Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning.
In this episode we're talking about a Florida Bigfoot Roundup.
That's correct, a Florida Bigfoot Roundup.
Now we're kind of continuing this series that we've been
doing on the Bigfoot topic, going through the different
States and using Bigfoot Field Research Organization as our
source. Absolutely outstanding website.
I'm telling you, I could just spend a whole day over here
reading these things. They're so much fun.
This first one comes to us from December 12th, 2022.
State Florida County Hillsborough County Location
details Cheeto Nature Preserve. There are 10s of thousands of
acres out there less than 1/5 of a mile from my location.
That has got to be something else.
Nearest town La Thea, nearest Rd.
Browning Rd. And then it says observed.
There is without a doubt a Bigfoot in Cheeto Nature
preserve. It's extremely foggy out
tonight. We are having the first real
cold front coming into Central Florida.
My location is in Lithia, FL near Cheeto park.
Without a doubt I heard a whooping noise and a loud
prolonged Bigfoot yell. It was made in three separate
calls, each getting louder than the last one.
The last call was very loud. The first call almost sounded
like a owl hoot but it got louder.
I could tell it was coming from Cheeto Park.
There's no way I could hear an owl call that far away and the
last two were dead on textbook Bigfoot calls.
Actually it happened at 10:30 PM as the local temperature shifted
then they say. I also noticed I have heard loud
thuds when I'm putting the chickens up late at night.
It sounds as if someone is throwing rocks.
The area is covered in baseball sized rocks so it would be easy
to find one. As far as other witnesses, it
says it was only me who heard it.
Everyone else was inside the house.
Other stories, no. This is the first I know of time
and conditions. Night heavy fog and it's much
colder than it has been all year.
The environment they describe as extreme fog.
A cold front is moving in and it's our first real cold this
season. Cheeto Nature Preserve has
walking trails throughout and can be hard to venture
everywhere because of the standing water.
It's very swampy with heavy oak trees and areas and large
patches of pine trees. It's very common to see boar,
deer and bunnies as a perfectly preserved habitat and very
large. This just sounds like ideal
Bigfoot country to me. Maybe it's getting a little bit
colder, the food might be a little harder to find or
something. These things do seem to have a a
penchant for chickens. I mean, lots of lots of stories
talking about these things. So who knows what it was doing
there, But this does sound like a convincing encounter to me.
Now it says talks about the investigator Matthew money maker
gives his his bona fides here. Guys got a lot of of experience
with these things, been on a lot of different Bigfoot programs,
that sort of thing. A real a real hardcore
researcher and this is one that he I guess has looked into.
Let's go ahead and take a look at a another encounter here.
This sighting is dated November 24th, 2013, so about 11 years
old. State Florida County
Hillsborough County Location details Cypress Creek Nature
Preserve between Interstates 275 and 75 near the apex where they
meet. The sighting was about a mile
due West of Freedom High School. Nearest town New Tampa.
Nearest Rd. Interstate 75 Observed First,
I'll start with the fact that I have never put much stock into
the Bigfoot phenomena. I have degrees in wildlife
management and wildlife biology, and I have been working as a
biologist for the last 17 years. I have never believed that
something could exist that has never left any concrete
evidence. Furthermore, nothing similar has
ever been found in the fossil record that I know of.
So that has led me to believe it was all false until this
weekend, November 24th, 2013. I am an avid birdwatcher and
wildlife photographer. I take very long hikes in
various wild areas around Tampa this time of year to photograph
whatever I find. I was hiking at Cypress Creek
Preserve which is between Interstate 275 and 75 near the
apex where they meet. I was walking on one of the
rather wide trails when I came to a stop because I heard a
noise. I had seen quite a few wild pigs
that morning and I thought I could photograph one crossing
the trail in front of me. I was looking down at my camera,
adjusting the ISO settings when I saw something large move out
of the corner of my eye to my left, approximately 200 feet
away. As soon as I saw the movement, I
looked directly at it and it was already halfway across the
trail. At this point, my eyes were
directly on the animal as it walked upright across the rest
of the trail into the palmettos. It was very large, at least 6
feet tall or more completely black in color with a very wide
chest from front to back. It was walking completely
upright with a very fast, purposeful pace.
