Incident #991650
Venice, Sarasota Cty, Florida
1975
Account
Youth saw an ape in the beam of a flashlight at the end of Havana Road near the Blackburn Canal. It turned and walked off on two feet. Other reports in the same area, a similar creature was seen running past the bridge over the canal, and the sheriff's department received a report that one chased two boys on bicycles.
When
- Year
- 1975
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Sarasota Cty
- Nearest Town
- Venice
- Latitude
- 2706
- Longitude
- 8225
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- canal
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- Venice, FL, Sun Coast Times, Jan. 17, 1976, quoting a youth, plus other stories, and Yeti Newsletter, Jan. 1977, which says the 'youth' was a deputy sheriff.
Creature description
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Aggressive To
- boys
- Reaction
- ran after