Report
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Report
Posted To GCBRO Web Site On:
August 1, 2007
DATE:
October 15, 1991
TIME:
9-11 PM
LOCATION:
Escambia County, Florida
TERRAIN:
Swampy
OBSERVED:
My brother who was 17 then decided to go into "undisclosed" area located
off of the Escambia river to look for Bigfoot. As we have all been
told our whole life that there was some like bigfoot or sasquatch living
in the woods in that area. My parents teased him telling him it was
ridiculous etc... even though they had also always heard these stories
growing up there as well. People in the area refer to "it" as the
"Escambia River Skunk Man" or "Alabama Booger Monster".
So
my brother and his friend who was 22 left at about 3 pm that afternoon.
It was starting to turn a little cool so they packed accordingly.
They were in a 4 wheel drive truck extended cab, had with them a 4-wheeler
numerous flash lights and a spot light, a gun and two way radio's.
He said that they had been out there driving the area for several hours
and did not see anything. They were getting ready head back to the
main road but decided to make last stop in a heavily wooded area to see
if they could hear or see anything. About that time something came crashing
through the back window directly behind my brother who was the passenger
in the vehicle. Of course at this point I think both my brother and
his friend were freaking out and drove as fast as they could to get out
of there. When they got home I remember my brother being so scared
he couldn't even talk he was trembling uncontrollably. My father
went out to survey the damage and there was indeed what looked to be a
large hand smash through the window. There was no blood but what
looked to be a very small bit of hair or my father described it "looked
like ape hair black/red in color" on the glass around the area that shattered.
My brother recalled hearing a loud pitched screaming sound and said "whatever"
it was, was running so fast and hard you could hear it breaking limbs and
under brush etc... My brother slept in my parents room for days as he was
mortified. To this day his story had never changed and he still has
occasional nightmares about this "thing". He is always paying extra
close attention i have noticed as if he is nervous when we have been on
the river or in wooded areas in our small rural town. Within the
next year of this incident there were numerous reports of sightings as
well as hearing the same things as what my brother described. One
incident that occurred I remember very specifically was 2 military guys
had came out to a nearby lake with some girls to party and go parking and
they were parked right off of the main road they were all playing around
in the car they looked up and described seeing a "man covered with hair
about 6-6.5 ft tall body size of a gorilla". The only other history I have
of this area is that in the 70's there was a Zoo back in that area that
was abandoned. There were animals etc... left in their cages and
some were just turned loose into the wild. Some people say it's gorillas,
apes etc... that are still living there but for other who have had first
hand encounters say there is no way. If you have anymore questions
please contact me and i will do my best to put you in touch with the right
people in the area that have either witnessed or encountered this magnificent
species of whatever it is.
Activities
of Witness: Searching for
this animal in swampy / heavily wooded area.
Description
of Creature: Read above report
Other
Notes: High pitch scream
and low pitched growl along with very heavy steps when running or walking
"tromping" through the swamp.
Other
(Informational or Encounter History in the General Area) Notes:
Several up and down the Escambia river path it seems in Santa Rosa, Escambia
Counties FL & AL.
Additional
Notes and or Follow up Comments:
N/A