#skunk ape

[pbr-street-gang]

The Fouke Country, Arkansas, Monster Mart

#mine #Legend of Boggy Creek #sasquatch #bigfoot #cryptozoology #cryptids #skunk ape #Arkansas

[labete-du-gevaudan]

In April, 1977, Florida State Representative Paul Nuckolls wanted to make it a misdemeanor to harm, harass, or capture a Skunk Ape. Part of the bill read that “Any person taking, possessing, harming or molesting any anthropoid or humanoid animal which is native to Florida, popularly known as the Skunk Ape, or doing any act reasonably capable of harming or molesting such animals" would be charged with the misdemeanor. However this bill never passed, as it was withdrawn before a vote could be made by the House.

This article was published in the News-Press on October 12th, 1977.

#skunk ape #newspaper #my post #north American cryptid

[octastims]

Even more old web(2000's to early 2010's) cryptid/ unknown creatures gifset! Please let me know if you want more of these!

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#OCTAfan's gifsets #Gifset #Cryptid #Old web #Cryptidcore #Dragons #Mothman #Elf #Gnome #Sea monster #fresno nightcrawler #Skunk ape #Bigfoot #Campfire creature #Rake #Alien #Black #Grey #White #Green #Blue #Brown #Red #Yellow #tw scopophobia #Tw creepy #Ask to tag

[reedblackcomics]

I made this as a zine years ago, and I realize that I never posted it here. I'm honestly really proud of it and I should do something more with this idea.

#cryptids #cryptozoology #illustration #reed black #comics #arcade #mothman #fresno nightcrawler #flatwoods monster #hopkinsville goblins #thunder bird #snallygaster #lake champlain monster #bigfoot #loveland frogman #jersey devil #hodag #skunk ape

[tobbogan-13]

if you chose Jersey Devil I love you and you are awesome and perfect and amazing

and if anyone wants random information about new jersey folklore I am incredibly knowledgeable

#cryptids #mothman #jersey devil #loch ness monster #alien #skunk ape #bigfoot #yeti #wendigo #loveland frogman

[asaltysquid]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH MY LIL KREATURES!!!

I’ve been wanting to do Cryptid Pride stickers for a long time and hyped to finally achieve it! Can y’all recognize all of em 👀

Order your own here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1243611405/

Also consider checking out my P@tr30n it’s gunna be very exciting this month!!! L1nk in pinned!

#pride stickers #pride merch #pride 2022 #cryptid #cryptids #queer cryptids #lgbt art #mothman #jersey devil #loch ness monster #ogopogo #fresno nightwalker #skunk ape #yeti #chupacabra

[preservationofnormalcy]

Is a skunk ape much different from a bigfoot? I live in Florida and I've never seen one myself, only heard stories

Hey, I'm gonna field this one since I've worked pretty extensively with Skunk Apes;

The Cryptid Apes are sort of a generally nebulous umbrella of creatures that have a similarity to one another but aren't actually related. Skunk apes are a lot smaller, more aggressive, and much more territorial than the larger and more peaceful Sasquatch; that's why we tag them. The few times they've had major overlap with mundane communities havent ended well.

The biggest thing about the skunk ape is their stench. You might think the stories are exaggerating; they aren't. They exude a POWERFUL stink, and can spray a liquid that smells even worse from their anal glands; their spray is so bad that you're better off throwing away any clothes that get hit by it; I chopped all my hair off once because skunk ape spray got into it, it's that bad. If it gets on your skin, you're looking at multiple tomato and baking soda baths, mixed with hard scrubbing and industrial degreasing soap.

Socially, they travel in large groups called "troops." The major troops that occupied the Everglades were the Kissimee Troop, led by an older male named Mickey, and the Okeechobee Troop, which was led by an older female we called Fiona, until her daughter Lydia challenged her for leadership and took over.

As far as we know, they've been here longer than humans have; they're really fascinating creatures.

#office for the preservation of normalcy #ask #ask jenny #skunk ape #cryptids

[catbatart]

ALRIGHT! After Ohayocon, I only have 8 remaining Watercolor Cryptids!

These guys are 5x7" matted in 8x10 mats! These are the lil' guys I have remaining! Montauk Monster Loveland Frogman Ningen Skunk Ape (My personal fave. Lookit this stinky man.) Shunka Warakin El Chupacabra Menehune Hoop Snake

#cryptids #cryptids in july #cryptid #skunk ape #el chupacabra #montauk #loveland frogman #watercolor #origingal art

[whatwouldmothmando]

Hey guys, long time no see. Shout out to my depression. Anyways, anyone wanna buy some dirt? (Seriously, they smell like dirt.)

