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Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO
Daylight sighting of a man-like ape while target shooting in the Big Cypress National Preserve
I was out in the everglades target shooting when I heard something making a lot of noise behind me while I was reloading. When I turned around I say a bipedal ape-like thing looking from behind a tree...
November 2012
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Possible incidents at Bear Island Campground in Big Cypress National Preserve
Sunday, March 11, 2012 shortly past midnight. We were camping in a primitive campsite at Bear Island, Big Cypress Preserve in Collier County Florida. This campsite is off of ORV trails, meaning only o...
March 2012
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Frightening encounter experienced on family property outside Naples
About this time 2 years ago, two of my friends and I were staying in my dads old trailer right off James Road, Naples Fl. It was around 9:30 p.m., when we started hearing what sounded like wolf howls...
April 2010
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Man describes possible encounters off Route 41 near Ochopee
I have a sighting and other occurences to report. Its been about 3 years now since my friend Dan and I saw it. We were walking along a dirt/road trail along the focka canal system to find a good bass ...
August 2009
Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO
Daylight sighting from Hwy. 41 in the Big Cypress National Preserve
On the early morning of labor day a few of my friends and I decided that we would drive across the state of Florida, from Miami to Naples in hopes of surfing some of the swell that Hurricane Gustav wa...
September 2008
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
More Tracks Found in the Big Cypress Region (w/photos)
Found 2 separate strange tracks a mile from one another. One track seemed to show an abducted ape-like toe. The other track seemed have left toe-prints that were unusually splayed out as oppose to...
December 2007
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Possible footprint found near Ochopee (see Photo)
I was at a conference in Miami and I decided to take a hike in the big cypress preserve. After a couple hours of hiking and on my way back I found a track. That's when everything changed and my energy...
November 2007
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Possible mid-day sighting by motorist on I-75 (Alligator Alley) in the Everglades
I currently have a job as a test driver and i spend a lot of time driving on alligator alley (I-75 between Naples and Ft. Lauderdale) and on many of the other roads out in the everglades. One about 2 ...
October 2006
Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO
Daylight sighting by motorist on U.S. 41 near I-29
We were driving eastbound on US 41 to go fishing off of Turner River Rd. about 11 AM. at approx. 1/2 a mile east of the I 29 and US 41 intersection. My girlfriend looked to the north side of the road ...
June 2005
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Campers report possible vocalization and footprint in Big Cypress National Preserve
I was camping with family in the big cypress area near alligator alley april week of the 15th. I saw what i thought was a black shadow standing 8ft tall in the woods in front of me. I told my friend a...
April 2005
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Campers hear unfamiliar vocalizations at night in the Everglades
In march of 2001 There was about 5-7 guys on a camping& fishing trip in the everglades national park.We were camping at a romote campsite in the park called the "Watson Place" on the chatham river. Th...
March 2001
Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO
Daylight sighting by motorist near Everglades City, off Turner River Road
I was headed west down the easement road off Turner road. I came around a turn and saw what I assumed was a monkey or an ape. It sat on all fours with its rear end down and its front end higher, kind ...
January 2001
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Possible vocalizations noted by fishermen at night off of SR 41
We( me and a friend ) went night fishing for catfish , actually getting to a muddy run-off right off st rd 41 around 10pm during the summer of 1997 near turner road. As we off loaded our equipment and...
October 1997
Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO
Series of reports (6) concerning the Skunk Ape. Photos of the creature and footcasts
DATES: (#1) 7-16-97 at 2:00 pm, (#2) 7-18-97 at 2:30 pm, (#3) 7-21-97 Between 7:20 am & 7:45 am, (#4) 7-21-97 at 7:45 am (#5) 7-24-97 (#6) 8-17-97 Steve Goodbread is a tour guide for Pelican Tours...
July 1997
Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO
Hunter reports finding strange tracks in the Everglades, near the area of the Dade County and Collier County line, between Big Cypress and Alligator Alley.
Several months after Hurricane Andrew struck south Florida, five friends and myself were on a hog hunting trip in an area just south east of the Big Cypress Indian Reservation. My friends had a camp t...
November 1993
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Possible nightime encounter near Lake Trafford
Immokalee,Florida 1987 - My family and I were in having an evening of fun when we heard a horrible noise coming from the direction of where our dog was outside. My husband went out to investigate beca...
June 1987
Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO
while hunting hogs near a cypress bayhead, witness saw a dark brown/black bi-pedal creature.
I was hunting hogs by myself and had been in this area for about 3 hours. I was armed with a Remington model 1100 12ga. shotgun. I was walking between two large Cypress Bayheads in a sawgrass field th...
November 1983
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Man describes incidents in teen years in swamp area outside Naples
1979 or 1980 I went back in the swamp and woods in naples off of floridian ave where i lived and we came acrossed a metal cage trap a tall trap where if you go in and touch the meat the door will slam...
July 1980
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
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
Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO
Construction worker has startling encounter outside hunting cottage
In may of 1973 I and my father were working for XXXXX XXXXXX Drywall in Boynton Beach, Florida. We had just finished a job and came into the office for a new assignment. Frank told us he had a "specia...
May 1973