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BFRO YEAR: 1988-89? Greenville, Madison County, Florida Class B #32302

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.

Full-body sighting
at 11:00 pm ALVA, Lee County, Florida Related account #38165

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.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1973-74? Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida Class A #1030

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.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1982/83 Lehigh Acres/Ft.Myers, Lee County, Florida Class B #13048

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.

Scream
Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida

Roofs were removed from the witness's dog houses.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Animal behaviour near Brooksville, Florida

The witness's horses would stand for hours staring into the woods off the back corner.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida

One pony regularly had a hand-hold twisted and tied in its mane.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

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.

Property disturbance
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
BFRO YEAR: 76 Esto, Holmes County, Florida Class A #115

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.

Full-body sightingGrowlOdorFootsteps
last year Geneva, Holmes County, Florida Related account #14181

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.

Unidentified sound
about 4-5 years ago Geneva, Holmes County, Florida Related account #14181

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.

Odor
the first night Ruskin, Hillsborough County, Florida Related account #1061

Scream near Ruskin, Florida

The night before the sighting, the group heard strange screams from downriver, boated down to check, and found nothing.

Scream
Two weeks ago Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Related account #446

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.

Movement onlyTree break
BFRO YEAR: Late 80's Spring Hill / Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Class A #6708

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.

Partial sightingEyeshine
at night Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

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.

Wood knockHowlTree breakObject throwing
Since that time Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

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.

ScreamWood knockTree breakRock throwingHowl
Saturday, 11/21/09 Century, Escambia County, Florida Related account #26947

Vocalization near Century, Florida

The witness was hunting alone at dawn when he heard low guttural chatter-like vocalizations twice a few minutes apart.

VocalizationChatter
BFRO YEAR: 1978-70 Flagler Beach, Flagler County, Florida Class A #2657

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.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1971-72 Homestead, Dade County, Florida Class B #1719

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.

Vehicle contact