Bigfoot reports in Florida
416 cases, best-documented first. Page 4 of 5.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Bigfoot · Fort Myers, Florida · 1973
Witness reports that five children observed a large, hairy creature moving through the woods near their playground at dusk in approximately 1973 or 1974.
Bigfoot · Panama City, Florida · 2015
Witness reports hearing a high-pitched scream and seeing a large brown mass moving in the trees before running back to the beach.
Bigfoot · Okeechobee County, Florida · 2002
Witness and son heard a call or scream from the distance while on the Kissimmee River.
Bigfoot · Orlando, Florida · 1980
Witness reports hearing a noise in the brush, fleeing into their house with a rifle, and later seeing Bigfoot after it ripped off the back door.
Bigfoot · Jupiter Island, Florida · 1978
Witness reports seeing a large, silvery-gray haired creature with a human-like face that stood on two legs and ran across a road after being startled.
Bigfoot · Pine Barren, Florida · 2023
Witnesses report hearing branches snap and footsteps from a bipedal creature at night for three years, most recently hearing a clacking sound resembling rocks hitting together.
Bigfoot · Okeechobee, Florida · 2009
Witness reports finding abnormally large human-like footprints measuring 29 to 30 inches long in a pasture near Okeechobee.
Bigfoot · Dade City, Florida · 2011
Witness reports hearing strange whooping and whistling sounds in the swamp before seeing a silhouette pass by their tent at night.
Bigfoot · Nassau County, Florida · 2024
Witness reports hearing a heavy bipedal creature walk next to their car and feeling it push the vehicle during the night.
Bigfoot · Ochopee, Florida · 2007
Witness reports finding a large track with four toes in Big Cypress Preserve while hiking.
Bigfoot · Pittman, Florida · 1980
Witness reports finding large footprints and evidence of a Bigfoot in the Ocala National Forest after hearing about a sighting from a deputy.
Bigfoot · Middleburg, Florida · 2024
Witness reports finding a long trackway of large footprints and hearing a heavy bipedal creature push their car at night.
Bigfoot · Washington County, Florida · 2004
Witness reports seeing a 7 to 8 foot tall creature identified as a "Skunk Ape" in their yard near Mobile Swamp after hearing horses ruckus.
Bigfoot · Caryville, Florida · 2003
Witness reports seeing a dark creature with long red hair crossing the highway on all fours during the day.
Bigfoot · Lake Wales, Florida · 2017
Witness reports that she, her mother, and her son saw a dull brown, hair-covered humanoid figure standing waist-deep in a swampy area near Lake Wales.
Bigfoot · Saint Johns River, Florida
Witness reports seeing a massive dark creature moving through palmettos and hitting trees with immense power on the St. John's River in Florida.
Bigfoot · Casselberry, Florida · 1981
Witness and neighbor heard loud crashing footsteps and saw trees part at a height of ten to twelve feet while walking near a bird sanctuary.
Bigfoot · Lady Lake, Florida · 1980
Witness reports hearing growling and footsteps outside their window in the early 1980s and finding large footprints in a sand pile the next morning.
Bigfoot · Little Manatee River State Park, Florida · 2012
A female motorist reports seeing a tall, hairy, man-like creature walking quickly along the side of I-75 on a clear spring day in 2013.
Bigfoot · Lehigh Acres, Florida · 1982
Witness reports hearing a deep, drawn-out scream from the swamp while camping with a friend, which caused all surrounding bugs to go quiet.
Bigfoot · Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
The narrator reports finding large footprints in Big Cypress, Florida, and being followed by a creature that threw rocks and displayed white eyeshadow.
Bigfoot · Clay County, Florida · 2009
A hunter reports hearing loud, unusual growling and grunting vocalizations while walking on Sapp Road in Camp Blanding WMA.
Bigfoot · Wakulla County, Florida · 2002
Witness reports hearing a sharp call followed by a deep growl in the woods near the river, causing him to flee.
