Incident #991717
Florida
about 1977
Account
Mike Corradino, newspaperman and founder of Florida Monkey Sanctuary, recorded 74 skunk ape sightings in two years. A busload of people heading south to the Everglades watched a 9-foot hairy man run into the swamp as they approached.
When
- Year
- about 1977
Where
- State / province
- Florida
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- marsh
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- many
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Source
- Source
- Believe It, Vol. 1, No. 1, Nov. 1978, quoting Mike Corradino, Venich, FL.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Observer Was
- in truck