Incident #992823
Miltona, Santa Rosa Cty, Florida
Dec 1980
Account
Michael Sigler, then 12, was deer hunting in Blackwater State Forest just outside Milton, an area of pine forest scrub, when he saw a large animal run across a power line clearing 150 yards away. He immediately fled.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Santa Rosa Cty
- Nearest Town
- Miltona
- Latitude
- 3050
- Longitude
- 8650
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Michael Sigler (contact via kitc1.aol.com)
Creature description
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- fled