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Creature Feature 77- Something Stinky This Way Comes


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Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes look at cryptids and folklore from around the world using stories gathered from various sources. The same method is applied to these as the main episodes! So far, we're yet to have enough information to prove or disprove any of the creatures we've looked at!


This week we're looking at the Skunk Ape. A distant cousing to the Sasquatch from Episode 21, this creature lives in the Florida Everglades. A man called Dave Shealy is the expert on them and has devoted most of his life to finding evidence of them. There are plenty of eyewitness reports of this one too. It seems that this doesn't help though, because there isn't a huge amount of other evidence to back it up. What's the difference between a Sasquatch and a Skunk Ape? Who has seen it? What's the most famous piece of evidence? Listen in to find out!



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References:-

Oliver, Mark. “Skunk Ape: Untangling The Truth About Florida’s Version Of Bigfoot.” All That’s Interesting, All That’s Interesting, 17 July 2022, https://allthatsinteresting.com/florida-skunk-ape

Saucier, Ben. “Florida’s Bigfoot: The Legend of the Skunk Ape — Countere Magazine.” Countere Magazine, Countere Magazine, 17 Sept. 2021, https://www.countere.com/home/floridas-bigfoot-everglades-dave-shealy-legend-of-the-skunk-ape

Stromberg, Joseph. “On the Trail of Florida’s Bigfoot—the Skunk Ape | Smithsonian.” Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2014, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/trail-floridas-bigfoot-skunk-ape-180949981/

   

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