Bigfoot sighting near Okeechobee, Florida
May 2009 · Okeechobee, Florida, United States
Near Okeechobee, Florida, a young man reported very large footprints at a pond and, around 2am while hog hunting, a tall figure and heavy footsteps in the woods.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Possible rural encounters experienced by a young man growing up outside Okeechobee
- Date
- May 2009
- Place
- Okeechobee, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- track, visual
- Point
- 27.246, -80.984
- Located within
- 3.2 km
- Time
- about 02:00, night
- Witness was
- playing
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 46 m (150 ft)
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- standing, walking
- Sounds
- footsteps
- In the account
- childhood memory, field or clearing, footprints found, full moon, growl, livestock or pets nearby, near water, on trail, ruled out bear, swamp or marsh, thought bear first, walked upright, witness fled, witness froze
- Tracks
- 75 cm (29.5 in) long, 25 cm (10.0 in) wide
- 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
- Possible stalking of boar hunters at night outside Okeechobee
- Woman observes small bipedal creature cross 441 near Ft. Drum
- Hunters in the Big Cypress National Preserve observe large biped traversing their recent path
- Daylight sighting by two ATV riders near Lake Placid
- Bigfoot sighting near Port Mayaca, Florida
- Motorists see creature in a rural subdivison
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