Incident #992830
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Aug 1997
Account
Anonymous couple were driving on Turner Road just at dark. They saw something cross the road 100 or 200 yards ahead, drove to the spot and turned their car towards the side, catching the creature in the headlights about 30 yards from the road. It kept its back to the vehicle and twice moved out of the light. They then left. Very dark, manlike, well over 7 feet, est. 300 to 400 lbs.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 17 1997
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
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
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO, from Robert Smith and Susan Burlingame - [email protected] - quoting anonymous couple.
Creature description
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýwalked away
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- approachedýstudied