2026-07-31 11:02:11
A couple driving through a forest in Florida claim to have seen two huge bipedal creatures running across a road.
Richard Shroeder and his wife Lori were driving through Goethe State Forest, 25 miles west of the city of Ocala, on July 12, 2025 when he spotted a massive creature with “unusually long arms” emerging from the trees and running across the road. It was followed by a second identical beast, which Lori also saw.
Richard reported the sighting – which occurred on a clear, “sunny” day – to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO), writing: “At 11:15 AM my wife and I were traveling south … through the Goethe State Forest near Dunnellon, Florida …
“I observed a bipedal figure exit the forest from the west, take five or six strides to cross the road into the forest on the east side.
“As this was happening I said to my wife: ‘Look. Look! LOOK!!’ She looked in time to see a second one (I saw both) completing it’s run across the road.
“A distance of 50 to 60 feet was covered in one second.”
Richard went on to reveal the couple stopped the car and got out to look for “evidence” and their found what could have been footprints in the vegetation.
He added: “I kept my eyes on the sight of the crossing (about 200 feet ahead of us) and came to a stop on the east side of the road where we got out and looked for evidence.
“No sightings as there was a small hill on the east side and the only possible evidence was several large impressions in the dry grass about eight to 10 feet apart … No road through woods but trace of a game trail and indications of foot prints in vegetation … “
BFRO Investigator Dr. Robert S. stated of the sighting: “I spoke with Rick and his wife Lori for over 30 minutes by phone as they related their encounter. We had additional email exchanges, and then I was able to visit the sighting area.
“I found them both to be quite credible and awestruck about what they saw … They could clearly see upright (bipedal) creatures with legs and arms moving quickly in a running style, and it seemed to Rick the arms were unusually long.
“Both creatures looked identical, uniformly very dark (black or dark gray in color), but they were too far away to make out details regarding hair or facial features.
“He was struck how fast the creatures ‘glided’ across the road from right to left and into the tree line. Interestingly, creature number two waited until creature number one had entered the woods on the other side before starting across.”
Investigator Matt Moneymaker added: “A few days after this report was finalized, but not yet published, we received an email from a resident not terribly far away from this location – 4.5 miles northeast. The email described loud bigfoot-like tree knocks. This occurred around 9:30pm.
“The resident was outside recording a spectacular thunderhead and lightning flashes in the distance. She inadvertently captured audio of the tree knocks in the background while trying to record the flashing thunderhead … I listened to the recording closely. Indeed, it sounds like bigfoot wood knocks …
“This occurred at an isolated property with woods on all four sides. There was no one else in the vicinity. The house is situated on a large tract of undeveloped land with a few green farm fields and lots of ranch land for grazing.
“It is distinctly different habitat than the big forest environment in Goethe SR. This land will still attract deer though, so it makes sense for it to be on the patrol route of bigfoots living in nearby Goethe SF.”
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