Posted on 02/17/2008 5:05:07 PM PST by SteveH
February 18, 2008
The skunk ape: Florida's answer to the abominable snowman
Jacqui Goddard
Deep in the swamps of Florida, something is stirring. Witnesses to its haunting presence speak of howls in the night, unexplained footprints in the mud and glimpses between the trees of a fiery-eyed creature that reeks of death.
Now, a 30-strong team from The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) has embarked on an expedition to try to flush out the mighty skunk ape - the Sunshine State's answer to the abominable snowman. They have thermal imaging equipment, video cameras and microphones poised to capture the secrets of the hairy, 7ft-tall hominid with yellowing teeth and dubious personal hygiene.
“We have to keep these expeditions low-key because unfortunately the subject is still a little stigmatised,” sighs Matthew Moneymaker, head of the BFRO, as he drives to the expedition's secret base camp in southwestern Florida.
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Shouldn't that be Skunk Ape?
I don't mind misspellings in posts or whatever but don't make them in the main thread titles you are posting.
We also have the Chupacabra. The Skunk Ape has been around for decades but was mainly invented to explain South Florida smells (probably actual skunks) more than anything else.
It's my mother-in-law.
Don't pay her any attention and she'll go away.
To Skunken_Civ; Sunken_Ape; PiltdownMan;Fifi LePew; All:
This whole thing could really hairball, I mean snowball, I don’t know what I mean.
There are claims of it lurking behind trees and crouching in roadside ditches, trailing a foul odour akin to a mixture of rotten eggs, mouldy cheese and dung on account of its penchant for camping
Where HAS Cindy Sheehan and her groupies gone?
Uh oh! You’ve been sunnk. Better than being skunked tho’!
I thought that was common knowledge
Sorry, complaint filed in hopes of obtaining a correction.
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers version - Lyrics
Well look, see, there’s an abominable snowman in the supermarket
And apparently the housewives have never seen anything like that before
Hear the housewives complaing to the manager,
“Get that snow thing out of this store.”
Abominable snowman in the market,
That’s right, you heard me right, gang.
And the housewives, they all remarking,
“Looks like a dirty marshmallow with fangs.”
Well, there’s an abominable snowman in the market,
Now he’s down by the peas and carrots.
Abominable snowman in the market.
And they cannot chase him away.
Abominable snowman in the market.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Abominable snowman in the market.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
See, there’s an abominable snowman in the market,
And the situation is grave.
Well, the housewives hurt and confuse him,
And I can’t see him treated this way.
Well, there’s an abominable snowman in the market,
And I think he’s a real nice guy.
I like the snowman, I want to help him out,
I don’t want to see him hurt this way.
Well, Abominable snowman in the market.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Abominable snowman in the market.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Look, we have to talk to this abominable snowman man. And we have to say something that he can understand.
There’s an abominable snowman in the market,
And he’s doin’ better every day.
I know it’s helped him to have a more tolerant feeling.
And I like to see him treated this way.
Well, there’s an abominable snowman in the market,
And he’s down by the peas and carrots.
There’s an abominable snowman in the market,
And that is what I now say.
Abominable snowman in the market,
all right Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Abominable snowman in the market
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
There’s an abominable snowman in the market
Down by the peas and carrots.
Abominable snowman in the market
He just arrived by plane yesterday.
There’s an abominable snowman in the market
And the housewives never seen something like that before.
Housewives treat him like a stranger,
They want him away from the supermark’t door.
Abominable snowman in the market.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Abominable snowman in the market
And here I was thinking manbearpig has finally been found! :-)
The guy is a kook, It’s a stunt to attrack folks to his campground.
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