The animal was leaning forward slightly but did not seem
awkward with the steps like a bear would be while walking
upright. I slowly walked over to the spot
where I saw it cross and I could still hear it moving through the
woods in the distance. I immediately noticed that all
the birds around me I stopped chirping and the insects had
stopped making noise as well. I looked for tracks or hair left
on the plants in the area but found nothing.
I was able to get a picture of the Palmetto on the trail where
it crossed and I put my tripod near it for a height comparison.
I am extremely knowledgeable about the wildlife in Florida,
but I cannot explain what type of animal I saw this past
weekend. I also noticed a birds in the
area stopped chirping at the time of the sighting, says other
witnesses. Just me.
I was adjusting camera settings just prior to the sighting.
Other stories know times and conditions. 9 O 4:00 AM overcast
around 64° environment. Upland pine hammock with wet
Cypress hammock nearby. Well it just goes to show you
how it just takes one incident for a non believer to become a
believer. It's great sighting.
This sighting is dated as a summer of 2000 in Florida.
Aluchua County location details Very swampy area.
Nearest town Gainesville, FL nearest road 441.
Now they tell us. I'm submitting this true report
for my cousin who I am very close to and keep in touch with
regularly. She lives outside of
Gainesville, FL in Ocala County. She has told me this amazing
story several times before and she is a very trustworthy
person. I strongly felt that this
amazing account of hers should be reported and she agreed.
As she told me, it was a very clear morning.
My cousin was driving her and her younger son to town on a
narrow stretch of road near Gainesville, FL early one
morning around 7:00 AM. She may have been taking her son
to school, but I cannot remember.
The narrow Rd. she was on had swamps on both sides of it and
looked messy. As she was driving along, all of
a sudden a hairy upright creature walked right up out of
the swamp on one side of the road and continued walking out
in front of her car and then it just stopped.
She immediately stopped the car just a few feet away from this
thing, not wanting to hit it, and just stared in shock at what
she and her son were seeing. The man, like a creature, had
stopped in the middle of the road and was turned around
looking directly at them and they got a very good look at the
whole body of the creature. The creature walked upright like
a human with a gate and looked like a caveman.
And she put it to me. The creature had hair all over
its body except for around the eyes, nose, mouth, and face.
The most astonishing feature she noticed, though, was that the
creature was wearing some kind of animal skin for protection or
something. She was in shock.
This creature had to be intelligent to create and wear
its own handmade animal skin. The creature showed no
aggressive behavior. After a couple of minutes or so,
it just casually walked back into the swamp on the other side
of the road. The thing looked half human and
half ape. The creature was about 7 to 8
feet tall as well. When she got home she told her
husband what had happened and at first he didn't believe her.
For further reference I can give you my telephone number so you
can contact her in Florida. I am a true mystery writer and I
just had to share this amazing story with you.
I do know that these amazing creatures really do exist.
And then it says under also noticed nothing.
She was just amazed and shocked at the detail of the creature
she was seeing, especially wearing the animal skin.
She said he looked just like a caveman.
Other witnesses to her son has Down syndrome.
Other stories? Yes, read my stories about the
famous Florida Skunk Ape, the state's version of the
Sasquatch. My late grandmother had a close
sighting in Kentucky back around 1996.
I reported it as well to BFRO. Times and conditions early
morning around 7:00 AM while on her way to town.
Clear day and then environment. Early morning and a clear day,
my cousin was driving her car on small Rd. with swampland on both
sides of the road. The creature came up out of the
swamp in full view of my cousin when she stopped her car to let
the creature cross the road in front of her.
The creature turned and looked directly at her and the car went
on. That's amazing, I've never heard
of these things. Weren't animal skins before.
That is strange. The follow up investigation says
Follow up investigation report by BFR investigator Kathy Betts.
I spoke to the submitter of this report DS and he put me in
contact with his cousin. The witness RCRC was very matter
of fact and explain the details of her encounter.
