Incident #992788
Cocoa, Dixie Cty, Florida
Feb 1998
Account
Informant driving north on Hwy 349 5 miles north of US19, about 5 a.m., saw 5.5 to 6-foot reddish long-haired ape picking up road kill in the middle of the road. It ran off into the woods. Half a mile west of the Suwannee River, heavy oak hammock.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 09 1998
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Dixie Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cocoa
- Latitude
- 2936
- Longitude
- 8259
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- swampýwoods
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO McNabb, confidential, CIA
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- eating
- Later Movement
- ranýentered woods
- Object Handled
- animal matter
- Eating
- small animal
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car