Are Sasquatch and Skunk Ape the Same Creature?

 Are Sasquatch and the skunk ape the same creature? Nick Redfern examines the evidence.

When the word “Bigfoot” is mentioned in conversation, for most people it prompts imagery of gigantic, bulky, seven to eight feet tall, man-monsters roaming the frozen mountains and massive forests of the Pacific Northwest. Certainly, there’s no shortage of such reports. It should be noted, however, that – as incredible as it may sound – Bigfoot might not be the only cryptid ape that calls the United States its home. In Florida, and particularly so in the state’s swampy, wooded areas, there lives a beast known as the Skunk Ape. It’s a creature whose territory also includes Arkansas and North Carolina. It’s the wilds of Florida, however, where the beast really dominates. Read more

Bigfoot in Brooklyn, Skunk Ape in Florida, Yeti in Boston

Three recent videos claim to show a Bigfoot in Brooklyn, a Skunk Ape in Florida and a Yeti in Boston.

It looks like some people have finally figured out that, if you want your friends or the media to believe that you saw Bigfoot or another strange creature, you need to get a good video. Over the past few days, three videos have surfaced of cryptid creatures and they’re not even blurry! Let’s take a look at the recent sightings of a Bigfoot in Brooklyn, a Skunk Ape in Florida and a Yeti in Boston. Read more

Skunk Ape Encounter

Lee Stickler has posted an interesting narrative he received about the Florida skunk ape.

I received this interesting narrative today:

Hello - I live in Florida and although I've traveled a bit I always felt this is home. My family is originally from NYC but we've lived here for quite a number of years. I was young and was living with somebody in a trailer out in a horse pasture. There was a campground (Myakka near Sarasota) just on the other side of the pasture, and we had made friends with the people who ran it. It was late summer and a bunch of the campers got together because they would be leaving soon going back home, so a bonfire was being held that evening. There was a trail that led into the campground from where the trailer was, and everyone had gathered at our trailer for a farewell BBQ, then moving down to the campground after for the bonfire. Read more