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| - History: In the Florida Everglades, a mysterious unknown creature has been living there and has been sighted by several people. The sightings started in the late 1960s or early 1970s, and the most occurred during the fall of 1974 in suburban neighborhoods in Dade County. Another sighting was by tour guide John Vickers, who claims that in July of 1997, a creature standing on its hind legs crossed at the road in front of them, and five other people on the bus saw it as well. That same week, Jan Brack, a real estate agent saw a strange creature crossed the road in front of her car, and she has no idea what she saw, and her neighbor, Vince Door, who came down the same road a few minutes later, saw the same creature that Jan saw and he actually took a picture of it. Then, in September of 1998,
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| - History: In the Florida Everglades, a mysterious unknown creature has been living there and has been sighted by several people. The sightings started in the late 1960s or early 1970s, and the most occurred during the fall of 1974 in suburban neighborhoods in Dade County. Another sighting was by tour guide John Vickers, who claims that in July of 1997, a creature standing on its hind legs crossed at the road in front of them, and five other people on the bus saw it as well. That same week, Jan Brack, a real estate agent saw a strange creature crossed the road in front of her car, and she has no idea what she saw, and her neighbor, Vince Door, who came down the same road a few minutes later, saw the same creature that Jan saw and he actually took a picture of it. Then, in September of 1998, David Shealy was in the swamp when he saw the creature coming towards him and he took over twenty pictures. David had actually begin searching for the creature in 1973 when he and his brother encountered the creature. The creature appears to be a creature similar to Bigfoot in that it looks similar to a large ape and walks on two legs similar to a human. The difference is that this creature smells like a skunk, which is why it is given the name "The Skunk Ape". Tracker T.L. Riggs was looking for the Skunk Ape when he located several hair samples on a broken tree branch. DNA tests at Trinity University in Texas showed that the hairs were not from a dog, cat, bear, chimpanzee, gorilla, human, or from any type of costume. Some believe that the hairs are actually from a Skunk Ape and that the testing done will prove what the creature actually is. Background: None Investigations: Loren Coleman has researched several of the Skunk Ape sightings, including the Myakka photographs. T.L. Riggs studied the footprints that were left by the Skunk Ape and determined that the creature weighed over 300 pounds. Extra Notes: The case was featured as a part of the April 9, 1999 episode. Results: Unresolved. In 2000, a woman in Florida photographed an animal that had apparently been stealing apples from a basket, that she believes is a Skunk Ape, possibly the first captured on film. However, the story could possibly have been a hoax because the woman has never came forward, but instead told her story through a letter that came with the photographs, which are nicknamed the Myakka photographs. Links: None
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