Elk Mound
Bigfoot Research Center
Collier County
May 1973 (Class A) - Construction worker has startling encounter outside hunting cottage, BFRO
1974 - Hunters see Skunk Ape, shots fired, blood found, GCBRO
Fall 1975 (Class B) - Possible tracks noticed by hunters in the Everglades outside Everglades City, BFRO
August 1979 (Class A) - Morning sighting by carpenter crew near Ochopee, BFRO
July 1980 (Class B) - Man describes incidents in teen years in swamp area outside Naples, BFRO
November 1983 (Class A) - while hunting hogs near a cypress bayhead, witness saw a dark brown/black bi-pedal creature, BFRO
June 1987 (Class B) - Possible nighttime encounter near Lake Trafford, BFRO
November 1991 - Fisherman See's Bigfoot (Skunk Ape), GCBRO
November 1993 (Class A) - Hunter reports finding strange tracks in the Everglades, near the area of the Dade County and Collier County line, between Big Cypress and Alligator Alley, BFRO
July 1997 (Class A) - Series of reports (6) concerning the Skunk Ape. Photos of the creature and footcasts, BFRO
July 1997 - Late Night Fisherman Has Eerie Encounter, GCBRO
October 1997 (Class B) - Possible vocalizations noted by fishermen at night off of SR 41, BFRO
March 2001 (Class B) - Campers hear unfamiliar vocalizations at night in the Everglades, BFRO
Winter 2001 (Class A) - Daylight sighting by motorist near Everglades City, off Turner River Road, BFRO
April 2005 (Class B) - Campers report possible vocalization and footprint in Big Cypress National Preserve, BFRO
June 2005 (Class A) - Daylight sighting by motorist on U.S. 41 near I-29, BFRO
October 2006 (Class B) - Possible mid-day sighting by motorist on I-75 (Alligator Alley) in the Everglades, BFRO
November 2007 (Class B) - Possible footprint found near Ochopee (see Photo), BFRO
December 2007 (Class B) - More Tracks Found in the Big Cypress Region (w/photos), BFRO
September 2008 (Class A) - Daylight sighting from Hwy. 41 in the Big Cypress National Preserve, BFRO
August 08-09 (Class B) - Man describes possible encounters off Route 41 near Ochopee, BFRO
January 2010 - Fishermen Have Unusual Encounter, GCBRO
April 2010 (Class B) - Frightening encounter experienced on family property outside Naples, BFRO
March 2012 (Class B) - Possible incidents at Bear Island Campground in Big Cypress National Preserve, BFRO
November 2012 (Class A) - Daylight sighting of a man-like ape while target shooting in the Big Cypress National Preserve, BFRO