Cryptoflorida News

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Panthers killing livestock

Maybe it's not chupacabras, after all.


      The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has issued a bulletin about panthers killing goats and pigs on the edges of the Everglades.


    There's no word that they are invading Weston at this point, unlike the 2009 sightings of a black bear in the area.


     There's no mention of the chupacabra, the legendary goat-sucking beast that was once alleged to be active in the Homestead area, south of Miami.


     Officially, the FWC says panthers have committed six "depredations," which is official speak for a predatory attack in the Golden Gate Estates area. That area is near the western end of Alligator Alley (Interstate 75).

"In the past week alone, panthers have killed several goats and a pig," the FWC said.


     Other depredation reports have come from the Immokalee area, west of Lake Okeechobee.


     Raising goats and pigs is somewhat of a cottage industry in South Florida, where goats in particular are popular for holiday feasts in Latin cultures.

Mark Lotz, a biologist on the FWC’s panther team, said: "Livestock, such as chickens, goats and hogs, should be secured in enclosed structures at night. Electric fencing also can be an effective predator deterrent. Cats and small dogs should be kept indoors, particularly at night."


     The Defenders of the Wildlife website says male panthers can average 130 pounds, while females are closer to 70 pounds. They primarily eat white-tailed deer, but are opportunistic hunters.


     Only about 100 panthers are estimated to exist, so spotting one is rare.

If you do encounter one, though, the FWC has some tips:


Do whatever you can to appear larger – a great excuse to hit holiday parties, in my book.Like a good job candidate, one should stand up tall and face the panther while making good eye contact.Don't run away or turn away from the panther.If you are attacked, don't play dead – be sure to fight back.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

An Outing in December

    Me and my lovely wife, Diane and Rocco the Skunk Ape Hunter, went out this last weekend and investigated a tip we recieved from James L. of Florida. Here is a part of the contact he left for me here on CryptoFlorida:


Cryptoflorda,


I don't want to sound like I am crazy, but if I need to tell someone about something I saw last week, anonymously of course. I work as an escort for heavy and wide loads here in Florida. I travel all over the state and keep some really odd hours. I was in the Ridge Manor area delivering a modular home to a rural piece of property East of Highway 75 and North of Ridge Manor. We had a problem getting the semi into the property because the gate was locked and we had to wait until after dark when the property owner finally showed up to let us in. To make a long story short, we got the home located on a level spot and decided to call it a night.

We left the semi hooked up and the owner gave us a key to return the next day, Saturday, and finish up in the day light. I drove Dave back the next morning and he set the home in place and unhooked. I did my usual walk around and left about 20 minutes behind him. I had drove about 15 miles and reach to get a soda out of my cooler and noticed....no cooler. Then it dawned on me that I had taken it out of the truck and set it on the hitch of the home where we ate lunch. I turned around and drove back. When I got to the property, I saw something I have never seen before in my 59 years of life.

It was about 5:30 in the afternoon and was starting to get dark. I drove down the long lane and as I came to the area where we set the home up, I saw movement out of the corner of my eye moving toward the treeline. It appeared to be a man in fur coat. Only thing is, he was at least eight feet tall and filled the coat out like a linebacker does a uniform. He stopped and turned toward me as I got out of my truck, then I noticed, he had my cooler in his arms. He wasn't carrying it like you or I would with the handle. He was holding it like we would a baby. He was to far away to make out details of his face, but he appeared to have a heavy beard and mustache. I yelled at him and asked him where he thought he was going with my cooler but he seemed to lift his head a little higher in the air and let out a scream that gave me chicken skin. Then he turned and in about 3 steps covered the 20 or so yards left to make it back into the woods. Each time he took a step I could feel it in the ground. Then it dawned on me that this was no man. I got in my truck and left as fast as I could. I know what I saw had to have been a Skunk Ape or Bigfoot. I never took much stock in them until that day.

When I got into the office on Monday I turned the keys to the property over to my manager and told him I wasn't going to make the second trip with the other half of the home. He asked me why but I would gave him a line about having a Dr.'s appointment. That thing scared the hell out of me and I wasn't going back. If you want more info I am leaving you my number. I will tell you all I can but don't expect me to go back there cause I won't. Thanks for having a place for people like me that have encounters like mine. The best time to call is after 8pm in the evenings.

Thanks

James


    We called James and discussed his sighting for over an hour. then we arranged to meet him.


This is a stacking we found in the middle of the property.



This is a possible bedding area found next to the stacking.



The area is far from any human contamination....no hunters etc. Private property.



      We were not able to locate any foot prints in the area due to the forest floor was covered with pine ferns so there were no prints what so ever around the stacking or the bedding areas.



Pine ferns covering the forest floor.


     We spent the next two nights camped out near the area and heard a few whoops and whistles. there was possbly some tree knocks, but it also could have been contributed to the 28 degree weather and trees falling in the forest. We will be returning to the area in another month to see if anything more gets added to this stacking. We will keep you updated when the time comes.



TG

Monday, December 6, 2010

Pelicans Drop Near Unidentified Submerged Object

  


     In the world of UFO sightings there are some distinct features that make the phenomenon all the more bizarre when seen.  This latest sighting by one witness from Chesapeake Virginia of a mass of dead pelicans seems to suggest the same type of perplexing mystery that we saw once before earlier this year in the United Kingdom.  But unlike that scenario, this flock of dead birds was far larger and has seen no attention in mainstream media.


     As the witness was driving toward New Jersey on the 12th of November, he looked out the window as they approached the Chesapeake Bridge and noticed -of all things- a pelican mysteriously struck down by an unknown sudden force.  As they slowed their car down to look closer they saw more pelicans.  As they continued crossing the bridge the slew of dead pelicans was quite large, and they appeared equidistant from one another as though they had been flying in some sort of formation before suddenly dropping dead due to an unknown influence. 


     Thinking the incident was strange, they checked the bodies of each pelican as they passed by it and noticed none of them were mangled in any way.  The distance between the bodies was so regular that they were able to look at each one in turn as they passed it and were able to even predict the next one before they would inevitably pass it.  The witness describes their arrangement as if they were almost "strategically placed."


       Looking out over the water the witnesses then saw a strange glow from within the water as though something were in it.  The strange glow was comprised of four lights all arranged in a diamond shape.  As the witnesses continued on, they couldn't tell what the strange object was.  It was for all intents and purposes a USO or Unidentified Submerged Object.  Looking into the sky they noted how there were no clouds and the entire area was lit up by the stars and the moon.  Though they didn't see anything strange in the air, they couldn't help but wonder as they passed the bridge what that mysterious object in the water was. 


     The witness, upon doing their own research, suggested that there had been several sightings of unidentified flying objects in the area that night, and indeed in Massachusetts and New York a search on UFO databases from both the Mutual UFO Network and the National UFO Reporting Center yielded startling results, though the specific diamond shape was not discovered.


     Due to the nature of the object beneath the water it’s difficult to determine what exactly was going on that night or what the witness saw.  The presence of dead pelicans is fairly reminiscent, however, of the discovery of a flock of Starlings in one woman’s garden just as she was getting home.  The birds apparently suddenly died with no known cause.  And there have been other mass deaths of birds entirely unaccounted for. 


    But could this mysterious glowing from the waters have prompted such a death?  And how would it do this?  Though the answer eludes us for the moment, we will have to wait to see if others come forward with similar sightings from the area.