Incident #991722
West Melbourne, Brevard Cty, Florida
1989
Account
Wendell Littlejohn, then 16, and friends were camping in swampy farmland ner Lake Washington. They heard something following them when walking through the woods but did not see it. Later they did see a creature with long, apelike arms, lumbering slowly away.
When
- Year
- 1989
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Brevard Cty
- Nearest Town
- West Melbourne
- Latitude
- 2807
- Longitude
- 8044
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- camp
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Nearby Water
- swampýlake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
Source
- Source
- Walton Beach, FL, Daily News, Aug. 8, 1992, wuoting Wendell Littlejohn, 19, Orlando, FL
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 5 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Human Contact
- followed
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- campingýwalking
- Action on sighting
- studied