Dave looks to be in his late fifties, with a shaved head and a thin white beard. His skin is tanned leather cured from decades under the Florida sun; it cracks and wrinkles around his neck and eyes. Dave is showing me his reptile collection. It is an eclectic mix: in addition to four fully grown gators, he has a batch of baby alligators in a tank, along with an impressive collection of snakes, including several Burmese pythons. But it is not snakes or alligators that Dave Shealy is known for. His name is synonymous with one thing: the Skunk Ape.