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Bigfoot sighting near Ocala, Florida
Dec 1974 · Ocala, Florida, United States
A teen camper in Ocala National Forest, Florida, heard footsteps and sniffing near his sleeping bag around midnight in December 1974 before the sounds stopped.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Possible late night campsite intrusion in the Ocala National Forest
- Date
- Dec 1974
- Place
- Ocala, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- vocal
- Point
- 29.221, -81.805
- Located within
- 24 km
- Time
- about 00:00, night
- Witness was
- in bed
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 0.3 m (1 ft)
- Duration
- 12 min
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- approaching, walking
- Sounds
- footsteps
- In the account
- approached, at camp, bipedal footsteps, childhood memory, felt fear, no smell noted, silent movement, thought person first, walked upright, witness froze, woken by it, woods silent
- 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
- a daylight sighting by a family on a camping trip
- a close-range, daytime sighting by a 67-year-old Baptist minister
- Multiple witnesses, daylight sighting, Hopkins Prairie, Ocala NF, next to Florida Trail
- Father and daughter have daytime sighting in the Ocala National Forest
- Hunter has series of possible incidents on private property near Ocala
- Daytime sighting from a vehicle in the Ocala National Forest near Ft. McCoy
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