Bigfoot · Ruskin, Florida · 1984
FL-1984ID case-d32c7b095fFirst-hand accountAdded to map Oct 7, 2026
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- Jun 6, 1984to the day
- Where
- Ruskin, Floridato approximate level
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Witness reports smelling a bad odor, hearing something run through palms, and seeing the upper back and head of a large animal with dark brown or black hair running away.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- Where
- Ruskin, Hillsborough County, Florida, 33570, United States
mapped to approximate level · from the report's own words - When
- Jun 6, 1984
- Account
- First-hand (the witness telling it)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Oct 7, 2026
- Case id
- case-d32c7b095f
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Source trail (1)
Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.
- June 1984 Manatee County FL Late evening sighting by 9 yr/old camper off Little Manatee River in Ruskin
BFRO · 2001-01-02
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
Further reading
- Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us, John Green (1978)
Newspaper-publisher's file of Pacific Northwest reports.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Sasquatch, Don Hunter with Rene Dahinden (1975)
Casebook from a long-time field investigator.
Borrow on Internet Archive - On the Track of Bigfoot, Marian T. Place (1974)
1970s account of reports and searches.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America, Loren Coleman (2003)
Coleman's history and case survey.
Borrow on Internet Archive
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