Incident #991669
Bayshore, Charlotte Cty, Florida
Jun 1976
Account
John and Bill Holly and John Kersey were driving on a dirt road (Rt. 31 or near to it) when they saw a sasquatch in a clump of pine trees. Apparently in Charlotte County, as Charlotte Deputy Warren Vallier participated in finding footprints two or three inches in wet dirt. They crossed a ditch to a fence, then into thich undergrowth. Hair found on the barbed-wire fence was sent to Dr. J. Mason Valentine, U. of Miami for analysis. Tracks indicated great weight, but no size given.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 06 1976
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Charlotte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bayshore
- Latitude
- 2648
- Longitude
- 8145
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- road
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- United Press International story from Fort Myers, June 10, 1976, and investigation by Ramona Hibner, quoting John Holley, 43, of North Fort Myers, his brother Bill, John Kersey and Deputy Sheriff Warren Vallier, Charlotte Cty.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Evidence Left
- hair
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Average Depth
- 2.50
- Stride in Inches Average
- long
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- trees
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet