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Summer 1978 Hudson, Pasco County, Florida Class B #7627

Man recalls childhood encounter near Hudson

On a summer night the witness and a young relative awoke in their shared bedroom and saw a dark figure looking down through a small high window, noticing glowing red eyes. Both remained motionless from fear until the figure left.

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5 October 1977 Marion County, Florida Class A #726

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.

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November 1975 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Class A #16683

Daylight sighting at edge of woods near fishing hole outside Jacksonville

The witness had carried fishing gear to a creek and walked back to the parked car for more equipment when footsteps in the woods stopped. He turned toward the sound and saw a tall hair-covered figure at the woods edge pushing a branch aside. He called to two companions at the fishing spot, and when he looked back the figure was gone as loud footfalls moved rapidly away through the woods.

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1975 Florida #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/05/15/sc-ep219-squallies-ape-human-hybrid

Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1975)

The guest had returned home late after evening classes and stopped for groceries before parking at his apartment complex bordering woods. While retrieving bags he noticed a hair-covered bipedal figure watching from the tree line near a dumpster about thirty to forty feet away. He slowly backed toward and up the stairs, and when he glanced away briefly the figure was gone.

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1970 Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FehuLvubnK9KtwJBrbKtRIhR4e32CZzQjhzuvX1Qopk

Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1970)

As a small child sleeping in an isolated Florida ranch house on a bright summer night, the guest was awakened by livestock panic followed by silence and approaching footsteps. A massive dark form filled the bedroom window and seemed to look down at him while breathing heavily, terrifying him so badly he tried to hide under the mattress. He later identified the hairy arm seen in a movie as matching what was at his window.

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15 August 1962 Murdoch, Charlotte County, Florida Class A #445

Boy Scouts have sighting while camping at Quednau Ranch

The witness was on a Boy Scout campout in the Murdoch area near Tampa. On the second night after midnight during an initiation outing with another scout, they saw a very large figure running bipedally into the woods at high speed while giving a high-pitched scream or shriek. A strange smell was noted but was attributed at the time to sulphur water. The troop reportedly never returned to the area to camp.

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Date unknown Pierson, Volusia County, Florida Related account #32203

Sasquatch sighting near Pierson, Florida

The witness reports that a couple of other people said they had also seen a creature in the same general area.

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A year and half after his first sighting Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida Related account #49326

Sasquatch sighting near Live Oak, Florida

The witness briefly saw a smaller 5- to 6-foot biped moving after deer near the pipeline road.

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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.

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Another time Haines City And Avon Prk, Polk County, Florida Related account #16823

Sasquatch sighting near Haines City And Avon Prk, Florida

A young child playing near the steps screamed about a monster and ran inside, and has since feared going alone near the fence line.

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Date unknown Haines City And Avon Prk, Polk County, Florida Related account #16823

Sasquatch sighting near Haines City And Avon Prk, Florida

A relative walking a dog behind a camper trailer reported seeing a figure, after which the dog pulled hard to return inside.

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BFRO YEAR: About 1995 Bartow, Polk County, Florida Class B #15310

Possible daylight sighting by fisherman near Bartow

The witness was fishing from a hilltop near a park in Bartow while companions checked lines. She noticed a dark, hairy form protruding chest-high from the water among reeds, seemingly staring at her. She stared back, testing the sighting by closing and averting her eyes, but when companions returned and she tried to point it out, it was gone.

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at 11:00 pm ALVA, Lee County, Florida Related account #38165

Sasquatch sighting near ALVA, Florida

The witness and two investigators watched two thermal figures with heads, shoulders and an arm peering from behind trees for about two minutes before they withdrew.

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within a few days ALVA, Lee County, Florida Related account #38165

Sasquatch sighting near ALVA, Florida

A new companion who had not been told about the visitor saw it looking at him at night and moved out within days.

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a few night later ALVA, Lee County, Florida Related account #38165

Sasquatch sighting near ALVA, Florida

The same companion saw a large hairy upright figure blocking a flood light with its arm to peer into a window a few nights later.

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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: 1973-74? Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida Class A #1030

5 children observe a very large hairy "man" for several minutes (N. Ft. Myers)

The witness, then a child, was with several other children at a playground at dusk after playing in nearby woods. After another child pointed out movement, the group climbed the slide ladder to look into the woods. They watched a large hair-covered upright figure look at them and then turn and walk slowly away through scrub palms toward a pond for a couple minutes before they ran home.

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around the same time Ft. Myers, Lee County, Florida Related account #38924

Sasquatch sighting near Ft. Myers, Florida

Two boys reportedly saw a Skunk Ape in the same location around the same time as the main event.

Partial sighting
Date unknown Pittman, Lake County, Florida Related account #5510

Sasquatch sighting near Pittman, Florida

A road-grader operator reported seeing a large bipedal creature step onto the road, abandoning the grader and later reporting it, after which footprints and handprints were found on the vehicle.

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BFRO YEAR: Late 80's Spring Hill / Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Class A #6708

Man has brief encounter near lake

The witness reported a dusk encounter at about 20+ yards with a dark, stocky creature that had a wide upper torso and no visible neck in a remote pine-oak area. Waning light limited observable detail, but a reddish reflection from the eyes was noted. The witness was alone at the time.

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