Florida Skunk Ape-Scented Bath Bombs

#april fools #i mean the item is real but also only for this week #it really DOES smell like dirt! #skunk ape #bigfoot #cryptids #cryptozoology

[brendanthebomber]

Something to curse your eyeballs with part 2

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[pbr-street-gang]

Bigfoot display at the Fouke County, Arkansas, Monster Mart.

#mine #Arkansas #Bigfoot #sasquatch #skunk ape #cryptids #cryptozoology

[deepdreamnights]

Skunk Ape in Autumn

You'd probably have a certain odor too if you lived in a swamp while being covered in hair from head to toe. Stop shaming the cryptids, Florida.

- The image(s) above in this post were made using an autogenerated prompt and/or have not been modified/iterated extensively. As such, they do not meet the minimum expression threshold, and are in the public domain. Prompt under the fold.

Prompt: photograph of bigfoot, autumn woods, overcast, spooky, sharp focus, nature photography, 5k, extremely photorealistic:: the wastelands of wax and chemicals, strange alien landscape painting, sci-fi/fantasy art, pulp, sharp detail, moody lighting, by frank frazetta and Albert Bierstadt, moody, apocalyptic

This one is mashing up two manual prompts of mine using the :: divider Midjourney trick.

#unreality #midjourney v6 #generative art #ai artwork #public domain art #public domain #free art #auto-generated prompt #skunk ape #sasquatch #bigfoot #cryptids #ai cryptid

[witherburn-news-transcripts]

Episode 1: Hello Witherburn

Witherburn

A little town tucked between the mountains and the swamps. It’s a town full of unsung heroes and dastardly villains. It has its surprises and its secrets. But luckily I’m here to unveil them all. Welcome listeners to the new home of Witherburn After School News.

I’m The Reporter and I hope you liked that little intro there. I figured I should zhuzh it up since we are radio news now.

And this leads me to our first announcement. As some of you may know, the paper version was discontinued because a certain local officer and principal duo kept destroying the pamphlets. Luckily, your knowledgeable host figured out a way to broadcast a radio version of our program. Maybe now our little program will reach people outside of Witherburn as well. Though I’m not sure people will find our town that interesting.

With that introduction out of the way, here’s an overview of our program. The top stories today are about Scarlett Johnson’s campaign for prom queen despite it being August, the rumors that the Clark Family are trying to buy Farrow Bait and Tackle, the lastest information about the string of missing girls, and what exactly Mr. Pickler was shouting in the Spanish Moss Diner yesterday afternoon. All of that and more, coming up on Witherburn After School News.

Let’s start off simple with our first story. Scarlett Johnson is already campaigning for prom queen despite it only being a week into the school year. She’s running with her boyfriend football star, Bo Stoker, who seems to be supportive of his girlfriend’s efforts, but a little birdie told me he wasn’t quite as excited as she was. He was overheard talking to the other football boys in the hall saying, and I quote, “I mean she can do whatever she wants but I don’t want her to drag me into this. Prom king just isn’t really my style, you know?” Uh oh. Looks like there’s trouble in Paradise.

To add to this already ludicrous campaign, her posters are making wild claims such as: “If she’s prom queen, she’ll make the yearly bonfire ten times cooler.” And “Ban homework on senior skip day.”

Is.. Is she even allowed to make those claims? Like, we all know she can’t actually do those things, right? Though it’s a little early to tell, Scarlett will probably have some competition later on in the year with Tina Young, captain of the tennis team. In fact, I’ve been informed Tina’s friends are encouraging her to announce her prom queen campaign as well. In order to cambatant Scarlett’s early efforts. See, Tina doesn’t have the lifelong passion to win like Scarlett, but she possibly has the numbers. Okay, I have to be honest, listeners, I think that prom queen is a title that’s hyped up just a little bit too much. No one cares that you were prom queen after high school and making this serious deal out of campaigning just takes the fun out of it, you know? Maybe I just don’t get it.. I’ve never been that into school events anyways, so what do I know?

Oh! Actually that reminds me of one thing I do know, and that’s the fact that Mr. Smith lost his cat, Butters, earlier in the week. So if you happen to see a black cat with what looks like white socks on his feet, then try your best to call the cat over. And if you manage to do that, please tell me your secrets on how you got a cat to listen to you. If you manage to get a hold of Butters then please return him to the blue house on Pine Falls Drive.

