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1957
Paolita, Collier Cty, Florida
Doug Tarrant, Robert Webb and Pug, after a day of hunting in Big Cypress Swamp, were sleeping in hammocks slung between cypress trees on a hammock when they heard heavy footsteps approaching, then saw about 30 feet away a drak…
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1963
Holopaw, Osceola Cty, Florida
An apelike creature reported seen running across a field on a ranch outside Holopaw. "Prominent cattleman and citrus grower" said he was in a group that were within a few feet of it and it was "definitely an ape of…
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mid 1960's
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
Eulah Lewis was outside her mobile home at the outskirts of Brooksville when she heard a noise, looked up and saw a dark, hair-covered creature about 6 feet tall standing there. She ran for the house and so did it.…
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mid 1960's
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
Pat Lewis saw a skunk ape about three weeks after her mother-in-law's sighting. It chased her as she ran in the house.
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mid 1960's
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
Youth saw a sasquatch watching after he got out of his car to fix a flat tire.
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1966
Elfers, Pasco Cty, Florida
Ralph "Bud" Chambers heard a harsh coughing sound as he was walking in the woods near the Anclote River and saw a giant hairy thing standing in the trees. There was a rancid, putrid odour. He and a friend followed…
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Nov 1966
Holopaw, Osceola Cty, Florida
Eugene Crosby said a five-foot, very broad, hairy creature threw a tire tube at him.
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Nov 1966
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
Miss M.B. (Steiger-Writenour version) changing a tire on a lonely stretch of Hwy 91 outside Brooksville heard a noise in the bushes and smelled an unpleasant odour, then a huge creature stood up beside the road and studied her. Another…
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1967
Elfers, Pasco Cty, Florida
Ralph "Bud" Chambers got a good look at a 7-foot monster emerging from a swamp, about 4.30 a.m.
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1967
Elfers, Pasco Cty, Florida
Ralph "Bud" Chambers awakened by one of his dogs howling, looked out and saw a sasquatch standing in his back yard. It just seemed to stare straight ahead, while one of his dogs snapped at its legs. Then it turned…
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Jul 1967
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
James Pakerton said he was sleeping in the cab of his truck when he heard someone approaching, opened the door, and an 8-foot hairy creature grabbed his feet. He hit his air horn and that scared it into running off.
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1969
Davie, Broward Cty, Florida
Charles Robertson was hunting in an abandoned guava orchard off Hwy 84 near the county landfill when he smelled a putrid odour, heard a crackling in the brush and turned to see a huge black creature, towering head and shoulders…
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1969
Davie, Broward Cty, Florida
Henry Ring, rabies control officer for Broward County, was coon hunting in the same area as the Charles Robertson sighting a few days earlier, when he thought his hounds had treed a coon in an orange grove. Instead there was…
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1971
Davie, Broward Cty, Florida
Henry Rose and Joseph Simbili were staked out on a prowler report near a mobile home behind the Air Tronics factory on Hwy 84. They heard a thump as if something had fallen on a tin-roofed building, then something splashed…
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about 1972
Davie, Broward Cty, Florida
Flamingo Road woman reported an upright, tailless creature that showed up early in the morning or just before dark and would eat raw hamburger from her hand, but disdained bananas and apple slices. Ben Tenny and Henry Ring investigated and…
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about 1972
Davie, Broward Cty, Florida
Custodian of Broward County landfill reported seeing four creatures, two 6 to 7 ft and two 2.5 to 3 ft. loping towards limestone caves on the west side of the landfill property.
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Date unknown
Location unknown
Entering smaller size from 1594.
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1972
Davie, Broward Cty, Florida
Farmer off Flamingo Road found a yearling steer torn apart. Around it were tracks a foot and a half long, 10 inches wide, three toed, with a dew claw at the heel.
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Oct 1973
Davie, Broward Cty, Florida
Michael Polesnek or Polesmek had seen five steers killed at a neighbour's ranch in September, 1973, where about 30 pounds of meat were eaten off one 200 pound animal that had then apparently been thrown 30 feet. On Oct. 11…
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about 1969
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
Leon reported to the sheriff's office that he saw a hairy creature emerge from heavy woods on state road 50 near Brooksville, make a dent in the side of his car with its fist, and lope along as he accelerated…
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1969
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie Cty, Florida
Robert Goble, with Peninsular Archaeological Society Inc., was driving down a road near a swamp near Fort Pierce and saw out the window an apelike creature grubbing for roots in a creek. Later he saw its footprints.
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about 1970
Pinellas Park, Pinellas Cty, Florida
Tom and David Wilson, hunting snakes in Pinellas Park area, found huge footprints and followed them to a swamp on the shore of the Cross Bayou Canal. In the swamp they saw 20 feet away a hairy monster with an…
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about 1970
Placida, Gulf of Mexico, Florida
Shrimp boat crew from Placida claim to have seen skunk apes swimming as much as 20 miles offshore. The captain stated he had seen them swimming under water.
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1970 to 1971
Brooksville, Fernando Cty, Florida
Truck driver reported to sheriff's office that he was sleeping in the cab of his truck north of Brooksville when a hairy creature yanked him out and ripped his clothing. Ramona Hibner confirmed that the incident was reported and that…
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Feb 1971
Placida, Charlotte Cty, Florida
The Peninsular Archaeological Society was working on a large Indian mound, which Frank Hudson writes covers 34 acres. Buz Osbon is quoted as saying it is in Big Cypress Swamp, but Romona Hibner says it is on Cayu Pelau offshore…