| THE SKUNK APE LETTER That accompanied the famous Skunk Ape pictures sent to the Sarasota Sheriffs Department |
Dear Sir or Madam:
Enclosed please find some pictures I took in late September or early Oct.2000. My husband says he thinks it
is an orangutan. Is someone missing an orangutan? It is hard to judge from the photos how big this orangutan
really is. It is in a crouching position in the middle of standing up from where it was sitting. It froze as soon as
the flash sent off. I didn't even see it as I took the first picture because it was dark. As soon as the flash sent
off for the second time it stood up and started to move. I then heard the orangutan walk off into the bushes.
From where I was standing, I judge it as being six and half to seven feet tall in a kneeling position. As soon as I
realized how close it was I got back to the house. It had an awful smell that lasted well after it left my yard. The
orangutan was making deep "woomp" noises. It sounded much father away then it turned out to be. If I had
known it was this close to the hedge roll as it was I wouldn't have walked up so close as I did. I'm a senior
citizen and if this animal had come out of the hedge roll after me there wasn't a thing I could do about it. I was
about ten foot away from it when it stood up. I'm concerned because my grandchildren like to come down and
explore in my back yard. An animal this big could hurt someone seriously. For two nights prior, it had been
taking apples that my daughter brought down from up north, off our back porch. These pictures were taken
on the third night it raided my apples. It only came back one more night after that and took some apples my
husband had left out in order to get a better look at it. We left four apples. I cut them in half. The orangutan
only took the whole apples. We didn't see it take them. We waited up eventually had to go to bed. We got a
dog back there now and as far as we can tell the orangutan hasn't come back.
Please find out where this animal came from and who it belongs to. It shouldn't be loose like this, someone will
get hurt. I called a friend that used to work with animal control back up north and he told us to call the police.
I don't want to fuss or people with guns traipsing around behind our house. We live near I 75 and I'm afraid
this orangutan could cause a serious accident if someone hit it. I once hit a deer that wasn't a quarter of the
size of this animal and totalled my car. At the very least this animal belongs in a place like Bush Gardens
where it can be looked after properly. Why haven't people been told that an animal this size is loose? How
are people to know how dangerous this could be? IF i had known an animal like this was loose I wouldn't have
approached it. I saw on the news that monkeys that get loose can carry Hepatitis and are very dangerous.
Please look after this situation. I don't want my backyard to turn into someone else's circus.
God Bless
I prefer to remain anonymous.
This is one of the pictures that was sent in by lady.
Enclosed please find some pictures I took in late September or early Oct.2000. My husband says he thinks it
is an orangutan. Is someone missing an orangutan? It is hard to judge from the photos how big this orangutan
really is. It is in a crouching position in the middle of standing up from where it was sitting. It froze as soon as
the flash sent off. I didn't even see it as I took the first picture because it was dark. As soon as the flash sent
off for the second time it stood up and started to move. I then heard the orangutan walk off into the bushes.
From where I was standing, I judge it as being six and half to seven feet tall in a kneeling position. As soon as I
realized how close it was I got back to the house. It had an awful smell that lasted well after it left my yard. The
orangutan was making deep "woomp" noises. It sounded much father away then it turned out to be. If I had
known it was this close to the hedge roll as it was I wouldn't have walked up so close as I did. I'm a senior
citizen and if this animal had come out of the hedge roll after me there wasn't a thing I could do about it. I was
about ten foot away from it when it stood up. I'm concerned because my grandchildren like to come down and
explore in my back yard. An animal this big could hurt someone seriously. For two nights prior, it had been
taking apples that my daughter brought down from up north, off our back porch. These pictures were taken
on the third night it raided my apples. It only came back one more night after that and took some apples my
husband had left out in order to get a better look at it. We left four apples. I cut them in half. The orangutan
only took the whole apples. We didn't see it take them. We waited up eventually had to go to bed. We got a
dog back there now and as far as we can tell the orangutan hasn't come back.
Please find out where this animal came from and who it belongs to. It shouldn't be loose like this, someone will
get hurt. I called a friend that used to work with animal control back up north and he told us to call the police.
I don't want to fuss or people with guns traipsing around behind our house. We live near I 75 and I'm afraid
this orangutan could cause a serious accident if someone hit it. I once hit a deer that wasn't a quarter of the
size of this animal and totalled my car. At the very least this animal belongs in a place like Bush Gardens
where it can be looked after properly. Why haven't people been told that an animal this size is loose? How
are people to know how dangerous this could be? IF i had known an animal like this was loose I wouldn't have
approached it. I saw on the news that monkeys that get loose can carry Hepatitis and are very dangerous.