Her story to me did not deviate from the story she related to
her cousin. 10 years ago while traveling by car through Paynes
Prairie on Hwy. 441, RC saw a hair covered bipedal figure
across the road in front of a car.
The time of day it was around 6:00 AM in the in the summer and
the sun high enough to provide good lighting.
Her grandson was in the car with her, but he would have been too
young to have remembered anything.
This is a summary of the phone conversation and details added
by RC and it goes on here. It says Highway 441 is a four
lane highway that is bisected by a grassy medium.
RC first saw the creature as it crossed over the opposite lanes,
heading towards her lane of travel.
It stopped on the medium and this is when she started to slow
her car down. When it got to the medium, I
really didn't know what to make of the thing.
Recall RC, this is when I got close enough to see it, probably
about two car links ahead of me. At this point she became
frightened. I didn't know what I was going
to do. I was afraid that it was going
to come after me or attack my car.
I was really scared, but it didn't do anything like that.
It kept his face looking away from me, and then it sort of
stopped and glanced at me quickly before it got up to it.
Then it walked into the road in front of me, crossed the road
and went down into a ditch or ravine.
It must have hunkered down there because I tried looking for it
but couldn't see it. RC stated that the foliage on
the side of the road was not that thick or tall, so that's
why she assumed that it was trying to hide our seat.
Stated that the whole encounter only lasted for about 10 to 15
seconds and that there were no other cars.
Insight. She explained that the creature
was covered with brown, scraggly, coarse hair.
The hair on its head and forehead looked longer than the
hair on its body, which she described as being scraggly,
matted, dirty and coarse. I'm not sure, but the hair might
have been wet. When it ran it moved quickly and
held out its arms like a muscle man.
It ran on two legs the whole time, but with a hunched over
posture. It looked like how a monkey
would run if it was on two legs. According to RC, the figure was
about 6 foot tall or maybe taller.
I had the impression that it wasn't old, but it was stocky,
muscular and very stout. When I asked her to compare the
body bill to a human, she replied I have never seen a
person that was this muscular. It was tall and very, very
stout. RC could not recount its facial
features. It only glanced to me quickly
before it took off. But she did take note of its
feet, which were barefooted. Its feet looked big and thick.
All I can think of at the time was that his feet look like Fred
Flintstone's feet. What was so strange, admitted
RC, was that it was wearing a crude looking covering.
It looked brownish tan, a lot like a burlap material that was
very worn and frayed at the edges.
It was sort of draped over the shoulders or one shoulder over
its back, and it hung down to about its waist.
RC could not be certain, but she thought that the creatures arm
and head went through a hole in the material.
The part that hung down looked unraveled and the whole thing
looked dingy and worn out. RC admitted to me that she was
just not sure what she'd seen. I thought I'd seen a caveman.
She started. She stated with a laugh.
But I know that it wasn't a caveman or bear or human.
I just didn't know what it was until I told my cousin DS after
I talked to him about it. I said I think that might have
been a skunk ape. I have always thought of the
creature I saw as a monkey man or a human monkey.
RC also admitted that the encounter, although over 10
years ago and lasting only 10 to 15 seconds, has been firmly
imprinted in her memory for a long time afterwards.
Related RC. I stopped driving down Hwy. 441.
Seeing that thing really scared me and it says.
Paines Prairie Reserve State Park was the first preserve
established in Florida in 1971 and made-up 21,000 pristine
acres of flatlands. It mainly consists of freshwater
marshes and wet prairies. The only major roads that bisect
the prairies, I-75 and Hwy. 441, provide a fleeting Vista into
the vast array of this mainly inaccessible yet richly
diversified habitat. Wow, that's really something.
Then it has the all the different expeditions and stuff
that this Kathy Betts, the investigators been on.
I think they've got some great investigators over here that
really are dedicated to find the truth and and their reports are
always well written. Just love this site.
Let's take a look at another case here.
We'll do this one and then in two more.
This says it happened 1985 in the summer, August actually on a
weekend down there in Broward County, Florida.
Nearest town corals, Coral Springs nearest Rd.
Wiles Rd. If we go to the actual count,
the observer says back in 1985 or 86 my family relocated to
Coral Springs from Miami before the Sawgrass Expressway was
built. We live so close to the glaze
that my friends and I used to ride our skateboards to the
levee and watch the Everglades burn.
At the time some fire bucket set quite a blaze.
On some mornings we wait to cars and yards covered in ash.
Needless to say, a lot of wildlife began to migrate closer
to our neighborhood, including deer, alligators and whatever
else. One night we pitched a tent in
my friend's backyard approximately 50 yards from a
canal that separated us from the apartment complex.
Across from that was the beginning of the Everglades.
The fires have been raging for weeks and people in the area
were reporting missing pets, some which were inside 6 foot
privacy fences. That's pretty amazing.
I just think about that. These guys live right next to
the Everglades. Goes right up to the right up to
where the swamp starts, this massive, massive, you know,
watery Prairie almost area full of all kinds of wildlife.
We used to run between houses to cut through to go home.
And this particular night before we called it quits, we played a
bit of hide and seek. I remember hiding under a window
box behind a Bush and getting spotted by an unmarked police
car. We really thought we were in
trouble but the police were looking for a person that had
been peeping in windows. We assured the police we weren't
the perps and went about our business and went to the tent.
Three kids in a tent don't sleep well so we were having fun
cracking jokes and noticed a sound coming from across the
canal approximately 100 yards away.
Something was slamming the dumpster lids and the complex
across the way and making low deep sounds and grunts.
These were tall dumpsters. You'd have to get a boost to
lift the lid. We got real quiet trying to
listen to and figure out what it could be.
At first we figured a cow got loose and possibly was bumping
the dumpster, but it became evidence that wasn't so.
One of the kids I was with turned on a flashlight and
started making shadow puppets with his ET stuffed animal.
Then the thing from across the canal took notice of us for the
first time. The grunts were still audible,
but with what I would say was a hint of curiosity.
We got quiet and real concerned, putting two and two together.
Could this be what the police were looking for?
The steps grew closer and closer.
I remember we tried to figure out what it was, if it was
quadrupled or biped. When the steps finally stopped,
the breathing grew louder than splash.
Whatever it was, it was 50 yards from us and coming in our
direction. We sprinted to the house, waking
up my friend's family. They were woken by three
screaming kids at 2:00 AM exclaiming something was out
there. His dad grabbed a shotgun and
turned on the flood and turned on the floodlights.
He went out to look around and found the tent was demolished
and covered in water. I swear I could feel this thing
right around the corner in the shadows looking at us.
We did not let his father investigate further until
morning and couldn't believe the tent had been moved from its
position. I have no doubt that had we
stayed in the tent that night, this story would be much
different, if at all. I am 35 now and have never
forgotten that night. Also noticed cows don't swim and
alligators don't jump. Chain link fences.
Yes, two others not including parents were witnesses.
Other stories there were people talking about the missing pets.
I just found this site and read the Wiles Rd. incident and
thought you should know it wasn't the only time.
It was very late 2:00 AM and then says environment close to
swamp, very dry conditions. So here they are in this drought
situation, possibly driving these things into populated
areas where they can feed at now, it says.
Follow up investigation by BFR reporter Dave Wright.
This witness was interviewed on the afternoon of April 19th,
2007. In my opinion he is entirely
credible. According to the witness, the
police had received reports for several days about a strange
prowler seen running between houses and through properties in
the darkness and possibly looking into windows.
He said there were also numerous reports of pets disappearing
overnight from fenced yards. He described the deep, agitated
grunting sounds occurring as something was going through the
tall, heavy lidded dumpsters across a canal from where they
were camped. As the apparent source of these
sounds begin to approach their spot, the witness recalls a
specific discussion about the footfalls, whether they were
from A4 legged animal or A2 legged animal.
They eventually surmised that it must be two legged and he
described the steps as distinct and heavy.
They were just beginning to speculate that it might be a
prowler. The police were looking for it
when they headed when they heard the loud splash, which seemed to
be something large begin to cross the canal 50 yards away.
Their tent was a short distance from the friend's yard.