Bigfoot · Fort Myers, Florida · 2004
Witness reports hearing three whoops from a swampy area near a drainage ditch and initially suspecting Bigfoot before dismissing the idea.
Bigfoot · Bay County, Florida
Witness reports seeing a massive figure standing in the woods while riding a four-wheeler on Road 20 near White City.
Bigfoot · Gulf County, Florida · 1998
Witness reports seeing a huge creature with red eyes standing as tall as 6'5" to 7' near a dirt road in the woods.
Bigfoot · Clarksville, Florida · 2011
Witness reports seeing an 8 to 9 foot tall black creature while clearing a trail near the Chipola River in summer 2011.
Bigfoot · Clewiston, Florida · 1982
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, dark humanoid figure walking on the road in Montura Estates.
Bigfoot · Holmes County, Florida · 2006
Witness reports hearing a high-pitched vocalization resembling a child while turkey hunting near a river.
Bigfoot · Monroe County, Florida · 1995
Witness reports seeing a six-foot-tall, reddish-brown furred ape-like creature looking into their car and rummaging through a dumpster at Pine Habitat in Everglades National Park.
Bigfoot · Palatka, Florida · 1947
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, furry figure resembling a man in a fur coat scratching its back against a pine tree while riding a horse.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 1993
Witness reports finding large, bipedal tracks in a swampy area near Big Cypress Indian Reservation that were too deep and wide to be human-made, leading them to suspect a skunk ape.
Bigfoot · Martin County, Florida · 2021
Witness reports seeing a large, ape-faced creature with shaggy white fur walking along US1 near Johnathon Dickinson State Park in August.
Bigfoot · West Melbourne, Florida · 2015
Witness reports finding a large mound of dead sawgrass piled high in a field, which appeared to be pulled up by hand and was larger than the bed in his pickup truck.
Bigfoot · Wesley Chapel, Florida · 2010
Witness reports seeing a Sasquatch run across the road while with three other people in the woods.
Bigfoot · Crestview, Florida · 2020
Witness reports seeing a large hairy human-like figure twice while hunting in the woods.
Bigfoot · Esto, Florida
Witness reports seeing a tall, broad, bipedal creature with brownish/red hair near their home in Florida.
Bigfoot · Orange County, Florida · 2012
Witnesses report seeing a large creature running from behind a tree near Fort Christmas Road while driving at night.
Bigfoot · Raiford, Florida · 2023
Witness reports seeing a large black bipedal figure run across the road at Connor Bridge and disappear into the treeline.
Bigfoot · Orlando, Florida · 2011
A witness reports seeing a tall, silent creature ducking behind trees and walking away on two legs during a meeting southeast of Orlando.
Bigfoot · Florida
Witness reports seeing the hair of a large, crouched creature behind a palmetto bush while hiking in Florida, feeling its heavy footsteps as it walked away toward a creek.
Bigfoot · Florida · 2024
Witness reports seeing a huge, half-solid, half-pixelated Sasquatch being near a tree in a forest who raised an arm as if to say hi or bye.
Bigfoot · Florida · 2011
Witness reports seeing a big hairy, black bigfoot run in front of his car with its knees almost hitting the ground.
Bigfoot · Florida · 2024
Witness reports seeing two young male Sasquatch beings peeking from behind trees in a Florida game preserve.
Bigfoot · Florida
Witness reports seeing an upright, gorilla-like creature with silky white hair on its chin staring at them before darting into the woods.
Bigfoot · Florida · 2015
Witness reports hearing snarling and smelling a horrendous odor at their house, later concluding a bigfoot was present.
Bigfoot · Bradford County, Florida · 2012
Witness reports finding an 11-12 inch footprint resembling Bigfoot near a dock at Lake Crosby.
Bigfoot · Lake County, Florida · 2006
Witness reports hearing rhythmic knocks and a bipedal creature moving in the woods during a BFRO expedition.
