When the word “Bigfoot” is mentioned in conversation, for most people it prompts imagery of gigantic, bulky, eight to nine 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, woodedareas, 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. There is a very good reason for suggesting that the Skunk Ape is a distinctly different creature to that reported on the west coast. Predominantly, it’s the difference in height and bulk that suggest the Skunk Ape and Bigfoot just might not be one and the same. Admittedly, an argument could be made that the radical differences in the terrain, temperatures, and food supplies in both locations has led to the development of a smaller form of Bigfoot in the Florida region, but that essentially, both animals are one and the same.
Confounding the matter even more, however, there is the fact that some reports of the creature are more befitting a description of the mammoth Bigfoot, as will soon become clear. Although there is no firm consensus on what the Skunk Ape is – Bigfoot or something else of a related nature – there is no denying the rich and diverse body of reports that exists on the creature. It’s important to note that sightings of the Skunk Ape can’t be blamed on the current craze for Bigfoot that exists today. Reports of the hairy, upright animal are nothing new. They date back decades.
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