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Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Morning sighting by carpenter crew near Ochopee

As a member of Carpenters Union #1641 out of Naples, Florida, I was offered work disassembling a house in Ochopee. Our crew of about 8 men arrived very early, before the trucks, so we climbed up to th...

August 1979

Marion County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Possible brush nest, tracks, smell, noticed by DeMolay teens visiting rural home Dunellon

This incedent occurred when a DeMolay group I was a member of stayed overnight near Dunellon, Fla during my senior year in High School. We were staying on a house on a dirt road belonging to one of th...

January 1979

Flagler County Florida (Class A) BFRO

A tree stump moves closer to a group of young boys

Unfortunately, my sighting is not recent at all. It happened in the late 70's in a town called Flagler Beach on the east coast of Florida. At that time the area was still very rural and undeveloped. M...

August 1978

Martin County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls childhood evening encounter in Johnathon Dickenson State Park

I am a 39 yr. old professional in Miami, Fl. I had an experience 24 yrs. ago that I will never forget. When it first happened, I shared the details with family and a few close friends but no one belie...

July 1978

Pasco County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Man recalls childhood encounter near Hudson

About 26 or 27 years ago when I was about 9 or 10 at the time and my sister was either 7 or 8, but we both remember exactly what we saw. We shared a bedroom in the mobile home that we lived in. The be...

January 1978

Polk County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Multiple witness motorist sighting in daylight at the edge of the Alafia River

Just watched a TV show which made reference to the Skunk Ape/Bigfoot of Florida. As I have seen one, I was interested in learning if other sightings had occurred in the same area. While searching for ...

January 1978

Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

a close-range, daytime sighting by a 67-year-old Baptist minister

Newspaper article: Evening Telegram, (Superior, Wisconsin), November 15, 1977 CREATURE SIGHTED OCALA, Fla. (UPI) - A 67-year-old Baptist minister who says he hasn't had a drink in 40 years tells...

November 1977

Dade County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Man describes figure looking into window outside Homestead

By the way the images captured by Jacobs are similar to what I saw near homestead Fla 30 years ago in the Naranja area off of Old dixie Highway. This creature can stand verticle and run a deer down ea...

November 1977

Pinellas County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Memory told of a close nighttime encounter while hunting rabbits in a rural backyard near Palm Harbor

We lived in a rural area of central Florida that was mostly pine forest. There were a few hundred acres on derelict citrus groves nearby as well as a cypress swamp to the north and east of the pine fo...

October 1977

Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

A hitchhiker reports seeing a bigfoot in a forested area off U.S. 441

Newspaper article: Sentinel Star (Orlando, Florida), October 5, 1977 LURKING BIGFOOT TRICK OR THREAT? Halloween is still three weeks away but strange creatures are already being seen around Cent...

October 1977

Holmes County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Young girls have daylight sighting near their home

My brother had built a hut (fort) in the woods right at the edge of the woods by our home. That morning, my little sister (age 5) and myself (age 9) went out to the hut. It was just after daybreak. Th...

August 1976

Jefferson County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Memory told of a large hairy biped approaching a family as they dumped their garbage near Waukeenah

I have been interested in this for years because in my family it was taken as fact for most of my life. The reason for this was an incident that happened in the early seventies, 1974, I believe. It ha...

January 1976

Monroe County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Family has a strange and terrifying encounter while fishing in the Everglades National Park

I've thought about posting my experience here for awhile, but since I was so young, I have faded memories of the event. Therefore, I wasn't sure it would be so useful. However, after looking at the BF...

January 1976

Duval County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting at edge of woods near fishing hole outside Jacksonville

I grew up on the Westside of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. I lived near ______ Creek near Normandy Blvd. My house was the only house on a dirt road approximately 3/10 of a mile from the nearest...

November 1975

Palm Beach County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Year long sightings by family

These thing's which we called skunk ape's,would come on our property at night and eat mango's,and other fruit. They would also sometimes come to the travel trailer and look in the windows as if they...

July 1975

Dade County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Memory told of a 'Hairy Man' crossing Hwy. 27 north of Homestead

As told to the Investigator by the witness: "I was driving south on Hwy 27 in Dade county. It was after 10:00pm, but before midnight. I saw a "hairy man" crawl from the water, stand up and walk acr...

June 1975

Broward County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Two witnesses observed a large, black-brown human-like form between Wiles Rd. and Sample Rd

My brother and I observed a large, black-brown human-like form near a large tree that had a branch some 18 inches in diameter hanging over a dirtbike trail. We heard grunting and movement in the bushe...

January 1975

Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Possible tracks noticed by hunters in the Everglades outside Everglades City

My father along w/ brothers Eric and Mark at a young age were hunting in the Florida Everglades w/ two friends of the family, Ronnie and George. It was a "boys" trip out. I was approx. 13 yrs, old. I ...

January 1975

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Possible late night campsite intrusion in the Ocala National Forest

I was about fifteen at the time, traveling with my mom and two younger siblings (brother and sister), driving from Atlanta to Ft. Myers to visit my grandparents (as we did every December). We stopped ...

December 1974

Polk County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Twilight sighting on the west side of Lakeland

I just read one of these stories and I wanted to let you know about an incident that happened in the early fall of 1974. I still remember it clearly even though it has been 30 years. It took place on ...

September 1974

Broward County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Years of South Florida Skunk Ape stories supported by witness accounts and newspaper articles

In 1974 I was 12 yrs. old visiting my sister M and her family in Davie FL with my cousin A who was 15 at the time. One night we were sleeping on a pull out couch in the sitting room. When we smelled s...

July 1974

Palm Beach County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Recollection of setting up camp and observing a tall bi-pedal animal running near Palm Beach Gardens

We were gonna go camping in the woods. It was a wooded area with a canal along one side that had a dirt pile next to it from digging out the canal. The dirt was high and very steep, almost straight up...

January 1974

Lee County Florida (Class A) BFRO

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

I was a child in Fort Myers Fla., approximately 1973 or 74. We lived in a trailer court, Twin Lakes Estates. All around the perimeter of the trailer court was a canal and beyond the canal was wooded a...