In 1939, an transient Timucua Indian descendant that was simply known by locals as “Billy Eagle” used to live and sleep in Boone Park. They also called him the crazy Indian. He was known to have a bad case of Schizophrenia and was also a bad alcoholic. For people that would visit the park, he would often annoy them by harassing and spitting on park visitors. He was also found of the Girl Scouts that would frequent the park and would attempt to lift their skirts whenever possible.

During the summer of 1939, Billy was passed out drunk in small creek (ditch) beside the park and drowned after a summer storm had filled it up. It has been rumored that since no one claimed his body, he was simply buried somewhere around the park. For years since that time, many park visitors would report a sensation of what felt like someone spitting on the back of their head and women would report that their skirts would blow upwards, even on the calmest of days. Several workers have even reported that when cutting down some trees and branches after storms, they would see what appeared to be the face of an Indian man in the grooves of the freshly cut wood. Some local residents still have proof of this inside their homes today.

On at least 23 separate reported occasions from 1961 through 2008,  people have observed a faint purplish colored apparition just before dusk after there was a heavy summer storm. The apparition is usually witnessed close to the ditch where Billy Eagle drowned in 1939. Apparently, Billy has never left the park physically or spiritually!