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Man Claims He Spotted Florida’s Elusive Skunk Ape
CBS Miami ^ | June 14, 2013 1:03 PM

Posted on 06/14/2013 11:10:18 AM PDT by null and void


A picture of a reported Skunk Ape taken by Mike Falconer in the Myakka River State Park in Sarasota County. He posted the pictures and video on YouTube on March 2nd, 2013. (Source: Mike Falconer/YouTube)

SARASOTA COUNTY (CBSMiami) – A Florida man has come forward with video on YouTube claiming he has spotted the rare and elusive Skunk Ape on camera.

Mike Falconer posted his video and still pictures on YouTube. He claims the video and pictures were taken March 2nd, 2013 in the Myakka River State Park in Sarasota County.

The video from his iPhone 4S is grainy and the creature is very far away but he said he and his son spotted large hairy creature and quickly began pursuing it across a large field.

He and his son can be seen in the video chasing down what they believe is a Skunk Ape — a large, stinky beast and reputed cousin of Bigfoot.

Others also stopped their cars along the road to try and get a glimpse.

This is not the first time a Skunk Ape may have been photographed in Sarasota County. In 2000, a Sarasota woman took photos of large hairy animal in her backyard taking apples from her back porch. She mailed two pictures to the Sheriff’s Department. While she thought it was an orangutan, Bigfoot enthusiasts believed it was a Skunk Ape.

The Skunk Ape is also known as the Stink Ape, the Myakka Ape, and the Myakka Skunk Ape. It is rumored to live in the Florida Everglades, as well as North Carolina and Arkansas, although reports from Florida are more common.

The smell of a Skunk Ape has been reported to be similar to rotten eggs.

According to the United States National Park Service, the Skunk Ape exists only as a local myth. Reports of the Skunk Ape were particularly common in the 1960s and 1970s.

In the fall of 1974, numerous sightings were reported in suburban neighborhoods of Miami-Dade of a foul-smelling, hairy, ape-like creature, which ran upright on two legs.


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To: null and void
Another video here:

http://vimeo.com/17548985

22 posted on 06/14/2013 11:33:44 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: null and void

Helen Thomas on vacation?........


23 posted on 06/14/2013 11:33:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: rarestia

That shine sure makes the smell of them Skunks easier to deal with.


24 posted on 06/14/2013 11:34:22 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: Nervous Tick

LOL!


25 posted on 06/14/2013 11:34:23 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: null and void
In the fall of 1974, numerous sightings were reported in suburban neighborhoods of Miami-Dade of a foul-smelling, hairy, ape-like creature, which ran upright on two legs.

That was my brother-in-law........

26 posted on 06/14/2013 11:35:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: Red Badger

Completing the set...


27 posted on 06/14/2013 11:35:23 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: null and void
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28 posted on 06/14/2013 11:36:00 AM PDT by ontap (ion. Would you suggest that that organization)
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To: null and void

That’s nothing,jimma Carter saw a killer rabbit.


29 posted on 06/14/2013 11:36:42 AM PDT by ohiobushman
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To: null and void

Growing up on Manhattans lower east side i can tell you that i have smelt that odor before.


30 posted on 06/14/2013 11:38:03 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: Rummyfan

31 posted on 06/14/2013 11:38:48 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Idiocracy is a documentary.)
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To: All

32 posted on 06/14/2013 11:41:54 AM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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To: null and void

Five’ll get you ten, it’s just his wife who got ticked off and decided to walk home.


33 posted on 06/14/2013 11:47:03 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Now playing... [ * * * Manchurian Candidate * * * ], limited engagement, 8 years...)
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To: laplata; rarestia

that isnt a disguise


34 posted on 06/14/2013 11:58:43 AM PDT by bigheadfred (barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: bigheadfred

Are you saying that’s a real Skunk Ape?


35 posted on 06/14/2013 12:01:40 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: null and void

I thought Carville was on FOX now?


36 posted on 06/14/2013 12:02:25 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: laplata

i know some guy named fred.....


37 posted on 06/14/2013 12:02:46 PM PDT by bigheadfred (barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: FlJoePa

Who farted?

38 posted on 06/14/2013 12:03:10 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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To: Antoninus

ping!


39 posted on 06/14/2013 12:07:37 PM PDT by Claud
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To: Jeff Chandler

YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO WARN US B4 SHOWING MS. THOMAS.


40 posted on 06/14/2013 12:23:24 PM PDT by BarbM (Portuguese Dog--Kenyan president)
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