Incident #992861
Immokalee, Collier Cty, Florida
Nov 1974
Account
Several hunters spotting for grouse, turkey and deer, near midnight in a dried up swamp bed ( Corkscrew Swamp ) smelled a bad animal smell, heard footsteps in the brush on their rear flank, lights showed nothing. Then saw orangish eyes in reeds ahead of them, and 7-8 ft., hairy creature stood up and stared at them, arms swinging. They shot at it, it screamed and ran into the swamp. They tracked and found blood marks and footprints.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Collier Cty
- Nearest Town
- Immokalee
- Latitude
- 2620
- Longitude
- 8130
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- bottom land
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- James A. Muelliner - [email protected] - quoting unnamed Floridian he considered entirely reliable.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected orange
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- fledýentered woods
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Sound
- scream
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- watchedýfled from
- Evidence Left
- bloodýfootprints
- Position when first seen
- crouched
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shot