Bigfoot · Fort Myers, Florida · 2004
Witness's wife's cousin claims to have heard strange sounds including screaming and whooping from the same property.
Bigfoot · Palm Harbor, Florida · 2014
Witness reports that their father investigated an area where the witness saw a large creature enter the woods and found tracks indicating something big had hurried through.
Bigfoot · Middleburg, Florida · 2006
Witness reports two teenage boys saw a gigantic, upright black creature run across a trail in the woods near Middleburg.
Bigfoot · Marion County, Florida · 1977
A witness reports that a hitchhiker claimed to have seen a tall, dark, and stinky Bigfoot lurking in a forested area off U.S. 441 south of Belleview.
Bigfoot · Okeechobee County, Florida
Timmy and three others saw the outline of a huge man with enormous shoulders sitting at the base of a tree during hog hunting.
Bigfoot · Levy County, Florida · 2013
Witness reports that they and a friend saw a tall, faceless, brown, human-shaped creature cross the road from the woods line to the center line while driving south on Hwy 19.
Bigfoot · Caryville, Florida · 2003
Witness reports seeing a large, reddish-haired humanoid creature crossing Interstate 10 in a hunched posture.
Bigfoot · Withlacoochee River, Florida
Fishermen reportedly saw a large, moss-covered humanoid near the Withlacoochee River at sundown and heard monkey-like howls.
Bigfoot · Auburndale, Florida
A man working at a Coca Cola plant reports seeing a bigfoot on the side of the road late at night.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 1997
Witness reports that [name] found hair and took plaster casts of large tracks believed to be from the Skunk Ape.
Bigfoot · Wekiva Springs State Park, Florida
A park ranger told the narrator that there were things bigger and badder than bears in the woods.
Bigfoot · Ocklawaha, Florida · 2004
Witness reports a huge man-like creature was seen running towards the woods after being awakened by tapping sounds and an awful smell.
Bigfoot · West Palm Beach, Florida
A friend of the witness recorded a creature howling and shaking her vehicle while she was recording what she thought was a bear.
Bigfoot · Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
Witness retells the account of another camper who saw a large, moose-sized humanoid staring at him from behind bushes.
Bigfoot · Ochopee, Florida · 2009
Witness reports that he and his friend [name] saw large brownish legs of a sasquatch on a trail near the Focka canal system in February 2009.
Bigfoot · Jacksonville, Florida · 2000
A patrol officer reports seeing a heavily built, all-black individual estimated to be 7-8 feet tall near the tree line.
Bigfoot · DeSoto County, Florida
Witness's dad's girlfriend reports seeing a creature walking down State Road 72 near Sidell Road at night.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 1997
[name] observed a Skunk Ape crossing the road and took a photograph of it.
Bigfoot · Holmes County, Florida · 1980
Witness reports that her sister saw a large, hairy creature standing near the road in Holmes County, Florida, which moved into the woods as she approached.
Bigfoot · Marion County, Florida · 1977
Witness reports a Baptist minister encountered an upright, hairy creature in the Ocala National Forest.
Bigfoot · Ocala National Forest, Florida
Witness reports finding large three-toed footprints and destroyed trees in the Ocala National Forest while researching with a buddy.
Bigfoot · Ocala National Forest, Florida
Witness reports hearing tree knocks and finding a conical indentation on the side of their tent during a survival training course in Florida.
Bigfoot · Mexico Beach, Florida · 1985
Witness reports that their family saw a creature run across the road near Mexico Beach in the 1980s.
Bigfoot · North Port, Florida · 1980s
A lifelong Florida native reports his son saw something large standing upright at a window, which made a wild shrieking sound and had a strong odor.
Bigfoot · Titusville, Florida
Witnesses report Bigfoot interacting with objects at a water treatment plant in Florida, including lifting lids and watching computer screensavers.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 2008
Witness reports hearing odd noises and smelling an odor like methane gas while crawfish hunting with friend [name] in August 2008.
