Episode 91: The Skunk Ape

Coming to you deep from Florida’s swamps and, well, wherever else it wants to be, is the Sunshine State’s favorite cryptid, the skunk ape: an extra smelly bigfoot who grew popular in the 1970s but, perhaps, has been around a lot longer than that. 

Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton

Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters 

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Brad Bertelli, “The Skunk Ape Lives. . .” The Florida Key News, 2016.

Elliot Weld, “The Truth Is. . .” The Key West Citizen, 2021. 

Patrick Connolly “Searching for Florida. . “ The Orlando Sentinel, 2021.

N/A, AP, “Man Wants To. . .” The Pensacola News 1971. 

Joseph Stromberg, “On The Trail. . .” Smithsonian Magazine, 2014. 

N/A, “Skunk Ape Could. . .” The Miami News, 1971.

Skunk Ape Research Headquarters, Atlas Obscura, 2009.

Kelly McClure, “The Skunk Ape. . .” The Lineup, 2016. 

Elliot Weld, “Opening the Skunk. . .” Florida Keys Free Press, 2021.

Samantha Neely, “This Florida Roadside. . .” The Naples Daily News, 2024.

Unknown Explorers, The Skunk Ape 

Paul Travis, “Skunk Ape’s Return. . .” The Fort Lauderdale News, 1973.

N/A, “Save The Skunk Ape,” The Palm Beach Post, 1974.  

Liz Hardway, “Do You Believe. . .” The North Port Sun, 2019.

Skunk Ape Info 

John Kenneth Muir, “Memory Bank: Bigfoot. . .”  Reflections on Film and Television, 2012. 

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