Incident #991666
Dunnellon, Marion Cty, Florida
before 1977
Account
Elderly man heard a noise on his porch "like a man mumbling", opened door face to face with a 7-foot sasquatch. He shot it 6 times with a .22 at point blank range. It looked at him and walked off. Several other people are reported to have shot at it with .22's, and three-toed tracks have been found. The old man says the creature has been around for five years but just started coming up to houses. It is blamed for killing some caged rabbits, chasing horses, torn down fences, ripped out screen doors, banged on trailers, ladders carried into trees, and screams and whistles.
When
- Year
- before 1977
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Marion Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dunnellon
- Latitude
- 2904
- Longitude
- 8229
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found previously
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- riverýswamp
Source
- Source
- Ramona Hibner letter June 12, 1976, quoting an old man living near Dunellon, FL.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýwalked away
- Sound
- other
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Number of Toes
- 3
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shot