State by State Sightings
Florida
| Date | Location | Witness | Incident |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Lakeland | Child (4) | Saw Bigfoot standing under tree near home. |
| Spring 1957 | Big Cypress Swamp | 2 hunters | As they slept in hammocks, a Bigfoot stood and watched them. They awoke and saw it was tall and dark with glowing eyes. After about 2 mins it walked away. |
| 1963 | Holopaw | Several | Bigfoot seen running across field. |
| Spring 1966 | Brooksville | Mrs. Eula Lewis | Bigfoot with roundish head and shoulders chased her into her house; she saw it swinging its arms as dogs yapped at it. |
| Summer 1966 | Nr Anclote River, Elfers | Ralph 'Bud' Chambers | Bigfoot seen standing in trees had a 'rancid, putrid odor'. |
| 30 Nov. 1966 | Nr Brooksville | Miss M.B. | While changing a wheel on lonely road, witness watched by green-eyed Bigfoot. |
| Dec. 1966 | Anclote River | 2 hunters | Saw Bigfoot. |
| Jan. 1967 | Elfers | Four teenagers | Smelly Bigfoot with glowing green eyes jumped onto car hood. |
| Summer 1967 | Nr Anclote River, Elfers | Ralph 'Bud' Chambers | Saw Bigfoot in yard. |
| 1969 | Nr Davie | Charles Robertson | Met smelly, growling Bigfoot in abandoned guava orchard. |
| 1969 | Nr Davie | Henry Ring | Saw huge black Bigfoot treed by dogs in orange grove; it swung away through the trees and dived into canal. |
| Feb. 1970 | Big Cypress Swamp | H.C. Osbun & another man | At 3 am saw smelly Bigfoot with no neck running away from tent; 17½-in tracks found. |
| Feb. 1971 | Big Cypress Swamp | H.C. 'Buz' Osbon (or Osborn) & other archaeologists | 8-ft, light-brown Bigfoot, strongly smelling, approached close to their tent at 3 am; 17½-in, 5-toed tracks found later. |
| Aug. 1971 | W of Fort Lauderdale | Henry Ring | Rabies control officer saw Bigfoot with long dangling arms cross road, during a search following many other reports from the area. |
| 1971 | Nr Davie | Sgt. Harry Rose & Sgt. Joseph Simboli | Heard Bigfoot around deserted buildings and watched as it escaped by swinging through orange trees. |
| 9 Jan. 1974 | Hollywood Boulevard nr Fort Lauderdale | Richard Lee Smith | 7-8-ft, dark Bigfoot ran off limping after witness ran into it in his car at night; others saw it in the area. |
| 9 Jan. 1974 | Highway 27 nr Fort Lauderdale | Patrolman Robert Hollemeyal | Bigfoot survived gunshot wound and ran off at around 20 mph. |
| 23 Jan. 1975 | Miramar | Rim Dunn (rookie policeman) | Saw Bigfoot loping across road. |
| Sept. 1974 | Palm Beach County | Security guard | Fired at and hit Bigfoot, which fled. |
| 2 Feb. 1975 | Cape Coral | Richard Davis | Shot once at 9-ft Bigfoot but could not shoot again. |
| Feb. 1975 | Nr Gainsvilie | - | Bigfoot hit by car. |
| 6 March 1975 | Nr Lake Okeechobee, Martin County | Steve & Mrs. Humphreys | At night, collided with Bigfoot running fast across road. Much damage to car, but no victim could be found. |
| 24 March 1975 | Black Point - Goulds Canal, Dade County | Michael Bennett & Lawrence Groom | Watched 8-9-ft Bigfoot, rocking blue car with hysterical man inside. |
| 7 June 1975 | Nr Venice | Ronnie Steves (12) | Was alerted at night by his ducks and went out to see a 6-ft Bigfoot with shaggy hair leaning on post looking down at ducks; tracks found later. |
| Summer 1975 | North Fort Myers | - | Bigfoot seen. |
| Mid-June 1976 | Nr Grove City | Three youths | Had 2 sightings of 'skunk ape' on one night. It was 7 ft tall with long, reddish-brown hair and growled at them. |
| Mid June 1976 | Nr Grove City | Deputy Carl Williams | Just after midnight, shone car light around pond and saw 'big animal ... hunched over,' possibly drinking. It had long brown hair and lumbered off into woods. |
| June 1976 | Nr North Fort Myers | John Holley, Bill Holley & friend | Saw Everglades 'skunk ape,' 6 ft tall, with long black hair, standing in clump of pine trees. |
| Summer 1976 | Brooksville area | - | Many sightings of Bigfoot. |
| Early Feb. 1977 | Delray Beach | Golf course superintendent | 7-ft 'skunk ape' with shaggy black hair seen drinking from lake. |
| Early Feb. 1977 | Delray Beach | Security guard | Saw gorilla-like creature near golf course. |
| Feb. 1977 | Moon Lake | Several | Three Bigfeet, one 10 ft tall, seen in house yard; other sightings in same area. |
| April 1977 | Moon Lake | Three men in truck | Saw 9-ft black Bigfoot by full moon; it leapt road in one try. |
| 23 May 1977 | Nr LaBelle | Four people | As they walked from broken down van, saw 7-8-ft, black 'skunk ape' cross road. |
| May 1977 | Nobleton | Two men | Saw Bigfoot fighting with dogs. |
| 21 July 1977 | Key Large | Two men | Saw Bigfoot in field. |
| July 1977 | Key Large | Charlie Stoeckman, Charlie Stoeckman Jr. (13), Sawn Tubbs | Stoeckman saw 'skunk ape' three times. |
| 1 or 3 Oct. 1977 | Apoka | Security officer | Reportedly attacked and scratched by 10-ft Bigfoot which tried to break down door. |
| c. 2 Oct. 1977 | Belleview | 22-yr-old welder | While hitchhiking, attacked by black, smelly 'skunk ape' 6-ft tall. |
| 11 Oct. 1977 | Ocala National Forest | Revd S.L. Whatley | Baptist minister saw Bigfoot while cutting wood. |
| Mid Nov. 1977 | Ocala National Forest | Hunter | Fired 6 times at 8-ft 'apelike' creature weighing approx 800 lbs. |
Data from "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings (1818-1980)"
(The Bigfoot Casebook, Janet & Colin Bord, 1982, New York: Granada Publishing)