Less than a minute pass between them fleeing to the house from
the tent and his friend's dad's coming out hurriedly through the
sledding glass door to turn on the backyard light.
Soon thereafter, the father came out with his shotgun and found
the tent leveled and covered with mud and water.
The boys felt the animal was still nearby.
They did not want him to investigate further that night.
The next morning, they saw that the tent had been completely
lifted off the ground with the stakes pulled out of the ground.
Some of the contents were strewn about as if the tent was turned
over and shaken out. They might have been looking for
lunch. It's got a picture here where
this happened at, at from Google.
Very, very cool sighting. OK, we'll look at two more here
now. This sighting is dated November
21st and 25th. 2009 it says state Florida County Escambia
County location details take US 29 N from Cantonment, FL
approximately 15 miles. Take first right upon see the
town of Boja sign that's pronounced Boji, but there's
really is no town there any longer.
Go to end of Rd. where campsite and boat ramps are.
Hike N along the river falling to track.
That becomes a game trail. Pretty detailed directions
there. Nearest town century Florida,
nearest Rd. US Hwy. 29.
The observer says. On Saturday, November 21st,
2009, I went squirrel hunting in the Escambian River Management
area in Escambia County, Florida.
I began to walk into the woods at approximately 6:00 AM.
The area I chose to hunt is a section of woods bordering the
river. As I was walking, I heard a low
guttural vocalization that sounded almost like a Native
American dialect, only in a much lower range than most people
would speak in. It reminded me of the samurai
chatter that I've heard on your website and others.
I heard the sounds for about 10 to 15 seconds and then it once
again a minute later. On Wednesday, November 25th,
2009, my oldest daughter and I returned to the area to hunt
squirrel. We hiked back into the woods for
about a mile and found a log to sit on amidst several promising
looking trees with squirrel nest.
On the way into the area, we walked a green.
We walked a game trail and smelled that wet deer smell that
you often encounter around white tailed deer.
Almost immediately upon arriving, my daughter asked if I
heard what she did. I asked her what it sounded like
and she said it sounded like someone walking through the
woods. I told her I did hear it.
I asked her if she thought it was a deer, wild hog, or some
other animal. She said no daddy, it sounds
like a man walking. I had noticed myself that the
steps sounded bipedal. Upon leaving the area, I decided
to take the opportunity to show her various signs of wildlife in
the area. The game trail goes through the
middle of a small Meadow. The Meadow contain tracks from
deer, wild hog, Turkey, armadillo, raccoon, etcetera.
There are many fallen logs in the area from Hurricane Ivan a
few years ago and they had become prime location for Grubbs
didn't have it. This is probably why so many
different types of animals are making use of the Meadow.
One track in particular caught our attention.
It was the bare footprint of what appeared to be a large man,
2 prints included. My size 13 boot is 16 inches in
length and this print was approximately an inch longer
than my boot. The print was made in a soft
mound around an Ant bed. I placed my boot print in the
mound as closely as I could. The surrounding ground was too
hard for tracks to show. My daughter immediately assumed
that it was a Bigfoot track. There are stories of swamp
burgers in this area so it really did not surprise me.
I took a photo with my cell phone, which as soon as I can
figure out how to download to the computer, I will be glad to
provide. I put a three inch shotgun shell
in the print crossways to show the size.
It was about 5 inches wide in the heel and closer to 7 to 8
inches broad just before the toes.
Also notice. No, but I will continue to hunt
this area and keep BFR updated on any evidence I see or hear
other witnesses. My 11 year old daughter on the
second incident we were hunting for squirrel.
Other stories? Yes.
Several years ago just to the South, a hunter reported being
knocked out of his tree stand by a large hairy biped.
Several years ago to the north, a fisherman reported a large
Harry biped wading toward his boat in the river swamps while
he was fishing. Various accounts growing up in
the area of Swamp burgers, some of which were from my
grandfather. Times and conditions Early
morning on the 1st encounter with noise from across the river
and the 2nd morning walking sounds mid morning on the track
Finder. Clear cool fall morning with
excellent visibility. Environment River swamp very
dense with undergrowth in areas off game trails.
