Incident #992949
Bloxham, Leon Cty, Florida
Mar 1996
Account
Jason Valenti and Denis Devignen, driving about 4 a.m. at edge of Apalachicola State Forest 10 to 15 minutes from Tallahassee, saw a human-shaped animal squatting at the side of the road beside a fallen tree, moving its hands up and down rapidly as if manipulating something in the tree top (about 18 in. off the ground). As they drove up to it it stood up, 6 to 8 feet high, covered with blond hair, wide hips, long arms and fingers, raised its hands in front of its face apparently to shield from lights, and backed up several steps. Long breasts swaying on chest. No lips, just slit of mouth, below line of shoulders. Light skin around eyes, protruding jaw, sloping forehead. When they passed it leaped off the road into the forest.
When
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1996
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Leon Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bloxham
- Latitude
- 3025
- Longitude
- 8430
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large female
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Jason Valenti, Bellingham, CA, at 1999 Vancouver symposium. Second witness Dennis Devignen. Also e-mail Apr 9, 2000 via Erik Beckjord.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Breast
- pendulous
- Movement
- picking up
- Later Movement
- got upýwatched observer
- Arms Action
- shading eyes
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Reaction
- avoided
- Additional Movement
- jumpedýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- squatting
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept going