Incident #991587
Elfers, Pasco Cty, Florida
1967
Account
Ralph "Bud" Chambers got a good look at a 7-foot monster emerging from a swamp, about 4.30 a.m.
When
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Pasco Cty
- Nearest Town
- Elfers
- Latitude
- 2813
- Longitude
- 8243
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- marsh
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- John Keel, Strange Creatures from Time and Space, quoting Ralph Chambers, Elfers, FL. Also Joan Writenour and Brad Steiger in Saga.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Torso Front
- wide
- Movement
- other
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Action on sighting
- fled