Incident #991718
Venice, Sarasota Cty, Florida
Jan about 1978
Account
Mike Corradino, newspaperman and founder of Florida Monkey Sanctuary, tells of construction crews clearing a site in scrubby pinelands awakening a sasquatch with their heavy equipment early in the morning. It ran away, growling loudly at first, then shrieking as it disappeared in the swamps.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- about 1978
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- early morning
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Sarasota Cty
- Nearest Town
- Venice
- Latitude
- 2700
- Longitude
- 8225
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- marsh
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Source
- Source
- Believe It, Vol. 1, No. 1, Nov. 1978, quoting Mike Corradino, Venich, FL.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- sleeping
- Later Movement
- got upýmade a noiseýfled
- Sound
- growlýscream
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- lying down
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors