Incident #991600
Pinellas Park, Pinellas Cty, Florida
about 1970
Account
Tom and David Wilson, hunting snakes in Pinellas Park area, found huge footprints and followed them to a swamp on the shore of the Cross Bayou Canal. In the swamp they saw 20 feet away a hairy monster with an awful smell.
When
- Year
- about 1970
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Pinellas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Pinellas Park
- Latitude
- 2750
- Longitude
- 8243
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- marsh
- Tracks
- found previously
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- canalýswamp
Source
- Source
- Yeti Newsletter, quoting Tom and David Wilson, Pinellas Park, FL.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Odour
- strong
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Use of Water
- travel
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 19.0
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Tracks Went to
- marsh
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled