Comments on: New Skunk Ape Sighting

By: scmarlowe

scmarlowe — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:20:39 +0000

skunkape_hunter, there are a number of people who are approaching me with the idea of forming a Central Florida cryptozoological club or society here.

You are also quite welcome to join Pangea Institute and get involved in our research projects.

Just go to the Pangea Institute website and drop me an e-mail so I can get in touch with you. I don’t post my e-mail address on boards or forums because of the spammers, but you could also request it from Craig or Loren.

By: skunkape_hunter

skunkape_hunter — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:53:33 +0000

I live in the Green Swamp, and would like to know if there is anyone to get in touch with down here about possible investigations. Or to clarify that a bit more, maybe becoming an investigator ? I have been researching this on my own for years, since my own encounter.

By: longrifle48

longrifle48 — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:24:24 +0000

All I want to know is this. Was Benny wearing his rambo camoflauge and carrying that machete? That sight alone prolly scared that swamp ape half to death!

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 06:06:49 +0000

even though he may not have noticed any white around the eyes, the fact that they were red is awesome. I remember reading about the sightings recently in maryland and new jersey, around the pine forest, the state troopers said that the creature they saw had red eyes. One person recounted a hunting trip in the mid ’80s where he startled one and he said that the main thing that scared him was the red eyes, though I think its size would have gotten to me first.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:40:29 +0000

Comments, folks, not conversations. This is not a forum, an email exchange location, or a chatroom. Go private with these “talks” or watch your “comments” be deleted right after you post any more of these hostile emails.

Thank you for your cooperation.

By: scmarlowe

scmarlowe — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:44:35 +0000

J-Foisy, I’m not bothered by “professional conversations” and welcome them. Some people here DO understand the procedures of the scientific method.

What I do object to are those who behave in an unprofessional way, shoot the messenger, and let their commentary degenerate into personal attacks and degradative statements — in some cases, down right misrepresentations.

By: J-Foisy

J-Foisy — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:02:41 +0000

Not everyone needs “instant gratification”. Some of us are trying to discuss topics and throw out ideas. I for one am sorry if you have been upset by anything that I have written. Not everyone is trying to tell you what to do in your investigations some of us are only trying to have professional conversations.

By: Tim Cullen

Tim Cullen — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:53:41 +0000

Ah! Now the source is listed. It wasn’t as of yesterday. Much better, Mr. Marlowe.

By: scmarlowe

scmarlowe — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:45:53 +0000

DWA, as I’ve stated previously but has evidently been ignored by others, I’m not saying that ALL sightings here in Florida are one way or the other.

Indeed some sightings, including my own in 1975, bear a closer resemblance to a sasquatch (albeit less husky, more muscular and shorter than what appears to be typical in other parts of the country) and a significant number of sightings primarily along the Gulf Coast that more closely resemble the animal seen by Jennifer Ward and drawn by Matt Ellis.

My students have assisted in compiling a database of sightings (as noted by Tim) from a variety of sources. The database is not complete (we are in the process of geocoding and completing entries) and checking out the reliability of reported encounters with field studies sanctioned by the college I work with. The most recent field study was in the Ochopee area due to the concentration of sightings there. Our findings are posted in a report on the Pangea Institute website as are the results of our November study in the Green Swamp (which merits on-going research owing to the apparent authenticity of the finds).

Obviously, work of this kind can not generate the instant gratification that is being demanded by some here. Clearly, my postings here are an attempt to present preliminary findings and ideas and subject them to “peer review” as the scientific method requires. It would be unrealistic to expect everyone to agree with these concepts nor that our findings aren’t subject to change as new information discovered or becomes available. That’s science in action.

By: DWA

DWA — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:20:13 +0000

All we have to go on now is what people see, as no species have been verified by science yet. And based on what I’ve heard, what people see in FL looks different from what people elsewhere are seeing, in pretty consistent ways.

Based, once again, on what I’ve heard. And nothing else. And until we have species ID on one or more of these critters that’s all there is, right, what people have seen? and heard?