Incident #991709
Winterhaven, Polk Cty, Florida
1978
Account
Unnamed man likving in a large trailer park just west of Winterhaven looked out kitchen window about 8 p.m. and saw 8-foot sasquatch looking in. Next morning large sasquatch tracks all around garbage can.
When
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Polk Cty
- Nearest Town
- Winterhaven
- Latitude
- 2802
- Longitude
- 8147
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
Source
- Source
- Yeti Newsletter, Sept., 1978, quoting unnamed man.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- big
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close