Please look after this situation. I don't want my backyard to turn into someone else's circus.
God Bless
I prefer to remain anonymous.
This is one of the pictures that was sent in by lady.
Pictures of Myakka Skunk Ape
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Dear Sir or Madam:
Enclosed please find some pictures I took in late September or early Oct.2000. My husband says he thinks it
is an orangutan. Is someone missing an orangutan? It is hard to judge from the photos how big this orangutan
really is. It is in a crouching position in the middle of standing up from where it was sitting. It froze as soon as
the flash sent off. I didn't even see it as I took the first picture because it was dark. As soon as the flash sent
off for the second time it stood up and started to move. I then heard the orangutan walk off into the bushes.
From where I was standing, I judge it as being six and half to seven feet tall in a kneeling position. As soon as I
realized how close it was I got back to the house. It had an awful smell that lasted well after it left my yard. The
orangutan was making deep "woomp" noises. It sounded much father away then it turned out to be. If I had
known it was this close to the hedge roll as it was I wouldn't have walked up so close as I did. I'm a senior
citizen and if this animal had come out of the hedge roll after me there wasn't a thing I could do about it. I was
about ten foot away from it when it stood up. I'm concerned because my grandchildren like to come down and
explore in my back yard. An animal this big could hurt someone seriously. For two nights prior, it had been
taking apples that my daughter brought down from up north, off our back porch. These pictures were taken
on the third night it raided my apples. It only came back one more night after that and took some apples my
husband had left out in order to get a better look at it. We left four apples. I cut them in half. The orangutan
only took the whole apples. We didn't see it take them. We waited up eventually had to go to bed. We got a
dog back there now and as far as we can tell the orangutan hasn't come back.
Please find out where this animal came from and who it belongs to. It shouldn't be loose like this, someone will
get hurt. I called a friend that used to work with animal control back up north and he told us to call the police.
I don't want to fuss or people with guns traipsing around behind our house. We live near I 75 and I'm afraid
this orangutan could cause a serious accident if someone hit it. I once hit a deer that wasn't a quarter of the
size of this animal and totalled my car. At the very least this animal belongs in a place like Bush Gardens
where it can be looked after properly. Why haven't people been told that an animal this size is loose? How
are people to know how dangerous this could be?
God Bless
I prefer to remain anonymous.
Enclosed please find some pictures I took in late September or early Oct.2000. My husband says he thinks it
is an orangutan. Is someone missing an orangutan? It is hard to judge from the photos how big this orangutan
really is. It is in a crouching position in the middle of standing up from where it was sitting. It froze as soon as
the flash sent off. I didn't even see it as I took the first picture because it was dark. As soon as the flash sent
off for the second time it stood up and started to move. I then heard the orangutan walk off into the bushes.
From where I was standing, I judge it as being six and half to seven feet tall in a kneeling position. As soon as I
realized how close it was I got back to the house. It had an awful smell that lasted well after it left my yard. The
orangutan was making deep "woomp" noises. It sounded much father away then it turned out to be. If I had
known it was this close to the hedge roll as it was I wouldn't have walked up so close as I did. I'm a senior
citizen and if this animal had come out of the hedge roll after me there wasn't a thing I could do about it. I was
about ten foot away from it when it stood up. I'm concerned because my grandchildren like to come down and
explore in my back yard. An animal this big could hurt someone seriously. For two nights prior, it had been
taking apples that my daughter brought down from up north, off our back porch. These pictures were taken
on the third night it raided my apples. It only came back one more night after that and took some apples my
husband had left out in order to get a better look at it. We left four apples. I cut them in half. The orangutan
only took the whole apples. We didn't see it take them. We waited up eventually had to go to bed. We got a
dog back there now and as far as we can tell the orangutan hasn't come back.
Please find out where this animal came from and who it belongs to. It shouldn't be loose like this, someone will
get hurt. I called a friend that used to work with animal control back up north and he told us to call the police.
I don't want to fuss or people with guns traipsing around behind our house. We live near I 75 and I'm afraid
this orangutan could cause a serious accident if someone hit it. I once hit a deer that wasn't a quarter of the
size of this animal and totalled my car. At the very least this animal belongs in a place like Bush Gardens
where it can be looked after properly. Why haven't people been told that an animal this size is loose? How
are people to know how dangerous this could be?
God Bless
I prefer to remain anonymous.