It’s official. The Clarks are trying to buy up yet another local business. Yes the rumors are true. The Clarks are trying to buy up Farrow’s Bait and Tackle. So the old ladies that congregate on Mrs. Newbury’s porch were right. Yet again. But to be fair, what other reason do the Clarks have for going into the tackle shop three times in one week. I certainly know it wasn’t to buy fishing gear. Mr. Farrow confirmed the Clarks are trying to buy his store earlier today when he was questioned by some of his usual customers. According to him, the Clarks were willing to pay him up to a quarter of a million dollars for his store. Which, man, really shows you how much money these people have. But he says he will not let the Clarks buy yet another family business. I think that’s wonderful. Honestly I’m very glad someone is standing up to the Clarks and who is better than Mr. Farrow himself? His family has run that shop for three generations and almost everyone in town in his local customer so I think he will have no problems fending off the Clarks. In fact I would like to suggest that we as a town come together and make some purchases from his store as a show of support. Instead of ordering that new fishing rod online, get it from Mr. Farrow. Go get that lure you’ve been eying. Maybe even get some bait and take your family out on a fishing trip. Go support the tackle shop because I know I will.

Speaking of the Clarks, did you know that they’re a major reason that we had to stop our paper version? Many of our long time readers will know that we never spoke too kindly about the Clark Family. Especially since they keep trying to buy every small business in town and because their son keeps harassing people and getting off scot-free, but that’s a story for another day. A certain Brenda Clark didn’t like what we wrote. She’s a vicious PTA president and she, of course, has Sheriff Sinanger in her back pocket. Since we mostly distribute our paper at school and the local library, well, let’s just say it didn’t take long for our copies to be taken down.

People like her are why I have to report in secret. Who knows what she’d do if she found out who runs this thing? I mean I know some people call the after school news a “gossip column” and that’s why people think I hide my identity but I’m reporting actual news stories. I may not talk about stories that would make it onto the local tv station, but it’s news that still matters to people and it’s news that affects us and- oh who am I kidding? I’m probably preaching to the choir if you’re still listening to this.

Before we move on to our next story I do have an announcement to make. The local library is once again hosting its annual back to school read-a-thon for children kindergarten through 6th grade. This years book recommendations from the library are Wishing on the Well by Elaine Letters, Can It Wait? by Oswell Morrison, Easy Peasy by Taira Oakland, What If I Was A Princess by Isabelle Turner, Hungry Dragonfly by Ethan Randall, and Brand New Kid by Unique Ryan Newton. These are just suggestions though and kids can check out any books they want. The children that have read the most books by the end of the month get a special prize and I may or may not have heard from the librarian that it’s a pizza party. Happy back-to-school times for all those kids out there and good luck at your read-a-thon.

A few of you will be very excited to know that I have decided to bring back an old favorite from our paper edition. It’s the monster of the week segment, brought to you by Mr. Pickler. The segment where we try to find the exact type of monster Mr. Pickler claims to have seen. Yesterday he was screaming in the Spanish Moss Dinner and no one could quite understand what he was saying, but a little birdie recorded the encounter and sent it to me. Take a look at this.

“There was an ape in that swamp! I’m tellin’ y’all! I could smell it from a mile away! It smelled like.. like rotten moss and death! While I was out there I just knew something was watchin’ me, but I couldn’t be sure until I saw him, up in the trees! I went right up under him in my boat and let me tell y’all, I was shakin’! And then, when I was right there close enough he could’ve grabbed me, he let out this giant roar that would’ve scared the devil! And then, he just swung away. He must’ve jumped at least twenty feet! I’m tellin’ y’all! You gotta believe me! I saw something out there!”

“Mr. Pickler, you’re scaring the guests. Let’s get you home.”

“They need to know! Don’t go in that swamp!”

