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This year Late at night about 12-2am Mulberry, Polk County, Florida Related account #12732

Unidentified sound near Mulberry, Florida

The witness reports noises have returned late at night while sitting by fires this year.

Unidentified sound
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
last year when it was cool enough to sit around a fire Mulberry, Polk County, Florida Related account #12732

Growl near Mulberry, Florida

The witness, her spouse, and neighbors heard an unfamiliar growl or deep groan from the woods while sitting by a fire.

Growl
BFRO YEAR: 1979 or 80 East Of Lakeland, Polk County, Florida Class B #1608

Noise, like wood being banged against tree. Tracks found

The witness was on a trail on a sunny hot afternoon when a loud impact like a large stick hitting a large tree trunk was heard 20 to 30 yards off the trail. Tracks were later found in the area several weeks afterward. Two other witnesses were said to have been involved but would not come forward.

Wood knock
Last fall Turkey hunt Zephyrhills, Polk County, Florida Related account #25129

Howl near Zephyrhills, Florida

During a previous turkey hunt the witness and a companion heard an unfamiliar loud vocalization described as between a howl and a guttural growl.

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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
it wasnt even 5 minutes he was gone Haines City And Avon Prk, Polk County, Florida Related account #16823

Footsteps near Haines City And Avon Prk, Florida

Shortly after the main incident, the witness and a child heard shuffling in gravel, strange breathing, and breaking branches from inside the home.

FootstepsUnidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: About 1995 Bartow, Polk County, Florida Class B #15310

Possible daylight sighting by fisherman near Bartow

The witness was fishing from a hilltop near a park in Bartow while companions checked lines. She noticed a dark, hairy form protruding chest-high from the water among reeds, seemingly staring at her. She stared back, testing the sighting by closing and averting her eyes, but when companions returned and she tried to point it out, it was gone.

Partial sighting
prior to seeing that Aragon, Polk County, Georgia Related account #49286

Property disturbance near Aragon, Georgia

Eight goats disappeared one by one over several months from a fenced enclosure in the same area with no blood, hair, or sign of struggle.

Property disturbance
1:35 am St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin Related account #45418

Footsteps near St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin

Around 1:35 am tent occupants woke to a raccoon on the table and heard movement around camp while the camper occupant heard something large walking in woods behind camp that left after the raccoon was scared off.

FootstepsMovement only
Date unknown Livingston, Polk County, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/05/sc-ep120-saquatch-at-my-window

Growl near Livingston, Texas

A few weeks later the guest returned to the same area with three companions and camped in the pines. After limb-snapping and a deep primate-like call, something approached the tent at night, growled in front and then circled it with light footsteps on pine needles. At daylight they found a large footprint-like impression inches behind the tent where one companion's head had been.

GrowlFootstepsTracksVocalization
Date unknown Livingston, Polk County, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/05/sc-ep120-saquatch-at-my-window

Growl near Livingston, Texas

During a winter night investigation with two companions, the group heard a distant call and later a very close growl near their trucks after dousing the fire. The guest growled back and the unseen animal exchanged escalating growls and a scream about seven or eight times. The sound then faded as if leaving, and the group left.

GrowlScream
last night 9/1/01 Grande Rhonde, Polk County, Oregon Related account #3064

Wood knock near Grande Rhonde, Oregon

The witness returned at night to cast impressions and take photos and exchanged knocking sounds with an unseen source for 20 minutes.

Wood knockUnidentified sound
last September Grande Rhonde, Polk County, Oregon Related account #3064

Sasquatch sighting near Grande Rhonde, Oregon

The witness describes an earlier nighttime sighting of a large bipedal creature crossing a road in the same general area.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing