Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Tall hairy figure is seen by the roadside on SR-19 near Altoona

JUST SEEN SKUNK APE AN HOUR AGO, UNLIKELY PLACE AND NOT WHAT EVERYONE DESCRIBES HIM AS, AS FAR AS FEATURES GO....

November 2015

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Possible daylight road crossing by a blueberry farm in Central Florida

I was in my car going south on ___ towards ________ to run errands on a bright sunny Saturday morning. I came around the last curve of the road where it straightens out towards ________. I looked down...

September 2015

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Driver notices "Something out of Place" along Hwy. 42 near Paisley

The date was Fri., Aug. 15th, 2014. I had arrived on Amtrak from Kissimmee to Deland an hour late which made it 3:40 pm. I waited ten minutes for my luggage, then left the station to take CR42 West to...

August 2014

Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Stranded motorist has a daytime close encounter with an adult and juvenile near Lake Mack

I want to start out by saying that I have never discussed this with anyone except for one other person. I have not discussed it with my wife, my best friend, or any other person close to me in my life...

January 2012

Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Man driving to work has two early morning sightings on the same road near Sorrento

On the twenty sixth and again on the twenty seventh at approximately 5:00-5:15 am, I was on my way to work. I travel down Mt. Plymouth rd.in Sorrento FL. This is an area directly in the Wekiva River b...

July 2011

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Ongoing activity on a family farm near Paisley

Late at night as my family and I were setting off fireworks, we heard something growl loud enough for all of us to hear. My daughters boyfriend, a policeman said he thought it was a "bear" just in the...

July 2011

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Possible stick structure and track found in the Ocala National Forest (w/YouTube videos)

As I was hiking in Ocala National Forest I noticed a suspicious-looking formation of small trees off to the right side of the trail. I have seen videos of similar structures that were attributed to Sa...

April 2008

Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Dusk sighting by hikers in Flat Island Preserve

Me and my friend Kaiti were walking Flat Island Preserve in Leesburg Florida Lake County it was about 9:30 at night we were walking the nature trail when we heard a something hit a tree over and over ...

July 2007

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Hiker Discovers Possible Bigfoot Scat in Rock Springs State Park

To this day I cannot honestly say this was a sighting or not. I will leave that conclusion to those with more knowledge of Sasquatch behavior to decide. At the time my knowledge of Sasquatch, Bigfoot ...

March 2007

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Knocks heard in the Ocala National Forest

The incident that my friend and I experienced was weird but not uncommon. It was a follow-up trip from a BFRO expedition and just lasted the weekend. There were about 12 expeditioners and it was in Ce...

March 2006

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Stalking in swamp during Florida BFRO expedition

My second night on the Florida expedition, I set up my camp in the hot area and had one of the most terrifying nights of my life. For the first two hours after dusk, I was by myself and heard what see...

February 2005

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

3am observation in Alexander Springs (Ocala Nat. Forest) of tall upright animal. Coolers ransacked

It was a weekend in October on a Friday night. My girlfriend and i decided to go to Alexander Springs camping for the weekend. We were living in Ormond Beach, Florida approx. one hour from Alexander S...

October 1996

Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Huge creature stands in headlights on rural road near Leesburg

I'VE NEVER TOLD MY STORY IN A PUBLIC FORUM, ONLY TO A FEW PEOPLE, BUT BACK IN 1993, ME AND A FRIEND WERE COMING BACK FROM A CITY WHERE HE STAYED, (EUSTIS,FL), TO (LEESBURG), WHERE I USE TO STAY AND HE...

January 1993

Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Memory told of close encounters while working as a fence contractor near Cassia

Hello, I contacted someone from your organization about a year ago regarding my encounter in central Florida back in the middle 80s. I was called away to work and was unable to continue with the call....

April 1987

Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Night time sighting by motorist on CR 448 near Lake Jem

I no longer live in Lake Co. but I lived there from 1985-1999. I was working the night shift at a local hospital in Leesburg and lived out near Lake Jem area. I was on my way home about 11:15 one ni...

December 1985

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Possible tracks and sounds outside a home near Lady Lake

After reading your reports from Florida's Lake County I must put down something that happend to me as a child. We had been staying near Lady Lake close to the Griffin Chain of Lakes. We were staying w...

February 1981

Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Large tracks found investigated by Federal authorities

Newspaper Article : Chronicle (Houston, Texas), July 2, 1980 "POLICE THINK MYSTERY FOOTPRINTS ARE FAKES" ALTOONA, Fla. (UPI) - Most investigators figure its a hoax, but there is enough doubt in ...

July 1980

Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Man finds and casts large footprints after hearing of sighting

At the time, I lived in Umatilla, Florida.I used to work on CB radios and such and occasinally a deputy would stop by my little shop at my house and we would shoot the bull. One nite a deputy stopped ...

June 1980

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