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Bigfoot sighting near Apopka, Florida
5 Oct 1977 · Apopka, Florida, United States
A 22-year-old hitchhiker reported seeing a tall, dark creature that smelled in a forested area off U.S. 441 south of Belleview, Florida, in darkness, per a 1977 newspaper report.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- A hitchhiker reports seeing a bigfoot in a forested area off U.S. 441
- Date
- 5 Oct 1977
- Place
- Apopka, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- smell, visual
- Point
- 28.692, -81.525
- Located within
- 926 m
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- In the account
- smell, smell rotten
- Account
- news report
- Sources
- 3 independent (6 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- John GreenRead the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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- Memory told of close encounters while working as a fence contractor near Cassia
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