Incident #991684
Fort Myers, Lee Cty, Florida
Feb 1977
Account
Randy White organized a skunk-ape expedition, with members of a high school ROTC unit taking part. One of the students at an observation post saw an ape at the fringe of a cypress head across a large pond at the edge of camp, and huge footprints were found there. No sizes in story, but photos give an idea of the footprint dimensions. No approximate location.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Lee Cty
- Nearest Town
- Fort Myers
- Latitude
- 2640
- Longitude
- 8150
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- trees
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- small lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Randy White in Fort Myers, FL, News Press, Feb. 27, 1977, quoting member of Cypress Lake R.O.T.C. skunk ape expedition
Creature description
- Water Activity
- beside water
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
Witness
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting