Incident #992828
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Jul 1997
Account
Vince Doerr, driving on Burns Road about 7.45 a.m., shortly after Jan Brock's sighting (2827) saw a reddish dark brown creature about 7 feet tall walk upright across the road about 700 feet in front of him, going from east to west. (Brock sighting west to east). Where the creature had crossed Doerr stopped, got out and took a photo of it, about 80 yards away in the swamp. Photo is of rear and upper torso of creature, but very small and not clear.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 21 1997
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Collier Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ochopee
- Latitude
- 2555
- Longitude
- 8117
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Photo
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO, from Robert Smith and Susan Burlingame - [email protected] - quoting Vince Doerr, fire chief.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- approachedýphotographed