Incident #991720
Paladka, Putnam Cty, Florida
about 1982
Account
Randy Medlock and Ronny Cone saw a big, hairy, bipedal creature cross the road close to them. It walked into the woods, slapping pine saplings out of its way as if they were nothing.
When
- Year
- about 1982
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Putnam Cty
- Nearest Town
- Paladka
- Latitude
- 2943
- Longitude
- 8139
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Super Human Action
- Pushed saplings aside.
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- Fort Pierce, FL, News Tribune, Jul. 21, 1987, quoting Randy Medlock, Bardin, FL, and Ronny Cone.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked awayýwatched observerýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Object Handled
- tree
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Stride in Inches Average
- long
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- stopped