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Bigfoot sighting near Lakeland, Florida
Sep 1974 · Lakeland, Florida, United States
In September 1974 at twilight on the west side of Lakeland, Florida, witnesses heard wood tapping and saw a large creature climb a pine tree and jump to another.
Facts
- Reported as
- Twilight sighting on the west side of Lakeland
- Date
- Sep 1974
- Place
- Lakeland, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 28.009, -81.939
- Light
- twilight
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Behaviour
- climbing
- Sounds
- wood knock
- In the account
- climbed, leaped, likened to ape, near home, reported years later, swamp or marsh, wood knock
- 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
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