Incident #991614
Hollywood, Broward Cty, Florida
Jun 1974
Account
Stories are contradictory as to location and contain few specifics, but Richard Lee Smith certainly reported to authorities that he had hit a two-legged, 8-foot creature with his car, apparently either on Hwy 27 or State Road 820, and that at least one other person, perhaps several, phoned police to report seeing such a creature on 27, near the Dade and Broward county border. True Detective says Hialeah Gardens Patrolman Robert Holmeyer not only saw it while checking these reports, but shot at it twice. ( 1621) Miami News says only that he saw a shadowy, dark, 8-foot creature heading into the underbrush. Hit by car
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 09 1974
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Broward Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hollywood
- Latitude
- 2600
- Longitude
- 8026
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Miami, FL, Herald, June 10, 1974, Miami News, Jan. 9, 1974, Dean E. Bostick in True Detective, 1976 and others, quoting Richard Lee Smith, 1701 State Rd. 27, Hollywood, FL.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- got upýgestured
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact