By Kathleen Laufenberg, DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER August 14, 2005
It’s big. It’s hairy. It stinks. It lurks in the woods - and it’s been spotted near Tate’s Hell.
It’s Florida’s own monster: the Skunk Ape, known in other parts of the world as Bigfoot, Yeti, the Abominable Snowman and Sasquatch.
True believers say the Skunk Ape is real (stop rolling your eyes!). Files at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirm that many people say they’ve seen one.
A few freethinkers hope to spot the legendary creature themselves this fall. That’s when Scott Marlowe - a manly man, unafraid to hike into the swamps during the wee hours, when alligators bellow and owls cry - leads an expedition in search of the Skunk Ape, somewhere in the wilds of Florida.
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