Incident #991692
Punta Gorda, Lee Cty, Florida
1973
Account
Jim Spink spent seven years looking for skunk apes after he found a 14-inch footprint in 1973 on a wooded, island-like peninsula at the mouth of the Peace River.
When
- Year
- 1973
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Lee Cty
- Nearest Town
- Punta Gorda
- Latitude
- 2648
- Longitude
- 8210
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- ocean
Source
- Source
- Miami, FL, Herald, Nov. 7 1980, quoting Jim Spink, 34, North Miami, FL.
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Number of Tracks
- 1