SIGHTINGS 1981
PALM BEACH COUNTY- Loxahatchee,Fl./ Witness Mike,last name withheld, was out horse back riding with his family at
late evening just getting dark./ His horse stopped to eat grass and the others went a head./ Fighting with his mount to
move on he noticed movement out of the corner of his eye,turning he saw a huge hairy bipedal creature run across the
opening between two tree stands. / The creature moved fast and he only saw it for a second or two,his horse still
fighting to eat grass didn't see it./ He finally got his mount moving and yelling at the others to wait,catching up he told
them what he had seen./ They laughed at him and his mother said it was probably a wild hog./ He said as they were
moving again"Thats the first wild hog I've ever seen that big and running on two legs./ ( I know this witness personally
and I believe him to be Honest . He never told this story to anyone else only me when, to his surprise,I told him about my
sighting.)
TAYLOR COUNTY-/Nov./ Two witnesses saw a 7 foot tall creature on family land.
1981-LEVY COUNTY- Yankeetown, near Crystal River,Fl.- Two brothers hear howl while trail blazing. Thought they
heard an answering howl some distance off.
1980-81-LAKE COUNTY- Lady Lake,Fl.-Staying with grandparents close to Griffin Chain of Lakes./ Witness stayed in
front bedroom by herself. There was a noise outside window but witness said that she was to scared to look. / Was
10-11 at the time. / There was many sounds snorting, footsteps, growling, laid awake for hours./ The noise lasted 5 to
10 minutes. / The next day where she and her brother had piled up sand in driveway there was a big human footprint
that measured 17 inches long and 8 inches wide. This was close to sawmill and forest.
PASCO COUNTY-1981-82- New Port Richey,Florida-The witness, a retired teacher at local college,teacher of
Oceanography. Director at that time of science center which was located on the inlet of the Gulf of Mexico called Salt
Spring Run which is surrounded by typical upper west coast Florida Juncas- Spartina marsh with mangrove islands..
The witness said this was about 9 PM after locking the gate to the center he was traveling down the road and after
entering a curve he saw a creature that was 5 1/2 to 6 feet tall walk in front of his car. It stopped and turned its head
towards him. It had grayish brown fur/hair that covered its body that didn't look thick. It had a flat nose on a simian face
that he described as looking like a drawing he saw of an early hominid in a National Geographic magazine. It had ears
on the sides of its head. It looked at him then crossed the road and entered the marsh. Witness said he got out of his
station wagon to see if he could still see it but it was gone. There was no smell and the hard shell rock road left no prints
1981-LEVY COUNTY-Bronson,Florida; US27/ August/ Witness was 18 years old at the time and lived in Chiefland,Fl.
Just graduated from high school, class valedictorian an had begun freshman year at the University of Florida in
Gainsville. It was around 7:30 Am, there was a fair amount of light. Fall was rolling in and the air beginning to cool.
Clear morning. Driving to first class. The drive from parents home to school took her through heavily wooded,
sparsely populated area.Traveling highway 27 between Bronson and Chiefland, going around a big bend in the
road.The trees had been clear cut away from the edge of the road about a 100 yards back. At this time 27 was two
lane. Following the curve her eyes caught movement on her left. Someone was walking out of the tree line towards
the road. She slowed down and then she pulled over. She said at first she didn't think Skunk Ape or Bigfoot she just
wanted a rational explanation to what she was seeing. She asked her self what was a tall,naked and hairy"man"
doing in the woods? She realized that it wasn't a man as the creature crossed the road in just a couple of steps and
continued on unhurried towards the line of trees on the other side of the road. As she sat in her car staring at the
creature it turned and looked at her moving the upper torso as it did. Then the creature reached down and swung a
juvenile up onto her hip and disappeared into the trees, clearing a small barbed wire fence in one step.