Incident #991671
Dunnellon, Marion Cty, Florida
Jun 1976
Account
Donald Duncan said his 5-year-old boy saw the Dunnellon skunk ape in the afternoon and was hysterical. That night about 3 a.m. Donald heard his dogs and went out on the porch with a .22. The creature was rolling in the sand outside his gate with three dogs. He fired in their direction and the dogs took off. The creature rose and looked at him, he fired, it jumped and "howled like a wolf." He fired again and it moved away, howling. A track or tracks found, no size given, with four toes and a couple of bumps, as if deformed.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 19 1976
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Marion Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dunnellon
- Latitude
- 2904
- Longitude
- 8228
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Ramona Hibner letter June 23, 1976, quoting Donald Duncan, Dunnellon, FL.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- fighting
- Later Movement
- got upýwatched observerýjumped
- Aggressive To
- dogs
- Object Handled
- animal
- Sound
- howl
- Additional Movement
- made a noiseýwalked away
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Longest Toe
- second
- Foot Shape
- splay-toed
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- shot