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Bigfoot sighting near Lakeland, Florida
Sep 1985 · Lakeland Fla, Florida, United States
A hunter in a small boat on Saddle Creek in Polk County, Florida, saw a large ape-like creature run over a bank at night and later passed tracks.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Hunter has unexplained, late night encounter while in small boat on Saddle Creek
- Date
- Sep 1985
- Place
- Lakeland Fla, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 28.006, -81.853
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- boating
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Behaviour
- running
- Animals
- dogs reacted
- In the account
- dog barked or chased, dog cowered, dog present, felt fear, flashlight, fog, followed or paced, footprints found, likened to ape, near water, returned to spot, 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
- Noise, like wood being banged against tree. Tracks found
- Bigfoot sighting near Winterhaven, Florida
- Possible sighitng at dusk by father and daughter riding an ATV near Bartow
- Twilight sighting on the west side of Lakeland
- Possible daylight sighting by fisherman near Bartow
- Three black figures seen moving thru a hunting area during the daytime in the Green Swamp
Facts and links only. Each report belongs to its witness and the site that published it; read it there.