Incident #991647
Port Mayaca, Martin Cty, Florida
Mar 1975
Account
Hit by car. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Humphreys driving near Lake Odeechobee at 11.20 p.m. when a large hairy creature emerged quickly from beside a stream next to a small bridge and collided with the car, tearing off the aerial and damaging the front fender and the door on the passenger side. Reported to Fort Pierce highway patrol. Hair from fender sent for analysis.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 06 1975
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Martin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Port Mayaca
- Latitude
- 2700
- Longitude
- 1830
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Pursuit, July, 1975, Bob Morgan quoting Mr. and Mrs. Steve Humphreys.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Object Handled
- vehicle
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- stoppedýcame back