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1,244 encounters
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #21979

Unidentified sound

The witness said he routinely hears strange sounds from the swamp, with the main vocalization being much stranger.

Unidentified sound
at this time last year Place not stated Related account #36112

Growl

A household reported strange nighttime growling and screaming culminating in a loud bang that shook the house and damaged siding.

GrowlScreamUnidentified soundProperty disturbance
Several weeks later Place not stated Related account #1079

Footsteps

A relative of the witness was awakened by the dog barking and heard large steps followed by wood breaking and bush thrashing, with a torn branch found the next day.

FootstepsUnidentified sound
Date unknown Hawthorne, Putnam County, Florida Related account #24893

Property disturbance near Hawthorne, Florida

A relative saw the trailer floor heave upward and noises were heard from the crawl space.

Property disturbanceUnidentified sound
This year Late at night about 12-2am Mulberry, Polk County, Florida Related account #12732

Unidentified sound near Mulberry, Florida

The witness reports noises have returned late at night while sitting by fires this year.

Unidentified sound
at night Place not stated Related account #1608

Unidentified sound

The witness reported hearing unusual animal noises at night on unspecified occasions.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #3918

Unidentified sound

Witness recalled earlier being frightened while hog hunting on landfill land by something big, loud and smelly, and losing dogs.

Unidentified soundOdor
BFRO YEAR: 1985 86 Lakeland Fla, Polk County, Florida Class B #3918

Hunter has unexplained, late night encounter while in small boat on Saddle Creek

Late at night the witness paddled a small boat up a creek with two dogs and heard something following on the bank, then a loud blowing noise. The dogs refused to go ashore and later barked intensely. The witness shone a light and saw a large ape-like figure running away over a hill, then noticed a group of tracks while leaving. A skunk-like brassy odor was noted before the sighting.

Partial sightingTracksOdorUnidentified sound
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.

FootstepsUnidentified sound
in either December or January that winter Place not stated Related account #7627

Sasquatch sighting

That winter the witness and a young relative watched a dark figure repeatedly move palmetto foliage aside to peer at them before withdrawing.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
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
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #39080

Sasquatch sighting

The witness's friend and that friend's companion were walking in woods a couple miles away when a large heavy creature jumped out behind them and chased them briefly before they fled.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
year after that Indiantown, Martin County, Florida Related account #26271

Sasquatch sighting near Indiantown, Florida

About a year later after dark in the same area the witness heard limbs breaking and saw multiple sets of bluish-greenish eyeshine, including one set about six to seven feet high.

EyeshineUnidentified sound
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #42726

Unidentified sound

Neighbors told the witness about bears, wildlife, and thumping noises in the area.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1407

Unidentified sound

Hunters in the nearby thick forest area reportedly heard unfamiliar sounds.

Unidentified sound
many times Place not stated Related account #723

Unidentified sound

On many occasions the witness felt a presence around and heard sounds.

Unidentified soundAnimal behaviour
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
late at night Place not stated Related account #75271

Unidentified sound

The witness reports having previously heard loud thuds late at night while securing chickens, which sounded like rocks being thrown.

Unidentified sound
some time between the dates of 7/25 and 8/9, at around 3:00AM Place not stated Related account #13298

Unidentified sound

On a night between July 25 and August 9 at around 3 a.m. the witness heard an unidentified noise that sounded like recordings on a research website.

Unidentified sound