You would be hard pressed to walk through the area without
staying on the game trails. Well, sounds like a really
swampy area now, the investigator says.
The witness added that he judged the creature to be about 60
yards away when it vocalized both times.
The area has a history of sightings, has many water
sources, lost vegetation and Plymouth wildlife.
His report is very complete and there was little else that he
could add. He is going to continue to hunt
in this area and agreed to keep us informed of any future
incidents. Very very cool report.
We'll do one more here and finish this up.
This last sighting is dated August 2017.
State Florida County Marion County Location Details Location
was Hopkins Prairie and Ocala National Forest Nearest town
Fort McCoy Nearest Rd. Fr 86 The experiencer tells us
we were driving 2 jeeps through the forest.
Driving along the inner perimeter Rd. of Hopkins
Prairie. We saw a structure in the
distance and wanted to know what it was.
We found what appeared to be a concrete boat ramp in the middle
of the Prairie. We didn't know the name of where
we were until we started to leave.
Looking across the Prairie toward the campground, which we
also didn't know was there. We saw this large creature about
100 to 150 yards away. We just stood there not saying a
word at first. I remember saying to myself,
look at those shoulders. It was moving around the edge of
the campground right where the grass for the Prairie starts.
I wear glasses and I had them on so I could see, but not as well
as the others. I remember it was just kind of
walking in a small area, like it was trying to decide what it was
going to do. And I remember its arms were
long, just down by its side swaying.
I don't think it's solace. It turned and walked up into the
campground and disappeared. We drove over to the campground,
still not knowing it was a campground, to look around.
The campground was closed, so we went around the fence.
We went to where we saw it and noticed a footprint in the wet
ground. We also noticed spots where it
walked through the tall grass. My nephew tried to step out the
paces. It appeared to step, but the
stride was too wide for him. We didn't see anyone at the
campground and it appeared that no one had been to the
campground. On the way into the Prairie and
before the siding, we saw an abundance of wildlife, which I
thought was odd. We saw Turkey, deer, Panther
tracks, which we have picture of.
And on the way out of after the sighting, we saw a black bear
that we took a photo that we took a video of.
All of these animals except for the bear we saw within a matter
of minutes of each other. When we saw the creature, we
just stood there, didn't reach for cameras.
I never even thought to take a picture, but we did take
pictures of other animals. My sister-in-law said it was
reddish brown in color. Well, that's interesting.
It's almost like they were just done by this thing.
Now it's got a picture of these folks with the two jeeps there.
You can find that over at. I'll put the link to Kofi to the
BFR website. Also notice found what appears
to be a large footprint at location where we saw large
creature have picture of footprint.
Yeah. I'm not sure if that's what's
here in front of this Jeep or what, but if it is, that's an
unbelievably massive track. I mean, I don't know how big
this thing was. Other witnesses.
There were four witnesses, myself, my son, nephew,
sister-in-law, stories, other non time and conditions.
It was afternoon environment. It was sunny day with white
clouds in the sky. Visibility was excellent.
He knows a lot of trick over there.
Follow up investigation report, investigator Matthew money
Maker. I spoke with the witness Matt in
the center. He's a credible witness.
He and his family are willing to appear on camera for local media
or documentary projects. The campground he mentions is
the one noted on Google Maps when you search for Hopkins
Prairie. It is in the southwest corner of
the Prairie. The campground is only open in
winter months after big rain events and the Prairie becomes a
lake. There were four witnesses.
The Bigfoot was 100 yards away. They observed it for roughly 30
seconds. The Florida Trail runs alongside
the campground. There is a core correlation
between many sightings and major hiking trails like the Florida
Trail, the Buckeye Trail, the Appalachian Trail, the
Continental Divide Trail and the Pacific Coast Trail, especially
where these trails are close to isolated lakes.
Yeah, you can see it. Really something.
Plenty of water, plenty of timber around there.
This spring fed pond near the campground is the only clean
water for miles around. This is where you should look
for tracks if you decide to check out the area.
Some great sightings out of Florida there.
I'll put this link over there. Kofi.
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