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Bigfoot sighting near N. Ft. Myers/Riverdale, Florida
1 Jul 1983 · N. Ft. Myers/Riverdale, Florida, United States
Two teenage girls riding horseback at night near Lee County, Florida, around midnight heard an unseen creature moving alongside them through woods; their horses were spooked and they galloped off.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Possible Nighttime Encounter by Girls on Horseback north of Ft. Myers
- Date
- 1 Jul 1983
- Place
- N. Ft. Myers/Riverdale, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- vocal
- Point
- 26.793, -81.812
- Located within
- 4.8 km
- Time
- about 12:00, night
- Witness was
- horse riding
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Behaviour
- walking
- Animals
- horses reacted
- In the account
- childhood memory, felt fear, field or clearing, followed or paced, horses spooked, on or by road, reported years later, searched after, smell, 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
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