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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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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…
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1972
Brooksville, Fernando Cty, Florida
Five year old boy (not clear if this is Allen Carter or not) playing with trike, a large sasquatch and a baby came out of the woods and stood watching. The small one climbed the fence and the boy ran.…
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1972 to 1973
Crystal River, Citrus Cty, Florida
Man shot at a sasquatch which ran into a swamp. Ramona Hibner said she had talked to people who knew him.
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about 1973
Punta Gorda, Charlotte Cty, Florida
Two men in a car saw a sasquatch emerge from fog, walk up to the car and look in the window. It had catlike green eyes, was covered with greyish hair, and smelled skunk-putrid.
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1973
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
With a group of teenagers having a hot dog roast on a sandspit off Sunshine Grove Road, with tape deck in car playing loudly, sister of Richard Werner walked towards the car and saw a tall, hairy manlike creature. When…
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Feb 1973
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
On the Kelly property, on Hwy 476 northwest of Brooksville, Mason O'Neil, a nephew of the Kellys, saw a sasquatch in a pasture.
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Dec 1973
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
On the George Kelly farm about 8 miles northwest of Brooksville on Hwy 476, Nancy and Debbie Kelly saw a large grey sasquatch standing in a pasture. Horses milled about in a frightened manner, and there was a foul odor.…
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Nov 1973
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
On the George Kelly farm about 8 miles northwest of Brooksville on Hwy 476, Nancy and Debbie Kelly saw a large grey sasquatch standing in a pasture. Horses milled about in a frightened manner, and there was a foul odor.…
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Jul 1973
Immokalee, Collier Cty, Florida
Terrance Craigsmith and his father, in truck, thought they saw a man fishing, stopped and approached, asking if he was catching anything. The 'man' raised up, 7 to 8 feet tall, ran towards them. They fled, dropping their rifles, going…
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Oct 1973
Plantation, Broward Cty, Florida
Danny Lee and seven other teenagers at Sunshine City mobile home park saw a a hairy animal 7 feet tall jump off the porch of an unfinished building. Doc Medlin found footprints which included knuckle marks, so he speculated that…
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1973
Sweetwater, Dade Cty, Florida
Trucker changing a tire had a sasquatch walk up to him, and later a trooper found footprints at the scene. No description of either. Location noted as 6 miles west of juction of Hwys 41 and 27 (now 997).
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Jun 1974
Hollywood, Broward Cty, Florida
Stories are contradictory as to location and contain few specifics, but Richard Lee Smith certainly reported to authorities that he had hit a two-legged, 8-foot creature with his car, apparently either on Hwy 27 or State Road 820, and that…