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Bigfoot sighting near Murdoch, Florida
15 Aug 1962 · Murdoch , FL, Florida, United States
A Boy Scout on a camping trip near Murdoch, Florida, in August 1962 saw a large creature run on two legs into the woods after midnight and heard a high-pitched scream.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Boy Scouts have sighting while camping at Quednau Ranch
- Date
- 15 Aug 1962
- Place
- Murdoch , FL, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 27.005, -82.033
- Located within
- 5.1 km
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- camping
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- running, vocalizing
- Sounds
- scream
- In the account
- felt fear, scream, smell, thought person first, very fast, walked upright
- 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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