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Date unknown Greenville, Madison County, Florida Related account #32302

Growl near Greenville, Florida

The witness alone heard a very loud deep growl/exhale twice from a thicket while hunting along a railroad.

Growl
BFRO YEAR: 1988-89? Greenville, Madison County, Florida Class B #32302

Memory told of a possible dusk sighting at a hunting camp near Greenville

A year after hearing loud growls in the same area, the witness and a companion were scouting without rifles. While driving and looking for wildlife, they stopped to watch an animal grazing at a distance that moved toward the companion on all fours. When the companion made noise, it stood upright on two legs, appearing tall with a light underside, before retreating into the woods.

Full-body sighting
The next morning Cassia, Lake County, Florida Related account #32249

Tracks near Cassia, Florida

The next morning the men returned and found smeared human-like footprints.

Tracks
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.

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

Property disturbance near ALVA, Florida

Something took a raccoon from a backyard snare, breaking 250-lb fishing wire attached to a fence post.

Property disturbance
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.

Partial sighting
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.

Partial sighting
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.

Partial sightingFootstepsHowlScreamTree break
Date unknown Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida Related account #1030

Folklore near Fort Myers, Florida

Local children shared stories of a hairy man living in the woods around the trailer park.

Folklore
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.

Partial sighting
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
the week before Alexander Springs, Ocala Nat. Forest,Aster, Lake County, Florida Related account #1480

Sasquatch sighting near Alexander Springs, Ocala Nat. Forest,Aster, Florida

A coworker told the witness she had seen a bear while camping at the same campground the previous week.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1982/83 Lehigh Acres/Ft.Myers, Lee County, Florida Class B #13048

Scream Heard in a Cypress Swamp outside Ft. Myers

Around mid-summer 1982 or 1983, the witness and a companion were camping in a wet cypress swamp in Lee County after dark. After building a campfire, they heard a single deep, drawn-out scream from the swamp less than a mile away, after which insects went silent. They saw and smelled nothing, broke camp immediately and left on foot.

Scream
Date unknown Ft.Myers, Lee County, Florida Related account #9885

Sasquatch sighting near Ft.Myers, Florida

Another person was reported to have seen a Bigfoot on the same property but was not taken seriously.

Full-body 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.

Partial sightingTracksHandprint
the next night Lake County, Florida Related account #12903

Sasquatch sighting near Lake County

Other individuals camped at the same site the following night and obtained some audio recordings.

Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida

Roofs were removed from the witness's dog houses.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Animal behaviour near Brooksville, Florida

The witness's horses would stand for hours staring into the woods off the back corner.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida

One pony regularly had a hand-hold twisted and tied in its mane.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Property disturbance near Brooksville, Florida

Fence top barbed-wire lines were repeatedly pushed down and wrapped with moss and sticks, reappearing the next morning after removal.

Property disturbance