Incident #991597
Davie, Broward Cty, Florida
Oct 1973
Account
Michael Polesnek or Polesmek had seen five steers killed at a neighbour's ranch in September, 1973, where about 30 pounds of meat were eaten off one 200 pound animal that had then apparently been thrown 30 feet. On Oct. 11 the head was ripped off one of his own calves, its back broken with a blow, and its abdomen ripped open, but nothing seemed to be eaten. The perptrator had wrecked a 6-foot fence and left a trail of broken small trees and bushes for several hundred yards to Flamingo Road. On the morning of Oct. 25 he found a horse he had bought the day before dying with its abdomen ripped open. He found 14-inch, 3-toed tracks with a dew claw at the heal. Joseph Simboli also saw them and made footprint casts.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 25 1973
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Broward Cty
- Nearest Town
- Davie
- Latitude
- 2604
- Longitude
- 8018
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Source
- Source
- Deane E. Bostick in True Detective, 1976, quoting Mike Polesnek, Cooper City, FL and Joeseph Simboli, Cooper City policeman.
Creature description
- Aggressive To
- horse
- Object Handled
- animal
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 10.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- pasture
- Tracks Went to
- road
- Foot Shape
- wedge-shape
Witness
- Observer Was
- farming