Incident #992887
Oak Hill, Volusia Cty, Florida
1989
Account
Paul Schmitt and anonymous were delivering papers when the encountered the creature on a dirt road through a forested area connecting with St. John's River Wildlife Management Area. It was standing in the middle of the road and they stopped close to it. It then approached them, but how the incident ended is not reported. Smell was "sickening", "like cabbage", "overwhelming." "Middle part of the creature was closely observed in the headlights and confirmed not to be a bear or any other known animal."
When
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Volusia Cty
- Nearest Town
- Oak Hill
- Latitude
- 2852
- Longitude
- 8051
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Nearby Water
- ocean
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Paul Schmitt and anonymous CIA
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- approached
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- approached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stoppedýstudied