Legend of the Skunk
Ape has ties to the Suncoast
Reported
by: Josh Taylor
For years, there have been rumors and reported sightings of
an unknown mysterious creature lurking in the woods and wetlands of Florida.
The legend only grew with photos sent to our local sheriff's office more than a
decade ago.
Most people know the names Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti. But in Florida, the human-like hair-covered creature has also been called the Skunk Ape. The National Parks Service says it is only a myth. However, sightings date all the way back to Native Americans.
Today the legend is fiction for most and fact for a few. And down the Tamiami Trail, deep into the Florida Everglades, is a man who says there is even more proof.
"I am the expert; the state and county expert on the Florida Skunk Ape, and have been for years." Dave Shealy runs what's he calls the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters in Ochopee. It doubles as a roadside attraction where you can check out snakes, buy a t-shirt, and hear one whopper of a tale. "In July 2000, I took these photographs. We have between 7 and 9 of these things that live in the Big Cypress Preserve."
Most people know the names Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti. But in Florida, the human-like hair-covered creature has also been called the Skunk Ape. The National Parks Service says it is only a myth. However, sightings date all the way back to Native Americans.
Today the legend is fiction for most and fact for a few. And down the Tamiami Trail, deep into the Florida Everglades, is a man who says there is even more proof.
"I am the expert; the state and county expert on the Florida Skunk Ape, and have been for years." Dave Shealy runs what's he calls the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters in Ochopee. It doubles as a roadside attraction where you can check out snakes, buy a t-shirt, and hear one whopper of a tale. "In July 2000, I took these photographs. We have between 7 and 9 of these things that live in the Big Cypress Preserve."
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New Species Of Fish
Discovered In Sweden: Reticulated Dragonet
by Underwatertimes.com News Service
GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- Reticulated dragonet have been found
in Väderöarna – "Weather Islands" – off the west coast of Sweden. It
is not often that a new species of fish is discovered in Sweden.Lars-Ove Loo is
the underwater photographer who has captured the fish on film. He saw it while
making an inventory ahead of the creation of a new nature reserve in the
islands. This was in August 2010, 19 meters below the surface of the sea south
of Lyngö in the southern Väderöarna (58° 32.554' N, 11° 05.373' E).
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