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Over an 11 year period Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #723

Tracks near Brooksville, Florida

The witness found footprints in the field repeatedly over an 11-year period.

Tracks
around that very same time Esto, Holmes County, Florida Related account #115

Vehicle contact near Esto, Florida

A preacher reportedly had a creature chase his car around the same time and place as the main event.

Vehicle contact
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.

Full-body sightingGrowlOdorFootsteps
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
about 14 years ago Geneva, Holmes County, Florida Related account #14181

Vocalization near Geneva, Florida

A relative hunting alone in the same area at age 16 heard an extremely loud close-range roar unlike anything known, which left the relative unwilling to enter the woods after dark since.

Vocalization
about 4-5 years ago Geneva, Holmes County, Florida Related account #14181

Odor near Geneva, Florida

The witness recalls smelling a strong rancid odor while bow-hunting from a stand that came and went without a wind shift and left no tracks in the rocky creek bed when checked the next day.

Odor
the first night Ruskin, Hillsborough County, Florida Related account #1061

Scream near Ruskin, Florida

The night before the sighting, the group heard strange screams from downriver, boated down to check, and found nothing.

Scream
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
over the years Spring Hill / Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Related account #6708

Sasquatch sighting near Spring Hill / Brooksville, Florida

The witness recalled other incidents in the same area that other people had told the witness about over the years.

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.

Partial sightingEyeshine
at night Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

Wood knock near Bunnell, Florida

The witness reports taking people to the area at night on multiple occasions and experiencing knocks, howls, tree breaks and thrown objects.

Wood knockHowlTree breakObject throwing
Since that time Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

Scream near Bunnell, Florida

The witness states that everyone he took hunting in that section had encounters involving screams, knocks, tree breaks, stone throws or howls.

ScreamWood knockTree breakRock throwingHowl
Saturday, 11/21/09 Century, Escambia County, Florida Related account #26947

Vocalization near Century, Florida

The witness was hunting alone at dawn when he heard low guttural chatter-like vocalizations twice a few minutes apart.

VocalizationChatter
BFRO YEAR: 1978-70 Flagler Beach, Flagler County, Florida Class A #2657

A tree stump moves closer to a group of young boys

In the late 1970s on a late August morning, the witness and about seven other children were on a remote marshy peninsula at Flagler Beach. The witness noticed a stump-like shape on a grassy hill about 200 yards away across the water, then saw it had moved downhill closer. The witness pointed it out, companions said its head moved, and the whole group fled about a mile. The witness described it as a tall upright figure about 7 feet tall covered in long brownish-grey fur.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Immokalee, Collier County, Florida Related account #20420

Property disturbance near Immokalee, Florida

Previous occupants of the same house reportedly had the back door ripped off its hinges.

Property disturbanceDoor or window contact
BFRO YEAR: 1971-72 Homestead, Dade County, Florida Class B #1719

Possible collision with vehicle outside Homestead

Early one Saturday morning in 1971 or 1972 the witness was driving south on US 27 when he stopped at a fresh single-car wreck with law enforcement present. He saw a car with a crushed front fender and overheard officers remark that no one could have walked away from such an impact and about a bear moving unusually. He did not see any animal himself but later heard a radio news report saying the driver claimed to have hit a Florida Skunk Ape that officers chased into a thicket.

Vehicle contact
many nights Naples, Ochopee, Collier County, Florida Related account #32227

Vocalization near Naples, Ochopee, Florida

On many nights fishing at and near the same location, the witness heard deep primate-like calls described as similar to a howler monkey.

Vocalization
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
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.

HowlUnidentified soundFootstepsOdor
Fall of 1962 Hernando City, Citrus County, Florida Related account #28678

Object throwing near Hernando City, Florida

During a fall 1962 scout night walk on the island, the witness and others had sticks thrown at them from the swamp area.

Object throwing