Incident #991629
Everglades City, Collier Cty, Florida
Jun 1974
Account
Victor Robinson and friend, teenagers, were mullet fishing at White Horse Key in the Ten Thousand Islands, about 20 miles northwest of Everglades City, at low tide at midnight. On the way back they found fresh footprints coming out of the water in a semi-circle and going back in.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- midnight
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Collier Cty
- Nearest Town
- Everglades City
- Latitude
- 2554
- Longitude
- 8137
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- shore
- Nearby Water
- ocean
Source
- Source
- Gorden Strasenburgh report quoting Victor Robinson and a friend
Creature description
- Water Activity
- wade outýwade in
- Use of Water
- travel
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 57
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- water
Witness
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore