Incident #991687
Bayonet Point, Pasco Cty, Florida
Apr 1977
Account
Charles Wilson shouted at a sasquatch that banged on their trailer awning and it ran off, but returned later while he and friends were playing a guitar. Duane and Ramona Hibner found poor tracks where it jumped a 20-foot road.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 08 1977
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Pasco Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bayonet Point
- Latitude
- 2819
- Longitude
- 8237
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Source
- Source
- Ramona Hibner letter April 4, 1977, quoting Charles Wilson.
Creature description
- Height
- large
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- ranĂ½returned
- Aggressive To
- trailer
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 22.0
- Greates Width
- 10.0
- Material Tracks Made in
- dry sand
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shouted