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Bigfoot sighting near Sarasota, Florida
7 Aug 1981 · Sarasota, Florida, United States
Three children playing in a wooded area in Sarasota, Florida, in August 1981 saw a hairy humanlike figure about seven feet tall standing and watching them for about a minute.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Youths have daylight sighting in wooded area of Sarasota
- Date
- 7 Aug 1981
- Place
- Sarasota, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 27.285, -82.466
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- playing
- Witnesses
- 3
- Creatures
- 1
- Duration
- 60 s
- Height
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Described as
- long length, biped
- Behaviour
- standing, watching
- In the account
- childhood memory, looked at witness, only silhouette, ruled out bear, thought bear first, thought person first, very tall, witness fled, witness yelled
- 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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