Incident #991577
Lakeland, Polk Cty, Florida
about 1947
Account
R.D. Silkett wrote that when he was only three or four, playing near their isolated house in an orange grove, he looked up and saw a strange grey upright animal with a nearly human face watching him from 10 feet away. He fled into the house. Behind the orange grove was 50 or 60 square miles of woods.
When
- Year
- about 1947
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Polk Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lakeland
- Latitude
- 2831
- Longitude
- 8156
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- orchard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Letter from R.D. Silkett, 2308 N. Crystal Lake Dr., Lakeland, FL, 33801.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýfled