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Bigfoot sighting near Tampa, Florida
1955 · Tampa, Florida, United States
Two witnesses watching a movie at night from a Tampa housing project saw a large hairy creature near the Hillsborough River, then fled.
Facts
- Reported as
- Early evening sighting by residents on the Hillsborough River
- Date
- 1955
- Place
- Tampa, Florida, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 28.043, -82.438
- Located within
- 4.9 km
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- In the account
- near home, near water, reported years later, 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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- Large bipedal figure seen leaping across a road near Land O' Lakes
- Hunter watches creature picking persimmons in the Green Swamp
- Possible daylight sighting by motorist on Highway 301 near Dead River Road
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