Bigfoot · Apopka, Florida · 1977
A security guard at a nursery in Apopka reported being attacked by a 10-foot-tall hairy animal with reddish-gray fur and small ears.
Bigfoot · Oak Hill, Florida · 1995
Witness P.S. reports that two newspaper deliverymen observed a large, hairy, ape-like humanoid approaching their truck on a dirt road in the early morning of an unspecified date in 1995.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 1997
Witness reports that [name] observed a Skunk Ape crossing the road and took a photograph of it in the swamp.
Bigfoot · Edgewater, Florida · 1998
Witnesses report being awakened by loud vocalizations resembling a growl and scream, with the husband finding nothing but noting his dogs were terrified.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 1997
[name] and tourists observed a large brownish creature standing upright near a bridge on Turner Road.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 1997
[name] observed a creature crossing Burns Road and walking upright into the brush.
Bigfoot · Jacksonville, Florida · 2000
A resident reports seeing a creature climb out of a lake and walk into the trees, described as matching the description given by the security officer.
Bigfoot · Fort Myers, Florida · 2004
Witness's wife's other cousin's girlfriend claims to have seen a Bigfoot on the property.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida
Witness reports that a couple observed a man-like creature crossing the road and moving out of their headlights.
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Florida · 1974
Witness reports that his mother and sister saw a large, naked, hairy male humanoid approaching their family aggressively near Waukeena in 1974.
Bigfoot · Bristol, Florida · 2013
Witness reports that his brother-in-law saw a huge tall black creature walk across the road near Bristol, and later both witnesses saw it again when they returned to the spot.
Bigfoot · Wellborn, Florida · 1994
Witness reports that he and a friend heard a creature walking towards them in the woods, which then bolted and split into two large entities running through water.
Bigfoot · Miami-Dade County, Florida
[name] reports hearing about government footage of a Bigfoot walking in the Everglades filmed around the same time as the Patterson-Gimlin film.
Bigfoot · Okaloosa County, Florida · 2010
Witness [name] reports seeing an approximately 8-foot-tall large blackish-brown figure with articulated muscles walking out from behind trees along I-10 and ducking back into the woods.
Bigfoot · Jacksonville, Florida · 1998
Witness reports a friend saw a tall, brown, hairy creature running past trees near a pine tree in Jacksonville, Florida.
Bigfoot · Tampa, Florida · 2010
Another person reports seeing a white sasquatch next to a large sign in the woodland.
Bigfoot · Hernando County, Florida · 2005
Witness reports hearing and seeing a creature walking through their campsite in the Green Swamp, followed by finding large footprints with five toes.
Bigfoot · Ocala, Florida
A witness on a horse trail in Ocala reports finding footprints coming out of the woodline with a super good stride.
Bigfoot · Clay County, Florida · 2010
A friend's wife reported seeing a 9-foot yetti to the police in the Camp Blanding area.
Bigfoot · Tallahassee, Florida · 2001
Witness reports seeing a large, furry creature with red eyes walking on two legs with a limp in the woods behind her uncle's house.
Bigfoot · Levy County, Florida · 1991
Witness reports a family found and followed a mile-long line of footprints on their hunting property near Yankeetown, noting the creature crossed creeks without using bridges and left signs of…
Bigfoot · North Key Largo, Florida · 1975
Witness reports that their father heard rustling leaves and pacing in the woods at night, shone a flashlight without seeing anything, and fled with his family after the mother suggested it might be a…
Bigfoot · Alachua County, Florida · 2000
Witness reports her cousin saw a hairy, upright, caveman-like creature wearing animal skin while driving on a narrow road near Gainesville.
Bigfoot · Montura, Florida
A friend's brother-in-law reportedly saw something big and black come across a field in front of a mobile home.
Bigfoot · Land O' Lakes, Florida · 2006
Witness reports that her son and his friend saw a large, reddish-brown creature standing on two feet behind a tree in the woods.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 1997
[name] observed a brownish bipedal creature near Turner Road and later saw it again in the same area.