Isn’t that interesting? After a bit of research, I have come to the conclusion the creature Mr. Pickler is describing is the skunk ape. A scary run-in, indeed. It is a creature of southern folklore that is native to Alabama, Georgia, and most notably, Florida. It’s official sightings have only dated back to the 1960’s, though rumors and folktales about similar creatures go back as far as the 1800’s. The skunk ape is a bigfoot like swamp monster that, true to its name, has a rather foul smell. It’s known to roam around in the swamp muck and on occasion will swing from the trees. It’s described as being seven feet tall with long shaggy hair that is brown or black and some reports say that moss will grow on its fur. They’re also known to have red glowing eyes that can be seen through the dark tree lines. Though myths vary, the skunk apes have been known to stalk fisherman, such as Mr. Pickler, and raid food storages, though there aren’t many reports of them actually attacking. Luckily for us, and Mr. Pickler, the national park service says that this creature… is a complete hoax. The most likely explanation is that Mr. Pickler saw a black bear up in the trees and that smell was methane being released by the swamp. Though, who knows? Maybe there is a skunk ape out there. I would like to thank Mr. Pickler for bringing us today’s segment of Monster of the Week. If you want me to talk about a monster then all you gotta do is tell everyone in the Spanish Moss Diner that “you saw something in that swamp”. Alternatively, screaming about what you saw in the convenient store parking lot will also work.

Now listeners, I hate to stop the lighthearted segments here, but our main story is much more serious. I am sure you’ve all been keeping up with the missing girls. So far the missing are:

Christie Lamar, 14 years old, white, 5’6 with short brown hair, last seen wearing a green hoodie and ripped jeans

Aria Sanders, 16 years old, black, 5’3 with braids, last seen in a blue sundress

and April Calloway, 15 years old, white, 5’7 with curly black hair, last seen in her horse riding uniform.

All of these girls went missing these last four months and if you have any information on them, then please don’t hesitate to call the authorities.

Though today’s story is specifically about April Calloway, the latest of the missing girls, who’s been gone for a little over a month now and authorities are losing hope of finding her. Margaret Calloway, April’s mother, has been seen all around town handing out and hanging up missing persons flyers. Ms. Calloway has made numerous claims about the police department not doing enough in the search for her daughter or any of the missing girls. This is what Sheriff Sinanger had to say about it:

“We understand that these are hard times for many people in our community, but I promise y’all that we are doin’ our best to find these girls and that it is the number one priority of the police department. Ms. Calloway has every right to be anxious about her daughter bein’ missin’ but these claims that we aren’t doin’ enough are simply false. Many in the department have spent sleepless nights going over the evidence and we are followin’ numerous leads while we try to figure out what’s happened to each of these girls. To be brutally honest, claims like these actually slow down the investigative process.”

The sheriff also made statements about how it seems likely that these were simply copycat runaways.

“Often when one teen does something, like run away, they’ll send messages to friends to make it seem like it’s an attractive and exciting thing to do. This can lead to a string of copycat runaways and that is what happened to all those girls. There is no evidence of foul play. But just because they are runaways doesn’t mean we’re gonna take their cases any less seriously.”

Ms. Calloway has said numerous times that she doesn’t believe her daughter ran away. According to her, April told her everything and never said anything that would make her think she wanted to run away. She also stated how her daughter barely knew the other missing girls so this idea that they were texting April’s trying to convince her to run away doesn’t make any sense to her. She made a statement on Facebook about how she wasn’t trying to slow down the investigation, but she just wanted her daughter back. A couple of the other families have said they are sympathetic towards Ms. Calloway but they made no comments on the investigation. Now Ms. Calloway is facing backlash over these comments with someone even going as far as to egg her house. Now, listeners, I assume you all understand what’s wrong with this. Why are you judging a mother that simply wants to find her child? Even if you don’t agree with her statements, I would hope this town had enough sympathy not to destroy her house. But apparently I’m wrong.

Even after the backlash, Ms. Calloway is not backing down from her statements and is doing everything she can to find her daughter even if it means doing it on her own. If this story has inspired you to help, then I will gladly direct you to Maisie, owner of the Bog Monster Bar, who has set up a donation fund to help families of the missing. She’s also set up a meal delivery signup for families as well if that’s more your style.

I’m gonna wrap it up here Witherburn. I know it’s a sad note to leave us on, But I simply don’t have any more news for you. If you take anything away from this, I hope it’s that we as a town should be coming together, not falling apart. Thank you all for listening to the first episode of After School News and don’t forget to tune in next week. I’m The Reporter, signing off.

Witherburn After School News is written and directed by Jordan Oliver. It is edited by Francis Hughes. The Reporter is played by Jordan Oliver. Sheriff Sinanger is played by James Dunn. And Mr. Pickler is played by Will Carter. The wonderful title song is made by Future Me. We hope you enjoyed this episode and we hope you join us next time.

