Nightmarks in Florida
8 nightmarks documented
The Mary Reeser Case — The 'Cinder Woman' of St. Petersburg (1951)
A 170-pound woman was reduced to a shrunken skull and one slippered foot — in an apartment where nearby newspapers didn't even scorch.
The Disappearance of Flight 19 — Five Planes Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (1945)
Five Navy bombers flew into the Atlantic and never returned. The search plane sent to find them also vanished. 27 men lost in one evening.
Early Skunk Ape Reports — Florida Everglades (1920s–1960s)
Florida's Skunk Ape has haunted the Everglades since the 1920s — a stocky, foul-smelling, ape-like creature adapted to the swamp.
Skunk Ape Sighting Wave — Everglades, Florida (1970s)
A wave of Skunk Ape sightings swept southern Florida in the 1970s. A bus driver and passengers watched a large ape-like figure cross the road near the Everglades.
The Myakka Skunk Ape Photographs — Sarasota County, Florida (2000)
An anonymous woman sent police two photos of a creature stealing apples from her porch. The Myakka photographs became iconic Skunk Ape evidence.
Skunk Ape Historical Origins — Florida's Ape-Man Legends (1818–1950s)
Reports of an ape-like being in Florida's swamps date to 1818. The Seminole called it Esti Capcaki — 'tall man' — long before the name Skunk Ape was coined.
Bright object observed over Ocala in central Florida (1968)
A bright unknown over Florida horse country — one of Blue Book's final cases as the 22-year program wound down.
Bright object observed over Mims near Cape Canaveral, Florida (1966)
An unknown 20 miles from Cape Canaveral — where Gemini astronauts launched while something unexplained flew nearby.