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November 1981 Perry, Fla, Taylor County, Florida Class B #28263

Man recalls his terrifying encounter near the Econfino State Park while camping with his family

The witness and relatives were sleeping in lean-tos at a family hunting camp when the witness was awakened by shouting and gunfire. A relative said a tall, hairy figure had loomed over the shelter and then fled into the woods with loud crashing sounds. The group reported a strong foul odor around the camp and wood knocks shortly afterward, then left at sunrise.

Partial sightingVocalizationOdorMovement onlyWood knock
October 1981 Casselberry, Seminole County, Florida Class B #1079

Foot steps heard in wood line. Weeks later more sounds heard

Two companions walking at night to a school dance heard loud crashing steps near a wooded sanctuary. They turned and saw two trees being parted high above the ground. The witness states he never saw the source and both fled home in fear.

FootstepsMovement only
1978 Miami, Florida #3ce4c404-9e20-4586-bf2d-352367434e4c

Movement only near Miami, Florida (1978)

A young pilot with two passengers flew a small Cessna from the Miami area toward the Bahamas and entered a tunnel-like cloud. The plane emerged over Cuba, landed on a road, took off again, and later crash-landed farther in the Bahamas. The pilot died but the two passengers survived to describe the tunnel and fog.

Movement only
15 January 1975 Coral Springs, Broward County, Florida Class A #592

Two witnesses observed a large, black-brown human-like form between Wiles Rd. and Sample Rd

The witness and a relative were playing in a vacant lot across a narrow canal from a wooded area with a dirt-bike trail. They heard grunting and movement in bushes beside a large tree and saw a large black-brown human-like figure near the tree. The figure reportedly snapped a thick branch at its base with ease, then ran into the woods knocking down small trees.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTree breakMovement only
a few months ago Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida Related account #41892

Movement only near Clearwater, Florida

A few months earlier the witness felt and heard something run past and tear through brush on the same fence line without seeing it.

Movement only
BFRO YEAR: 08 Baker Fl, Okaloosa County, Florida Class B #25037

Kayaker experiences frightening incidents while traveling down Yellow River

While kayaking a long stretch of river in northwest Florida near dusk, the witness heard moaning to yelling sounds and smelled a strong musky odor. Rocks were thrown from the treeline toward the water and near the kayak, while sticks and trees were heard breaking. The witness also heard coyotes and loud unidentified sounds suggesting animals fighting, felt followed for much of the trip, and never saw the source.

VocalizationOdorRock throwingUnidentified soundTree break +1
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
four weeks later Ocala National Forest (Fort McCoy) Fl, Marion County, Florida Related account #32332

Growl near Ocala National Forest (Fort McCoy) Fl, Florida

The witness says he returned heavily armed, heard distant growls at first dark, fired his weapon, then left as something moved through a clearing pushing pines apart.

GrowlMovement only
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: 08-09 Naples, Ochopee, Collier County, Florida Class B #32227

Man describes possible encounters off Route 41 near Ochopee

The witness and a companion were walking a dirt trail by a canal to find a bass spot while looking down to avoid snakes. They saw large brown legs cross the trail ahead and noticed branches rustling in a nearby group of trees, which the witness attributed to a sasquatch watching them. Scared, they backed away slowly and left the area.

Partial sightingMovement only
Date unknown Floral City, Citrus County, Florida Related account #29565

Movement only near Floral City, Florida

The witness parked before daylight for a bow hunt, heard something large jump from bushes behind the vehicle, and smelled a strong feces-like odor that soon dissipated.

Movement onlyOdor
for several days Coral Springs, Broward County, Florida Related account #17011

Sasquatch sighting near Coral Springs, Florida

For several days, a strange prowler was reportedly seen running between houses and possibly looking into windows.

Partial sightingMovement onlyDoor or window contact
Date unknown Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FehuLvubnK9KtwJBrbKtRIhR4e32CZzQjhzuvX1Qopk

Movement only in Florida

More recently while in woods about a hundred yards behind his house with his girlfriend, the guest experienced something rush toward them and stop about twenty yards away. Immediately afterward something unseen began snapping baseball-sized limbs high in the trees while he felt a threatening presence. He told his girlfriend not to run and eased out of the area.

Movement onlyTree break
when I was 14 Pinecrest, Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FehuLvubnK9KtwJBrbKtRIhR4e32CZzQjhzuvX1Qopk

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.

VocalizationTree breakMovement only
Date unknown Florida #66d4b123-a8fb-4529-ad7b-4771355a8316

Movement only in Florida

The witness and friends were invited to a house for what was described as a prayer ceremony for family turmoil. In a window-sealed dark room a bound medicine man lay on a blanket with offerings while drumming, singing, shakers, flapping like a bird, a small green light, eating sounds, and a scream or children playing were heard. When lights returned the blanket was strewn, food was missing, and the man was unbound, and hours had passed unnoticed.

Movement onlyUnidentified soundProperty disturbanceVocalizationScream
Date unknown Florida #66d4b123-a8fb-4529-ad7b-4771355a8316

Silhouette in Florida

On a later night visit to the south fence line the group yelled and used a spotlight down a clearing. At the edge of the light they saw a tall dark shape run from one side of woods to the other, confirmed by two occupants. Both the witness and a companion then felt briefly dizzy and lightheaded, so they left.

SilhouetteMovement only
about a year and a half after the second incident, age 18, after boot leave Florida #8c615e86-267d-44ee-a6d7-c481ee62e344

Movement only in Florida

Shortly after returning from boot camp, the witness took a dog for a daytime run on trails. A large wolf-like animal blocked the trail and stared, while the dog looked into the woods. Loud breaking of trees and branches in parallel scared the wolf off instantly, and the witness ran back home.

Movement onlyUnidentified sound
Date unknown Florida #1d45ea7a-54fb-413d-a3f8-ee0576848194

Growl in Florida

The witness took his girlfriend and his friend's brother to the woods with his friend [name withheld] to demonstrate the lights. A light appeared about 25 yards away, floated over and landed in [name withheld]'s hand, then after they asked for Bigfoots a loud growl came from behind them. The light later lifted off [name withheld]'s backpack, circled them and returned to the ground.

GrowlMovement only
about two years into it Florida #1d45ea7a-54fb-413d-a3f8-ee0576848194

Wood knock in Florida

The witness and his friend were watching a creek on the same property and exchanged knocks with something across the creek that came closer. Then a red light appeared on the ground between them that could only be seen peripherally and moved up. He calls this the first of many light incidents.

Wood knockMovement only
Date unknown Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/tlRGHMrE5m2HIKPOHxBWxhPt_WvpEE_Gpp438UyZmYY

Vocalization in Florida

The evening after hunting, the witness and the cousin walked toward the truck at dusk and felt surrounded by unseen sources making varied bird and owl-like animal noises all around them. The sounds followed until near the truck then stopped. The witness suggested poachers while the cousin insisted it was not poachers.

VocalizationUnidentified soundMovement onlyPossible misidentification