Incident #991630
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
Jul 1974
Account
Camping in a pit campsite in Croom Wildlife Reserve, about 12 miles northeast of Brooksville, Conrad and Nancy Paisley and their friends Jim and Bobby saw a 7-foot, dark brown, upright creature that had come part way down into the pit. Others heard it moving around. It made a sound like a goat. One 12-inch footprint was found.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 29 1974
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Hernando Cty
- Nearest Town
- Brooksville
- Latitude
- 2838
- Longitude
- 8217
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- camp
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 4
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- Ramona Hibner quoting Conrad and Nancy Paisley and their friends Jim and Bobby.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Reaction
- approached
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 12.0
- Number of Tracks
- 1
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet