Marion County, Florida

Near Dunnellon

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Marion County Florida (Class B) BFRO

1979

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 the DeMolay brothers' parents. My friend Ron and I were interested in photography, and we wanted to take some time exposure photos of stars away from city lights. Somewhere around 10:00 or 100:00 pm. Ron, another friend Rick and I went down the dirt road until we were away from the 4 or 5 houses on the road, and took some time exposures on my tripod. I noticed a light from a nearby house was still visible, so I moved about 30-50' further down the road; Ron and Rick stayed put. As I put up the tripod, I noticed a foul stench coming from the woods nearby, on the opposite side of the road from the houses. I asked Ron & Rick if they smelled anything, and they laughed, thinking I was playing a 'skunk ape' joke on them. I said I was serious, so they moved towards me. One said he smelled it, and th...

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Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime sighting by a man walking his dog in a subdivision next to the Ocala National Forest

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Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

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Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

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Marion County Florida (Class B) BFRO

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Snohomish County Washington (Class A) BFRO

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Latah County Idaho (Class A) BFRO

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