Incident #991579
Paolita, Collier Cty, Florida
1957
Account
Doug Tarrant, Robert Webb and Pug, after a day of hunting in Big Cypress Swamp, were sleeping in hammocks slung between cypress trees on a hammock when they heard heavy footsteps approaching, then saw about 30 feet away a drak silhouette too big for a man. It stood a couple of minutes then walked off.
When
- Year
- 1957
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Collier Cty
- Nearest Town
- Paolita
- Latitude
- 2549
- Longitude
- 8051
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- fire
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- firelight
Source
- Source
- Doug Tarrant, writing about himself, Robert Webb and "Pug"
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Odour
- none
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- huntingýcamping
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied