Incident #991697
Oneco, Manatee Cty, Florida
1977
Account
Driving home from work near midnight on State Road 70, Chip Coffey saw what looked like two reflectors, then thought it looked like a horse, then it stood up from a hunched position and moved bipedally into the woods. Two weeks later, again about midnight, he saw a similar creature in an open field.
When
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Manatee Cty
- Nearest Town
- Oneco
- Latitude
- 2727
- Longitude
- 8233
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Bradenton, FL, Herald, April 6, 1978, quoting Chip Coffey, 24, Westwinds Mobile Village, 5316 53rd Ave. E., Oneco, FL. Price
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got upýentered woods
- Odour
- strong
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- kept going