Incident #991660
Crystal Springs, Citrus Cty, Florida
Nov 1975
Account
John Sohl and six friends were at a campfire at the Rock Crusher, a hole in the ground northeast of Homossassa Springs and southeast of Crystal River. Hearing a noise, Sohl walked up a small hill and looked down along a trail into a shallow valley, where he saw three creatures, one 8 ft, one with breasts and one 5 ft. He called a friend and the creatures left. Sohl got a flash camera and hid in long grass in the valley, heard a noise behind him and turned to see a creature 2 feet away. The camera flashed and it spun and left, knocking him 15 feet away in the process. He thinks an arm accidentally hit him on the buttocks as it turned, and he was sure he did not get a picture.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Citrus Cty
- Nearest Town
- Crystal Springs
- Latitude
- 2851
- Longitude
- 8236
What was seen
- Individuals
- male, female and small
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- fire
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- no obvious light
Source
- Source
- St. Petersburg, FL, Times, Jan. 1, 1976, quoting John Sohl, 18, St. Petersburg Junior College student.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turnedýfled
- Arms Action
- striking
- Object Handled
- person
- Odour
- none
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at fire
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Action on sighting
- photographed