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Large tracks found investigated by Federal authorities
A contractor doing roadwork found about half a dozen large footlike prints near a bulldozer in a remote part of the Ocala National Forest. Law enforcement and forestry personnel made casts of the prints, described as 17 inches long with an arch, five toes and a four-foot stride. Most investigators viewed the prints as a possible hoax but ordered casts because of lingering doubt.
a close-range, daytime sighting by a 67-year-old Baptist minister
A minister cutting wood with a chain saw in a national forest noticed an upright, hairy creature standing in palmetto bushes and watched it for about 30 seconds. The creature was described as very tall with dark hair on the head and chest, little hair on the arms, none on the face, with a flat face and nose and sunken eyes. The witness went back to a truck to get an ax, but the creature had disappeared upon return.
A hitchhiker reports seeing a bigfoot in a forested area off U.S. 441
A hitchhiker reported encountering a Bigfoot-like creature in a lightly wooded area south of Belleview in darkness. The creature was described as taller than the six-foot witness, brown and black in color, with a horrible garbage-like odor. The account comes from a 1977 newspaper article which notes the sighting was not substantiated.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
The guest recounted newspaper reports of a town near the panhandle attacked by a wild man that bothered livestock and people. A posse shot and caged the roughly six foot creature and sent it by stagecoach to the governor, then to a mental institution where it was shaved. Records stop after arrival and its fate is unknown.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
A truck driver said he struck what he first thought was a person while driving in Florida. The figure then looked up, appeared gorilla-like, and stood about ten feet tall. The driver fled in his truck after hearing a loud high scream.