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Fish stolen from a boat, possible knocks and vocalizations near Punta Gorda
The witness reports repeatedly hearing loud wood-on-wood smacking sounds from different directions after midnight while soaking in a hot tub outside a trailer and later while on the second-floor deck of a new house. The property borders heavily wooded swamp adjoining a wildlife preserve. The witness initially wondered why anyone would be working in the woods at night, later associating the sounds with stick-banging described on a television show. No visual encounter is claimed.
Tracks near New Smyrna Beach, Florida
The witness had previously seen large footprints in the same area and questioned why someone would fish from shore there.
Sasquatch sighting near Coral Springs, Florida
For several days, a strange prowler was reportedly seen running between houses and possibly looking into windows.
Property disturbance near Coral Springs, Florida
Area residents reported pets disappearing overnight from inside fenced yards during the weeks of fires.
Sasquatch sighting near Coconut Creek/Coral Springs, Florida
A relative and a friend reportedly saw a standing figure at a trail intersection at night that reached out toward them before they fled.
Man recalls childhood encounter with sasquatch
As a boy camping with friends near a creek, the witness and a companion shone flashlights at a departing friend. They saw a large hair-covered bipedal form walk a few yards behind him in the opposite direction, taking a few long smooth strides before leaving the light. The two observers stayed by the fire overnight, and a next-day search found no tracks or other sign.
UFO sighting near Pensacola, Florida
A fishing captain told the guest about being out in the Gulf when his depth finder rose rapidly. A large black shape came up from under the water and hovered above his boat with lights on the corners. It then took off at high speed, leaving only dark phone photos.
Vocalization near Pinecrest, Florida
At about fourteen the guest was night-fishing with his father on phosphate-mine land when his father boated out to full traps and left him alone on the bank. He heard sticks breaking and louder thrashing, then saw movement in myrtle bushes and a tall tree shaking violently while a loud whoa-whoa vocalization sounded. He fled to the locked truck, and his father dismissed the sound as a cow.
UFO sighting in Florida
A team member driving with companions on a dirt road through wetlands at night saw a red floating light. Attempts to catch it by speeding failed and it accelerated away and vanished. Size was guessed as small ball-like but distance was unknown.
UFO sighting near Delray Beach, Florida
The next night the witness and the witness's wife went to the beach to watch for the objects again. Five objects passed quickly from north to south about a mile and a half offshore. The fifth turned sharply, flew over them at about 500 feet, flashed colored lights, and left silently.
UFO sighting near Palm Beach, Florida
A year or two after the 1970 flight, the witness was returning from a ski trip on an airliner and took a window seat expecting to see something offshore. While descending toward Palm Beach the witness saw a huge glowing orange object offshore, similar in size to the earlier saucer. The object was visible between scattered clouds, lighting them up.
UFO sighting near Miami, Florida
About a month after the 1970 flight, the witness was flying at night with a companion over Miami and offshore at 10,000 feet when they watched an orange light. The light rushed at the plane and filled the windshield, appearing as a large saucer. The witness made a sharp evasive turn and the object disappeared.
Sasquatch sighting near Pioneer, Florida
The witness, then a 10-year-old boy, was catching reptiles in a dry creek bed behind his grandparents' rural property when a tall slender ape-like female appeared across the creek with an infant. He crouched and pretended to eat vegetation to avoid provoking her while they observed each other for several minutes. A taller darker male then emerged, bared his teeth and displayed aggressively, and the female positioned herself between the male and the boy. Both creatures then left into the brush, and the boy ran home and told his grandmother, who said she believed him.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
The witness was riding with both parents on a highway in northwest Florida near a river bridge. The mother first thought she saw a person in a ghillie suit, but the father braked and identified it as a skunk ape. The witness saw a tall, reddish-brown, two-legged figure walk away from the river and crouch into tall brush.
Property disturbance near Interlochen, Florida
After dogs began digging out, the witness found a section of four-foot chain-link top rail bent down into a V nearly touching the ground. He judged dogs could not bend it by hand and there had been no storm or fallen tree. Police had no explanation and the witness briefly suspected an attempted break-in.
Scream near Interlochen, Florida
While barbecuing late in the evening the family heard an extremely loud prolonged scream rising to a deep bellow felt in the chest. A wildlife official suggested a panther though none had been reported for years. The same sound recurred nightly between 9 and 10 for almost two weeks, leading the parents to restrict the children from going outside alone.
Door or window contact near Interlochen, Florida
The family had recently moved to a rural fenced property. While the witness was away at night work, his wife and children heard a violent impact that shook the mobile home. Police found no cause, and the next morning the witness found two softball-sized dents above the children's bedroom window.
Sasquatch sighting near Myakka, Florida
Acting on a report and video of a large primate chasing deer, a group searched a Florida forest at night. The witness saw two heat signatures on thermal near a tree, then a tall figure ran toward other team members and away, leaving scat. The sample was collected from the wrong end and was never submitted for testing.
Sasquatch sighting near Lake Placid, Florida
The witness was riding ATVs with family near a lake house when his younger brother stopped ahead on a sand trail. Both stopped and watched a large hairy biped standing at a distance and then running across. Afterwards they found large human-like foot compressions where it had been.