Incident #991644
Cape Coral, Lee Cty, Florida
Feb 1975
Account
Richard Davis went outside to investigate a bumping noise and came face to face with a huge hairy biped. As it came toward him he shot it in the abdomen with at .22 revolver. It grunted, turned and fled. He called police, who found nothing. His German shepherd acted terrified.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 02 1975
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Lee Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cape Coral
- Latitude
- 2634
- Longitude
- 8156
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Nearby Water
- canal
Source
- Source
- Fort Myers, FL, News Press, Feb. 4, 1975, and Venice, FL, Sun Coast Times, Jan. 17, 1976, quoting Richard Davis, 23, 719 S.E. 8th Place, Cape Coral, FL. Also Pursuit, July, 1975, quoting Bob Morgan.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey brown
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- made a noiseýturned aroundýfled
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- grunt
- Odour
- strong
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- shot