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The next night Mulberry, Polk County, Florida Related account #12732

Footsteps near Mulberry, Florida

The witness and her spouse heard something large running and knocking down trees approaching them and went inside.

FootstepsTree break
it wasnt even 5 minutes he was gone Haines City And Avon Prk, Polk County, Florida Related account #16823

Footsteps near Haines City And Avon Prk, Florida

Shortly after the main incident, the witness and a child heard shuffling in gravel, strange breathing, and breaking branches from inside the home.

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In 1988 or '89 Pasco County, Florida Related account #737

Footsteps near Pasco County

In the late 1980s the same group heard something walking through tall grass toward an abandoned house, heard something hit the house, fled, and the next day found a path through the grass and a damaged wall under a window.

FootstepsObject throwingTracksProperty disturbance
at night Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida Related account #33612

Footsteps near Kissimmee, Florida

When taking garbage out at night, the witness hears the entity walking parallel about 20 feet away in woods.

Footsteps
Date unknown Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida Related account #33612

Footsteps near Kissimmee, Florida

When outside with dogs, the witness hears heavy crunching footsteps while dogs stare without barking.

FootstepsAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1975-76 North Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida Class B #24241

Family has a strange and terrifying encounter while fishing in the Everglades National Park

While night-fishing beside a canal in the Everglades with his parents as a young child, the witness heard something pacing back and forth in dense vegetation behind them. His father threw a piece of coral, shone a spotlight, and shouted, but the movement continued without any visible source or response. Frightened by the persistent, methodical pacing, the family fled in their car without breaking down their fishing rods.

FootstepsUnidentified soundMovement onlyAnimal behaviourPossible misidentification
Three Sundays ago (10/15/00) Summerfield, Marion County, Florida Related account #598

Vocalization near Summerfield, Florida

About two weeks before the party the witness and her husband heard loud sounds behind the property, fired rifles, and heard something moving away through brush.

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Date unknown ALVA, Lee County, Florida Related account #38165

Sasquatch sighting near ALVA, Florida

A companion saw a figure peering through a bedroom window, then the witness heard heavy footfalls as it jumped a fence and crashed through swamp screaming.

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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.

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April 28th-29th 2012 Ochopee, Collier County, Florida Related account #35218

Howl near Ochopee, Florida

About a month later at the same camp, the group heard a howl in reply to the witness's call and later heard crashing, footsteps and smelled skunk-like odor.

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Just recently Middleburg, Clay County, Florida Related account #18427

Footsteps near Middleburg, Florida

The witnesses heard bipedal walking in nearby brush but saw nothing due to leaves.

Footsteps
in the spring of 2007 MIDDLEBURG, Clay County, Florida Related account #21658

Footsteps near MIDDLEBURG, Florida

The witness was catching minnows in a feeder creek when he heard heavy bipedal footsteps above him and left the area scared.

Footsteps
about a month ago Florida #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/09/15/sc-ep50-bigfoot-encounter-stories-wrap-up

Sasquatch sighting in Florida

The witness was pushing a stroller with his daughter riding a bike on a swamp bike path in daytime. He heard breaking and felt something bipedal run past. About ten feet away something stood up and ran off, brown with light tips and taller than him. His daughter also saw it.

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Date unknown Florida #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/01/09/sc-ep288-strange-monkey-in-the-tree-1

Footsteps in Florida

The investigator sat alone by ponds filming reptiles while testing a camera. A very heavy biped crashed through brush behind in large strides then stopped. Searching with optics revealed nothing despite expectation of visible disturbance.

Footsteps
Date unknown Florida #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/01/09/sc-ep288-strange-monkey-in-the-tree-1

Footsteps in Florida

A team member and the member's stepson were in the woods at dusk to place equipment. They heard and felt something heavy run up behind them like a bull, with ground vibration. Turning around they saw nothing and left quickly.

Footsteps
Date unknown Florida #66d4b123-a8fb-4529-ad7b-4771355a8316

Footsteps in Florida

The witness relays prior activity at the abandoned house when a friend lived there. The friend heard footsteps and entry sounds like his mother coming home when no one was there. On another night a kept hog squealed and was apparently carried off with no break in the fence.

FootstepsProperty disturbance
Night two Florida #2f377891-138c-40d4-860a-c7af0743d79b

Eyeshine in Florida

On night two a separate team driving a roadway saw red eyeshine about ten feet up that turned and crossed the road. They pursued on foot hearing twig snaps and rustling of something large and seeing shifting eyeshine eight to ten feet up. Members then reported feeling ill, disoriented, and trance-like, with the last person feeling lured away from the group.

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right after COVID hit Florida #f47317ad-6ee1-42e9-ab9c-d6a239d9941a

Sasquatch sighting in Florida

The witness and several friends camped on family land in South Florida near the national park. At night they heard hisses, tree knocks and whoops, saw strange lights, then saw a group of large hairy bipeds that threw rocks, injured a friend, threw a large dog, and chased the group as they fled on ATVs. The next day the camp was found destroyed and the dog was found dead.

Full-body sightingWhoopChatterGrowlVocalization +6
10 years ago, I think it was June, maybe, in the summer Florida #25033f82-bed5-4d80-a556-1a71c225554f

Whoop in Florida

The witness set out alone on a multi-day hike through swamp trail and camped overnight in a hammock. During the night the camp was surrounded by unseen figures making vocalizations, knocks and walking sounds, and a food bag was knocked down. The next day the witness found large tracks, then encountered large dark hairy figures on and near the trail, one of which followed closely. The witness fled in panic to a highway rest stop and required medical care, reporting lasting distress and nightmares.

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last Friday night, spending Friday and Saturday night Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/RsyXRPunfx7DktDqTBta7_58n7fE3JARvOCpjCzJcwo

Footsteps in Florida

The witness returned with a friend in law enforcement to camp at the same area. Friday night they heard close footsteps and saw hogs, Saturday they measured the sighting location and saw broken vegetation, and Saturday evening the friend silently alerted and later said a creature watched them from about 15 feet. On leaving they found fresh teepee-like grass structures with the same foul smell, and afterward both were questioned by supervisors who called it a bear.

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