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Memory told of a possible dusk sighting at a hunting camp near Greenville
A year after hearing loud growls in the same area, the witness and a companion were scouting without rifles. While driving and looking for wildlife, they stopped to watch an animal grazing at a distance that moved toward the companion on all fours. When the companion made noise, it stood upright on two legs, appearing tall with a light underside, before retreating into the woods.
Sasquatch sighting near ALVA, Florida
The witness and two investigators watched two thermal figures with heads, shoulders and an arm peering from behind trees for about two minutes before they withdrew.
5 children observe a very large hairy "man" for several minutes (N. Ft. Myers)
The witness, then a child, was with several other children at a playground at dusk after playing in nearby woods. After another child pointed out movement, the group climbed the slide ladder to look into the woods. They watched a large hair-covered upright figure look at them and then turn and walk slowly away through scrub palms toward a pond for a couple minutes before they ran home.
Scream Heard in a Cypress Swamp outside Ft. Myers
Around mid-summer 1982 or 1983, the witness and a companion were camping in a wet cypress swamp in Lee County after dark. After building a campfire, they heard a single deep, drawn-out scream from the swamp less than a mile away, after which insects went silent. They saw and smelled nothing, broke camp immediately and left on foot.
Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida
Roofs were removed from the witness's dog houses.
Animal behaviour near Brooksville, Florida
The witness's horses would stand for hours staring into the woods off the back corner.
Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida
One pony regularly had a hand-hold twisted and tied in its mane.
Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida
Fence top barbed-wire lines were repeatedly pushed down and wrapped with moss and sticks, reappearing the next morning after removal.
Tracks near Brooksville, Florida
The witness found footprints in the field repeatedly over an 11-year period.
Young girls have daylight sighting near their home
The witness and a relative went to a play hut at the edge of the woods just after daybreak. They noticed a foul odor, heard something large moving and growling, and hid in a nearby gully. They then watched a very tall, broad, brownish-red haired biped with human-like shape approach the hut from 50 to 70 feet away before turning and walking away, after which they ran home.
Unidentified sound near Geneva, Florida
Last year while approaching a pond in the same property area the witness heard something large leaving the water and left without seeing the source.
Odor near Geneva, Florida
The witness recalls smelling a strong rancid odor while bow-hunting from a stand that came and went without a wind shift and left no tracks in the rocky creek bed when checked the next day.
Scream near Ruskin, Florida
The night before the sighting, the group heard strange screams from downriver, boated down to check, and found nothing.
Movement only near Jacksonville, Florida
The reporter and a fellow officer heard movement of something large in underbrush and found a freshly broken pine limb nearby.
Man has brief encounter near lake
The witness reported a dusk encounter at about 20+ yards with a dark, stocky creature that had a wide upper torso and no visible neck in a remote pine-oak area. Waning light limited observable detail, but a reddish reflection from the eyes was noted. The witness was alone at the time.
Wood knock near Bunnell, Florida
The witness reports taking people to the area at night on multiple occasions and experiencing knocks, howls, tree breaks and thrown objects.
Scream near Bunnell, Florida
The witness states that everyone he took hunting in that section had encounters involving screams, knocks, tree breaks, stone throws or howls.
Vocalization near Century, Florida
The witness was hunting alone at dawn when he heard low guttural chatter-like vocalizations twice a few minutes apart.
A tree stump moves closer to a group of young boys
In the late 1970s on a late August morning, the witness and about seven other children were on a remote marshy peninsula at Flagler Beach. The witness noticed a stump-like shape on a grassy hill about 200 yards away across the water, then saw it had moved downhill closer. The witness pointed it out, companions said its head moved, and the whole group fled about a mile. The witness described it as a tall upright figure about 7 feet tall covered in long brownish-grey fur.
Possible collision with vehicle outside Homestead
Early one Saturday morning in 1971 or 1972 the witness was driving south on US 27 when he stopped at a fresh single-car wreck with law enforcement present. He saw a car with a crushed front fender and overheard officers remark that no one could have walked away from such an impact and about a bear moving unusually. He did not see any animal himself but later heard a radio news report saying the driver claimed to have hit a Florida Skunk Ape that officers chased into a thicket.