Incident #991677
Bayonet Point, Pasco Cty, Florida
Feb 1977
Account
Charles and Noreen Wilson and their son Jay, living in a trailer in a wild area of swamps and woods, near Moon Lake saw three creatures come into their yard, leaving tracks 22", 17-18" and 8-10" long. The big one, 10 feet or taller, had a hysterical laugh. Growls and screams were also heard. Police were called, saw tracks and saw eyes reflected in flashlight beams, and gave chase. One creature returned several times, shook the trailer and looked in the window. There were several other sightings reported.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 16 1977
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Pasco Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bayonet Point
- Latitude
- 2819
- Longitude
- 8237
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Source
- Source
- Ramona Hibner letter quoting Charles and Noreen Wilson, Moon Lake area, FL, and their son Jay. Also unnamed policemen.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Later Movement
- made a noise
- Aggressive To
- trailer
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Sound
- other
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 3
- Footprint Length
- 22.0
- Number of Toes
- 3
Witness
- Observer Was
- at home