Incident #992825
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Jul 1997
Account
Steve Goodbread is a tour guide for Pelican Tours. Around 2 p.m., driving on Turner Road where there is a burned wooden bridge across a canal, about 2 miles north of U.S. 41, he and the tourists saw 70 or 80 yards away a 7 ft. brown creature behind some brush near the bridge. It stood on two legs, rocking back and forth. Hair everywhere except face. Resembled a gorilla. Was shaking bushes and appeared irritated by their presence. Stayed watching it about 15 minutes, then drove away. Goodbread later returned and searched in the area, without result.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 16 1997
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Collier Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ochopee
- Latitude
- 2555
- Longitude
- 8122
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- bridge or wharf
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- many
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- canal
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO, from Robert Smith and Susan Burlingame - [email protected] - quoting Steve Goodbread.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýswayedýhandled something
- Arms Used
- for shaking
- Object Handled
- tree
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studiedýdeparted slowly