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The Skunk Ape or '''Florida Skunk Ape''' is a Hominid Cryptid said to inhabit the Southeastern United States ,1 particularly the Florida Everglades . It is named for its appearance and for the unpleasant odor that is said to accompany it. According to the United States National Park Service , the skunk ape exists only as a local myth.2 DESCRIPTION The Skunk Ape is said to be approximately 7 feet tall with red hair, similar in appearance to an Orangutan or Gorilla , and to reside in or around the Florida Everglades . MYAKKA PHOTOGRAPHS In 2000, two photographs of an ape, said to be the Skunk Ape, were taken anonymously and mailed to the Sarasota Sheriff's Department in Florida. They were accompanied by a letter from a woman claiming to have photographed the creature in the palmettos at the edge of her backyard. The photographer claimed that for three nights the ape had entered her yard to take apples from a bushel basket on her porch. She was convinced it was an escaped orangutan. The police were called to the house continuous times but when they arrived the 'Ape' was gone. The pictures have become known to Bigfoot enthusiasts as the "Myakka skunk ape photos".3 FURTHER READING
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