When hundreds of Florida residents reported a large, hairy beast breaking into their homes, stealing their belongings, and torturing their beloved pets in 1973, badged officials were brought in to oversee the crime scenes. But having always showed up just a little too late, the unknown cryptid seemed to always be a few steps ahead. From seeing the beast from afar on dark nights to seeing something strange waddle through the Florida Everglades, almost 30 years had gone by without any trace. That is, until one anonymous woman in 2000 caught the bigfoot figure red-handed in her backyard, and she just so happened to get it on camera.
CHAPTERS::
00:00 - Start
01:14 - Bats, Mosquitos, and Dollars
03:38 - Strange activity at the Sugar Loaf Keys Bat Tower.
05:24 - Florida Skunk Ape - Description
07:28 - The aggressive nature of the Florida Skunk Ape
08:34 - Bigfoot Caught Stealing
10:04 - Escaped Monkeys are on the loos in Florida.
12:11 - The Abominable Snowbird
15:03 - Skunk Ape Vacationing in West Palm Beach?
17:22 - Limping Giant Walking Highway
18:59 - Multiple Drivers Report Seeing Something Strange
20:42 - Tour Guides Spot Something Peculiar
22:42 - Woman Snaps Photos of Skunk Ape in Her Own Backyard
27:17 - Dave Shealy: The Jane Goodall of Skunk Apes
29:50 - Just a Guy in a Gorilla Suit?
31:54 - Possible Explanation 1: Wild Monkeys
33:22 - Possible Explanation 2: Swamp Gas
34:35 - Possible Explanation 3: Practical Jokesters
35:38 - The Skunk Ape Lives on …in Spirit
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