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Bigfoot sighting near Gainesville, Florida
Sep 1963 · Gainesville, Florida, United States
A witness saw a tall, hairy creature that stared at him on a wooded street in Gainesville, Florida, around 7 pm in late summer 1963.
Facts
- Reported as
- Memory told of a close encounter with a man-ape outside Gainesville
- Date
- Sep 1963
- Place
- Gainesville, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 29.678, -82.355
- Located within
- 782 m
- Time
- about 19:00, night
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.3 m (8 ft)
- Behaviour
- watching
- In the account
- alone, eyes seen, looked at witness, on or by road, reported years later, very tall, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Bigfoot sighting near Gainsville, Florida
- Woman has close daylight sighting while driving through Payne's Prairie outside Gainesville
- Woman finds possible footprints during morning bike ride in San Felasco Preserve northwest of Gainesville
- Geocacher sees large creature watching wild boars
- College Psychology Teacher observes Bigfoot crossing road. Animal has covering of leaves and/or palm branches
- Possible sightings and strange incidents experienced by family at their rural home east of Gainesville
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