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creature sitting on a wood pile seen watching witness.
The witness was staying overnight at the family property and went outside about 2 a.m. to quiet barking kennel dogs. On the way out and again on the way back, the witness noticed a large silver-colored being sitting calmly on a woodpile and watching. The witness went inside, locked the door, awoke shaking three hours later, and later called a friend and drew what was seen.
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.
Tracks near Hernando City, Florida (1963)
In March 1963 the witness and others observed large barefoot prints on the island.
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.
Memory told of a close encounter with a man-ape outside Gainesville
A child jogging on a dirt road in the evening to a friend's home encountered a large hairy figure that stepped out of roadside woods about 30 feet away. Both the witness and the figure stopped and stared at each other for a few seconds before the figure tilted its head. The witness then ran to the friend's home; the figure made no sound and did not follow.
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.
Odor near Lake Helen, Florida
A horrible stench lingered outside the house for two days while the retriever refused to go outside even in daytime.
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.
Door or window contact near Lake Helen, Florida
Two nights later the family heard the back door shaken and banged then the front door handle rattled while the protective dog stayed silent.
Vehicle contact near Lake Helen, Florida
The teenaged daughter sitting in a parked car had the car violently shaken and pushed down from the front without seeing the cause.
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.
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.
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.
Odor near Perry, Fla, Florida
While hiking in the days before the main night, the group sometimes noticed a horrible foul smell.
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.