Large humanoid figure seen at night near beach witnessed in Volusia County, Florida

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First of all, I am a 57 year old H.S. & College Psychology and Humanities teacher with a background in phenomenon reasearch. I have two Masters degrees and I have often been nicknamed the "resident sceptic" because I demand scientific principles in real time for all observable data. I despise hoaxes. My wife and I were standing on a boardwalk on a bright, moonlit night around 11:30 p.m. I was looking north when I first saw it at about 100 yards. At first, I thought it was just a late night jogger. After it got about 50 yards closer I alerted my wife to "turn around" because I realized that this was not your "average jogger." It walked with a smooth, long stride with arms swinging about two feet in front and back. It was a uniform, solid black or brown ("shadowy") in color; no light face, hands or shoes. We watched it walk south right at the edge of the surf, southward until it disappeared down the beach. And I am quite sure that it saw us. I thought about yelling or "encounte...