Sumter County, Florida

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Sumter County Florida (Class A) BFRO

September 2010

hi my name is eric and i felt i needed to write this.me and 3 friends were camping in richlom wild life management area on labor day weekend we were just sitting around the fire when all of the sudden i noticed it got very quiet and all the bugs disappered then we haerd what sounded like a tree being up rooted so we grabbed the spotlight and started searching what it was we found a good sized pine tree half pushed over then we sat back down and as soon as we did we haerd a very very odd growl then we stood back up and started panning the spotlight when we saw a very hairy 11ft object we stood motionless as we looked at it then it darted off and then thats when i left camp site and went home my number is *** *** **** if you have any questions thank you.

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Sumter County Florida (Class B) BFRO

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Sumter County Florida (Class B) BFRO

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Sumter County Florida (Class B) BFRO

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January 2012

Sumter County Florida (Class A) BFRO

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St. Clair County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

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Ontario Canada (Class A) BFRO

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Washington County New York (Class A) BFRO

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Warren County New York (Class A) BFRO

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Allegheny County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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Carbon County Wyoming (Class A) BFRO

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Skamania County Washington (Class A) BFRO

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