close nighttime encounter on Gilchrist Island
Late at night while returning to his Boy Scout camp on an island, the witness took a shortcut through a clearing and approached what he thought was a stump to about six feet away. The shape stood on two legs revealing a broad, hair-covered bipedal figure that stared at him briefly before walking then running away through palmettos with loud crashing footsteps. He returned to camp frightened and was told by the adult leader to go back to sleep.
Early evening sighting by residents on the Hillsborough River
In the mid-1950s the witness and a companion were watching a drive-in movie from across the river after dark. They heard something behind them, turned, and saw a large hairy creature backlit by a lamplight. They fled immediately without looking back.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1884)
In 1884 a rural community living around Ocheesee Pond lost livestock and heard eerie nighttime calls from the water. After children were frightened by a hair-covered figure, residents formed a posse, captured it, and transported it chained to the governor in Tallahassee. The governor could not place it and sent it to the nearby Chattahoochee hospital, where it died and was buried under later construction.
Sasquatch sighting near Edgewater, Florida
A group including a witness sitting around a bright fire pit at night heard something large moving through the woods and saw a single red eye reflection about six and a half to seven feet off the ground.
1. loud vocalization sounds woke sleeping couple. 2. family dog found injured
In the fall of 1998 two witnesses were asleep at home when they were awakened around 10 p.m. by two extremely loud vocalizations, first a growl and then a rising scream that felt as if it was inside the room. Their two dogs were too frightened to move, and a check outside found nothing.
Howl near Lake Helen, Florida
The witness heard a deep powerful howl from the front of the house while front and back doors stood open.
Scream near Lake Helen, Florida
While watching a loud movie, the witness heard a scream over the sound near the master bedroom.
Odor near Lake Helen, Florida
Witness and daughter repeatedly noticed foul odors near home, strange night noises, and waking simultaneously without known cause.
Vocalizations heard and nests found in remote part of Ochlockonee River bottom
Around 2002 the witness was hunting alone from a tree stand in river-bottom woods during an afternoon hunt. After a prolonged silence and faint squabbling sounds, just after dark he heard a loud piercing call immediately followed by a deep prolonged growl, repeated three times at closer range while a deer moved past. He called out, scanned with lights with his rifle ready, saw nothing, then left quickly when a boat arrived.
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.
Wood knock near Perry, Fla, Florida
In the days before the main night, the group heard repeated knocking like a stick striking a tree, sometimes answering from different directions.
Whoop near Perry, Fla, Florida
In the days before the main night, the group heard unexplained whoop-like calls from different parts of the woods.
Howl near St. Augustine, Florida
One of the witnesses later heard howls again at the same spot coming from across the waterway.
Vocalization near Bushnell, Florida
Two nights later the witness heard the same grunt twice from farther away in the swamp and thought she saw eye shine about five feet off the ground that quickly disappeared.
Vocalization near Hawthorne, Florida
The witness said vocal calling had occurred about half an hour before investigators arrived for an evening bonfire.
Property disturbance near Hawthorne, Florida
A relative saw the trailer floor heave upward and noises were heard from the crawl space.