#witherburn after school news #wbasn #podcast #podcast transcript #episode one #mystery #fictional podcast #Bigfoot #skunk ape #witherburn

[genuinebluff]

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[suzannetownsend]

Apes in the Glades: a divisive Florida mystery

OCHOPEE – The drone of cicadas, the flat river of grass and gators lurking by the roadside, only their eyes visible above the black water: this is the Florida Everglades. It is a region that has long been imbued with fascinating history both haunting and beautiful, from being the location of marijuana smuggling routes (or as the locals call it, square grouper) and a hiding spot for killers on the run. But deep in the swamp lurks another source of intrigue: the skunk ape. 

Also known as Florida’s Bigfoot, the hairy biped has been a lifelong pursuit of Ochopee, Florida local David Shealy. He describes the skunk ape as being between six and seven feet tall, covered in hair and incredibly smelly. Since spotting the creature near his home at the northern end of Everglades National Park at age 10, Shealy has made it his life’s work to find this elusive character. He has reported other sightings since then, once in 1998 and most famously in 2001 when he recorded video footage of the creature trudging through the swamp, which is available on YouTube. 

Shealy is the founder of the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters in Ochopee. It’s one of several of Tamiami Trail’s roadside attractions (including the world’s smallest post office) and includes a campground, collection of live pythons and alligators, a gift shop and plans to expand. The building also houses Shealy’s two casts of skunk ape tracks. In 2000 he even applied for a grant from the Collier County Tourism Development Council, which was denied. 

Sightings of skunk apes have been reported since the 1950s and ‘60s. One discrepancy, however, is that the native Seminole and Miccosukee tribes have a legend of the skunk ape in their culture, too. For clarity, the tribes are separate politically but not culturally, according to the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Tara Backhouse, the collections manager at the Seminole Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum said in an email that, “there’s definitely not anything written down, and I don’t believe it’s a real Seminole legend in any way.” Shealy says something different: “That’s not the case at all and I grew up here with the Indians.” Indeed, Shealy's property is not far from the Miccosukee reservation. He recounted a story that Miccosukee tribal member Michael Frank told him about a time during the Seminole Wars. “At that time an Indian scout left the village and went into the Everglades, and he returned with a story that he had seen a group of men that were very large and covered with hair.” Shealy says there are as many as nine skunk apes in the Everglades. According to him they smell because they spend time in alligator holes, and they make a low bassy cooing growl. When he performs the skunk ape call, it sounds a lot like an alligator bellow. Shealy has a response for that, too. “I have big alligators that roar every time the garbage truck comes in so I know gators really good and it's not a gator.” 

So did Shealy make it all up? Some locals think so. The picture that many residents of the nearby Everglades City paint is that Shealy simply wanted to make more money. Some call him a fraud, some call him a scientific researcher. When I met him, though, the first thing I understood about David Shealy is that he is a storyteller. He has many tales of encounters with Florida's bigfoot, some his and some from other people, but all of them captivating. He spoke of a time when he collected a hair sample from one encounter but the next day two unidentified federal agents, “The men in black” as Shealy calls them, who came to his home and confiscated the sample, never to be heard from again. In another story a woman named Mary Billie was chopping down palm fronds for a chickee hut. As she was hacking at the fronds one fell away and she was face to face with the skunk ape. 

Despite the chorus of skunk ape deniers, there are others who support Shealy’s work. Brad Bertelli is the author of The Florida Keys Skunk Ape Files, which is a work of fiction based on real reports of encounters with the cryptid. Included in the book is a real clipping from an 1874 newspaper that reads, “Key West has a ghost covered with hair and about the size of a horse.” Bertelli says, “It reads to me like a typical skunk ape or bigfoot sighting.” And one of the earliest reports of such. Another story that inspired his book is a family on Key Largo who witnessed a smelly hairy creature on their property, which frightened them so much they moved out of the Keys entirely. 

Both skunk ape aficionados have responses for the nonbelievers. Shealy says, “It’s not a good attitude to have because what they are doing is possibly putting a threatened or endangered species at risk and that they really need to do their research, possibly go out on their own. Just discounting it is doing an injustice to our native wildlife.” For Bertelli, “A lot of it has to do with not being willing to engage with something that is unknown. There are things out there bigger than ourselves. You have to keep an open mind.”

Fact or fiction, stories like these captivate people’s imaginations, and have for a long time. Like Bertelli says, “When you look back these bigfoot creatures have been sighted on six of the seven continents. When we go back hundreds and hundreds of years, every culture has their story about them.” So keep an open mind, and keep an eye out next time you’re in the Everglades. 

#skunk ape #florida skunk ape #cryptozoology #florida myths #ochopee #skunk ape headquarters #david shealy

[hellsite-hungergames]

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