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)