Skunk Ape

Origin and tradition

The Skunk Ape is a modern cryptid associated with Florida's swamps and an unusually strong smell. Reports are commonly compared with Bigfoot. A local cryptid identity should not be presented as a documented Seminole belief without a community source.

Illustration in this atlas

A bipedal primate covered in matted, dark orange or black hair, with a horrific, sulfurous stench from living in stagnant cypress swamps.

References and further reading

1. en.wikipedia.org — Skunk ape

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.