First, the photo of me holding two small track casts is not the same picture as appears in the hard copy of the newspaper. Therefore, the caption attributing the small casts to Ocala National Forest is in error. Those casts are from Texas.

Second, my sighting (from 30 years ago) was in the suburban (then rural) area of Orlando — not Lakeland as the article states.

(I’m getting used to being mis-quoted). Feel free to e-mail me with any questions you may have or new sighting data at my Pangea Institute e-mail address.

I’d also encourage anyone with new Florida sighting information to post their report in the Pangea Institute Cryptid database so that this data can be included in our research study activities.

Thanks!