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BFRO YEAR: 2000(?) Ste. Marie, Jasper County, Illinois Class B #10879

Mushroom hunters find series of large footprints near Ste. Marie

The witness and a companion were mushroom hunting when they found about ten barefoot-like prints crossing a muddy stretch of a mostly dry creek. The prints appeared to enter from water on one side and exit into water on the other, heading east toward a nearby river. The witness felt no barefoot person should have been in that remote bottoms area and no photos were taken before rain.

Tracks
Jan 11, 2010 Ellisville, Fulton County, Illinois Related account #27146

Tracks near Ellisville, Illinois

The witness with three companions found large tracks approaching a fence then returning across a dirt road near where the growl had been heard.

Tracks
the last ten years or so Midlothian, Cook County, Illinois Related account #28525

Structure or nest near Midlothian, Illinois

The witness describes finding a large teepee-like structure and dozens of bent, broken and twisted trees throughout the woods over about ten years.

Structure or nestTree breakTwist
this July 2014 River Grove, Cook County, Illinois Related account #46494

Structure or nest near River Grove, Illinois

The witness returned to the area with a spouse in July 2014 and found a log structure resembling a shelter but saw no creature.

Structure or nest
15 June 2009 Sauk Village, Cook County, Illinois Related account #42150

Handprint near Sauk Village, Illinois

The witness reported finding a single large possible hand print in the same area the following summer and photographing it in daylight.

Handprint
in the night Olive Branch, Alexander County, Illinois Related account #36246

Sasquatch sighting near Olive Branch, Illinois

During a later overnight visit to the same area, the witness reported seeing a very large upright animal step across the road at night, and a 26.5-inch footprint was found nearby the next day.

Partial sightingRoad crossingTracks
Maybe five years later Hosford, Wakulla County, Florida Related account #67296

Structure or nest near Hosford, Florida

About five years later the witness and a relative found a rectangular ground cover of freshly snapped palmetto fronds inside a palmetto clump at midday.

Structure or nest
the next morning St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida Related account #31745

Tracks near St. Augustine, Florida

The following morning the witnesses returned to the area and a family member found a large footprint bigger than a size 15.

Tracks
The next night Mulberry, Polk County, Florida Related account #12732

Footsteps near Mulberry, Florida

The witness and her spouse heard something large running and knocking down trees approaching them and went inside.

FootstepsTree break
BFRO YEAR: 1985 86 Lakeland Fla, Polk County, Florida Class B #3918

Hunter has unexplained, late night encounter while in small boat on Saddle Creek

Late at night the witness paddled a small boat up a creek with two dogs and heard something following on the bank, then a loud blowing noise. The dogs refused to go ashore and later barked intensely. The witness shone a light and saw a large ape-like figure running away over a hill, then noticed a group of tracks while leaving. A skunk-like brassy odor was noted before the sighting.

Partial sightingTracksOdorUnidentified sound
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
the following hunting season Indiantown, Martin County, Florida Related account #26271

Tracks near Indiantown, Florida

The following hunting season the witness found a large human-looking bare footprint with five toes near the same area while dragging out a tree stand.

Tracks
The next morning Cassia, Lake County, Florida Related account #32249

Tracks near Cassia, Florida

The next morning the men returned and found smeared human-like footprints.

Tracks
Date unknown ALVA, Lee County, Florida Related account #38165

Sasquatch sighting near ALVA, Florida

A companion saw a figure peering through a bedroom window, then the witness heard heavy footfalls as it jumped a fence and crashed through swamp screaming.

Partial sightingFootstepsHowlScreamTree break
Date unknown Pittman, Lake County, Florida Related account #5510

Sasquatch sighting near Pittman, Florida

A road-grader operator reported seeing a large bipedal creature step onto the road, abandoning the grader and later reporting it, after which footprints and handprints were found on the vehicle.

Partial sightingTracksHandprint
Over an 11 year period Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Tracks near Brooksville, Florida

The witness found footprints in the field repeatedly over an 11-year period.

Tracks