Incident #991618
Belle Glade, Palm Beach Cty, Florida
Jul 1971
Account
Ray Fairman said that while driving on Hwy 27 south of Belle Glade he stopped for what he thought was a hitchhiker, but as he opened the door there was an awful stench of decayed flesh and a huge form entered the truck. He piled out and ran, then saw an 8-foot creature get out and walk into the swamp on two legs.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 26 1971
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Palm Beach Cty
- Nearest Town
- Belle Glade
- Latitude
- 2638
- Longitude
- 8043
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot on the East Coast, quoting Ray Fairman.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- got downýwalked awayýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- attempt entry
- Reaction
- approached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled