Incident #991602
Brooksville, Fernando Cty, Florida
1970 to 1971
Account
Truck driver reported to sheriff's office that he was sleeping in the cab of his truck north of Brooksville when a hairy creature yanked him out and ripped his clothing. Ramona Hibner confirmed that the incident was reported and that the driver was at Lykes Memorial Hospital and was scratched.
When
- Year
- 1970 to 1971
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Fernando Cty
- Nearest Town
- Brooksville
- Latitude
- 2840
- Longitude
- 8224
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- St. Petersburg Times-Floridian, March 26, 1972, quoting a truck driver.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Aggressive To
- person
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- person
- Human Contact
- touch
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Action on sighting
- shouted