Incident #991725
Bellwood, Brevard Cty, Florida
Jan 1993
Account
Jeff and Michelle Leitner and four children were drivingfrom Port St. John to Titusville. Going north on Tulsa Boulevard, just north of the King's Highway intersection they saw up ahead a hairy creature, about 7 feet tall, with long arms and legs, taking long strides to the west. Leitner did a quick U-turn after passing it, but it had dispappeared in chest-high palmettos at the edge of the forest.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 05 1993
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Brevard Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bellwood
- Latitude
- 2825
- Longitude
- 8047
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 6
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- ocean
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlightsýmoonlight
Source
- Source
- Florida Today, Jan. 31, 1993, quoting Jeff and Michelle Leitner, Port St. John, FL, and daughter Cassandra.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked awayýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- came back