Conners_76 said:
As for the Skunk Ape photos, I find them, on a purely instinctive basis, woefully unconvincing. They are far, far more likely to show an individual in an elaborate ape / orang utan costume than a genuine cryptid. Why did the photographer not take other shots to provide context? Why didn't she continue to take shots as it fled into the forest?
Why on earth has a huge, yeti-like creature gone undetected when it visits Florida residents in their own backyards?!
If it's an alien old-world ape, why does it so resemble the character from Bigfoot and the Hendersons rather than animals we can easily identify, like orang utans?
I don't this to sound bombastic, but these photos are not, IMHO, worthy of serious consideration.
Conners, like Torgos said the woman that took the pics thought that the creature in her garden was an orangutang and the only reason she reported it was because she felt it could pose a danger to her grand children, also the 2 pictures where only taken as she felt threatend when she realised it was so close, she only took the pictures cos she heard a rustling in the bushes and when the flash went off she was startled to see it was so close. Note: If it is a fake the fakers got the face expression down to a tee as a nature expert commented on how this would be the exact expression shed expect form an ape in this situation.
I wouldnt say it visits people in their own back yards but it seems to have done so in this one occasion but i doubt it was a very urban area, you will probably find she lives out in the boonies somewhere with the everglades close to her house. I also dont think it is unusual to consider the possibility of a large creature visiting peoples gardens without notice. I talked to my GFs father once who told me he always wondered what was destroying his flowers and going thru his trash, he thought it may be a racoon but one night as he watched tv he turned his porch light on to see a huge brown bear going thru his bins, now if a bear, which i would probably say would make more noise than an ape, can go undetected then why not this creature? There have been probably 100's of people reported seeing a Bigfoot/Skunk ape in their garden or peeping thru their windows so its not as if this case with the photos is entirely unique, the only difference here is that the woman managed to take a photograph, youd think there would be more photographs if there was such a large volume of sightings but ask yourself this, how many times have you seen something and wished you had a camera? Do you really have a camera handy all the time? and how many of us actually carry a camera everywhere we go?
also your comment about "why does it so resemble the character from Bigfoot and the Hendersons rather than animals we can easily identify, like orang utans?"
Well its obvious that the makers of the movie BFATH considered eye witness reports of what the creature looks like and its not exactly a trade secret what we all think and know what a creature like this (if it did exist) would look like.
You also said why does it not look like an Orang, well goto the link i added above with the actual pictures and scroll down, you will see a picture where loren compairs it to an Orang and if you ask me it looks like one.
Conners_76 said:
Tang, you asked how we could find one; we hit
http://www.gcbro.com and search through reports that seem ¹believable and ²frequent. That would significantly boost the odds of locating and acquiring our objective.
Ill need to check that out, i suggest that if we do decide to undertake an expo to see what we can find we should build up a very maticulous game plan, well need to study these believable sightings and come up with ideas on how to best get a glimpse of one of these things. Well need to talk about it later perhaps when you get your net set up better so we can do voice. It seems it would be a wasted oppertunity for both of us not to persue this idea as we both live relativly close to each other and hey even if we dont get to see one of these babys im pretty sure wed have some giggles in the process.