Incident #991591
Davie, Broward Cty, Florida
1969
Account
Henry Ring, rabies control officer for Broward County, was coon hunting in the same area as the Charles Robertson sighting a few days earlier, when he thought his hounds had treed a coon in an orange grove. Instead there was a huge black furry beast in the tree, snarling at the dogs. When it saw him it swung to another tree 20 feet away, and swung on through the grove until it dove into a canal. Its weight dislodged fruit from the trees as it travelled. Detective Tenny investigated and decided it must have been an orangutan.
When
- Year
- 1969
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Broward Cty
- Nearest Town
- Davie
- Latitude
- 2603
- Longitude
- 8013
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- orchard
- Super Human Action
- Brachiated through orange grove.
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Nearby Water
- canal
Source
- Source
- Deane E. Bostick in True Detective, 1976, quoting Henry Ring, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Detective Ben Tenny, Davie police dept.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fledýdived
- Arms Used
- in locomotion
- Object Handled
- tree
- Sound
- growl
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- fled from
- Water Activity
- dive in
- Use of Water
- escape
- Position when first seen
- crouched
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied