From Smithsonian.com's story on Dave Shealy, Florida's self-proclaimed skunk ape expert: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/trail-floridas-bigfoot-skunk-ape-180949981/
Idk if it's fake or not but just saying, this creature is flying through sawgrass swamps. A man in a suit would be weighed down from the water, and exhausted from humidity. Not to mention this thing is well above the grass line
I have an unbelievably small penis, but Never seen a bear run like that, plus it doesn’t have the roundness of a bear nor the head of one so I’m gonna say it’s either some dude in a gorilla suit, which is far more likely or its a legit sighting of a skunk ape
@@hzlink looks more like a costume for sure and I've had the real ones 30 feet away from me, this one walks like a human and it's looking dumb, sasquatches don't walk dumbly they walk like their going somewhere. You won't just find them wandering dumbfounded in an open muskeg that's for sure.
First off it was 20 years ago. Phone cams sucked, 2nd, how many of you leaving comments live in fl or have walked through our saw grass swamps?? 3rd. How many of you could walk that fast through it if you ever had?.. at one point it looks to be gliding through it. . I live here born and raised. And it ain't no easy task to walk through it as this thing is so effortlessly. Humans would have to stop and rest, and look for hidden dangers as we walk.
Seems like few people have noticed that gliding motion. To me, that's the KEY to this footage being so incredible, as many witnesses have testified to these creatures sometimes walking with a movement not unlike cross country skiers. Very unusual. There's at least 2 spots in this footage where the thing DEFINITELY glides for a moment. I downloaded the video and slowed it down in Adobe Premiere and there are definitely some frames where the creature is totally just gliding in place...so weird...must be it's joints and the way it's toes work or something that allow it to move like this.
Everyone is a skeptic because it’s cooler to be one. Can you imagine how ridiculed you’ll be if you admit to believing in a creature that is mainly nocturnal, that keeps to itself and lives in the forest. Nawww man. Everything lives in the big city. That’s where we’ve discovered countless new species. In the big city. All those animals like the Tasmanian tiger that people keep seeing? He drives for uber
Whoever shot this original footage should go back to the same location, and film a human being running the same exact route, at a considerably similar distance, and let’s count the seconds it takes to cover the same amount of ground as a community.
Yeah cuz the creature actually doesn’t realize he’s being observed until halfway thus it looks like half loop until he realizes what’s going on and books it
@@whysoserious2869 Impossible for a human being to move that quickly, firstly. Second, the size comparison of the human was smaller. I'm from Florida & this was in local news (the original videos of skunk ape). Don't recall who tested it, whether news or other locals, but it was conclusive that what is shown cannot just be a man in an ape suit. By far the biggest thing they determined was how even for a very large, tall, & powerful man just walking through that glade (Florida Everglades swamp grass) was overly difficult. You've got 12-18 inches of water, muck instead of solid ground, sharp thick grass, 90° heat with 95% humidity, & physical exertion of an Olympic athlete - impossible for a man, even in physical condition. I've walked those swamps, not exactly there but the same grasslands & glade types. It's exhausting after 30 seconds. First, you've gotta wear waders which makes movement more difficult (and this video was 30 years ago, so materials were much heavier). Next, every step is like picking your foot up out of wet cement or thick mud. Third, just go walk around in water that's knee high or higher, you'll understand.
FOR those people THAT DON'T belive that Dave Shellys SkunkApe picture. Is NOT REAL. Come on down and find out for YOUR selfs. I've lived in Florida all MY life And there defently REAL. I've had 4 sightings MY Self And they scared THE Heck out of me WHILE i was hunting and camping.. Believe me they are REALLY REAL..
Anyone else find it strange that this guy appears, not only to walk along the tree line in view and, perhaps, it seems, in a virtual circle or half circle, around the person handling the video cam?
To me this just doesn't look real is that how they walk cause it walks just like a human an why isn't it afraid of the guy filming very suspicious looking
I've been to FL many times and open fields like that with saw grass is very tough terrain to trek through. that thing is just cruising through it no problem.
Completely agree. I think this is some of the best footage I've ever seen. I know it's easy to write if off at first for some, but if you really think about it, the way you put it, it's just as unbelievable that a man in a suit could pull maneuvering a swamp like that, and this is not a CGI video. It's either a man in a suit or a man-looking creature. Given that a man would struggle to make movements like that (especially some of those GLIDES...WTF kind of movement is that?! I've NEVER seen anything move like that), and it fits the description of many eyewitness testimonies who say that the sasquatch sometimes move like cross country skiers. when I see this video, I now know completely what people are talking about when they say how these creatures can all of the sudden move really fast. Some people have speculated they have feet and leg joints that allow them to move faster than us. Whatever it is, I think this video is the real deal.
The more I watch it and examine it by replaying and replayin certain times of the video that really gets my attention and slowing it down, taking stills and zooming in. I really start to get an eerie feelin about this thing. Very strange and creepy
me too, its called over analysing ever heard of motivated perception? no? its when you see what you want to see even if what you see is something else entirely..........like that face on mars, remember that?
@@MrMoralHighground I know what your saying but no that’s not the reason why. There’s been many other things that’s I’ve analyzed and just like this and thought the opposite. It seems authentic to me.
Anyone familiar with this marsh knows how soft the ground is yet this creature flies thru it as if on solid ground. To pull your foot out of the muck and at that speed no NO man has the leg strength to do this!
Kevin Merendino I agree I couldn’t walk or run that fast In swamp muck like what is located around Florida swampy marsh areas. Hell I have a new 4wd atv lifted with mud tires and couldn’t drive my atv as fast as this thing was casually walking
No doubt a Bigfoot has a gliding motion when it walks this person is clear bobbin up and down even with the unsteady cam operator you can see the Bob an there's a few other characteristics that are human
@@kingong4185 I converted this video to sequences of still images for analysis, enabling full data parallelism and vast reductions in data storage and computation. Also, Vaccinate your kids.
From 2:04 - 2:08 that's some extremely unusual looking motion...almost looks like it's gliding/hovering through its steps for a few moments there. Strange.
That actually matches several descriptions of sasquatch locomotion that I’ve heard. Many people describe them as almost seeming to glide or float along when their view of the legs is obstructed.
Max Dembo that does not make sense... if it was struggling wouldn’t it be moving slower? A human would not a have a stride like that and move so agile if they were struggling
@Devon Bustard For sure. I know the swamps of Southern Florida. NO MAN, and NO WOMAN, can just prance around in swamp sawgrass like that, let alone glide/float?! Oh no. One of my best friends with whom I'm in contact with frequently lives right near the everglades. He says everyone knows about the "Swamp Ape" down there, and he has confirmed with this video that normal humans cannot and WOULD DARE NOT run through spots like that: loaded with snakes, alligators, mosquitos, difficult terrain, nope. If this is a hoax, it's a Skunk Ape wearing a Skunk Ape costume.
The only thing I can point to that's odd is the fact that he said he runs a deer hunting operation and he was looking for this big buck that has been seen before. As a deer hunter, we dont go out in the middle of a hot ass afternoon in July. Why? Because deer feel the heat too. Also a bucks antlers don't reach full growth until September. So either he doesn't have a clue about hunting and saw a skunk ape, or he found a reason to place himself there to film a suited man.
it is based on business "skunk ape research center". he was the guy to actively market it and spend the money. thus its his property the marketing of it The huge cougar out front cost thousands as did the wood skunk ape statue inside. I told him "did you know down the road they are selling skunk ape shirts?" IT CAUSED A FIRESTORM for the area. the suit was bought barely a few miles away in naples thats dave brother in suit. its the joke of the area. I even asked him what is hot spot? to see what he would say. he said "right across the highway its HEAVY with skunk apes!" note ALL skunk apes are within HALF A MILE OF HIS PLACE. It causes no harm to divulge this. he is running a business and not one out of a thousand tourists per day would have any idea or care about the truth---just another roadside tourist trap. the other people in various videos "yep saw one here getting kids ready for school and he walked up "I stared then we had a mind connection and he walked off that is all I know" ALL of those videos are within a couple miles of his shop local hillbillies in on it. after all they know "no harm is being done" and we are giving entertainment to the public for what they want to make their everglades experience as good as possible" for some spots like bigfoot in which the japanese come over on busses "this is the bigfoot area" bus drives along and they have a guy down there in stupid suit that has to wake up each hour to go over and "rip off branches and throw logs" while the Japaneses go 'wow best $300 I ever spent" me say aw so will send all relatives over
japanese dont tip but they will pay $500 for a guaranteed view of a bigfoot which they think are running all over. for another $250 they get interview with bigfoot.
When it runs, notice how smooth the head remains. Not a lot of bouncing. Considering the terrain, I don't see how a human could do it without some type of assistance.
That's odd, because the way the head moves up and down, rather than stay smooth, is supposed to be totally convincing BF evidence in the Freeman footage. People see what they want to see. But, as Galileo didn’t quite say, it ain’t necessarily so.
Pay attention to how much ground it covers when it leaves the tree line at 1:45. Also, look how fast and smooth it moves starting at about 2:05. A human being can not do that. Many Sasquatch eye witnesses claim that they seem to glide across the ground when they run.
Yes we can actually, plus the tall grass makes it difficult to see how much ground this dude actually covers, I say dude cuz this us obviously a guy in a costume
@@Fabian6980 That's not marshland in the video, it's dry ground with tall grass which any man or woman can run that fast in a ape suit. You want to see real bigfoot running up a hillside that no tall human can do then see Todd Standing's documentary "Discovering Bigfoot" video 3... there's no way a 7 foot tall man in a ape suit could run 40 feet up a steep hillside in 4 seconds which Todd who is 6'3" tried to do it with no ape suit and failed.
Don’t know if real or not but let me just say this, whatever or whoever this thing is, is covering a lot of ground by just walking through thick ass swamp brush it has to have a large stride and a good amount of strength to move like that through all of that marsh land.
If THAT is a hoax. Then why does it walk so fast. Then again if you haven't seen a SkunkApe of live in Florida then How do you know. I live in Florida. And I've had 4 sightings. And it looks REAL too ME. And i DON'T THINK THAT Dave would hoax anything. Specialy a SkunkApe.
@@eypick6987 never had TO. Unless walking fast from a pittbull. Then yes i have. But i know Steve down in the everglades. I'M sure that the SkunkApes he filmed were REAL. Because i was chased by them while hunting for Deer down in the Everglades. I DON'T hunt there no more. I go too Georgia to hunt now. Bigger deer and don't have too look out the back of my head. Ha Ha Ha
I’ve walked thru that marsh in the Everglades theres no way you can run that fast through it especially in a suit not only do you have to step through Pete moss a suit would get caught up in the saw grass
@@rudypintado4267 yes I've done alot of hunting there. And yes it's verry hard too walk in the swamp and the marsh. And they say the SkunkApe is not REAL. I say B.S. on THAT. I've been chased TOO my TRUCK from these creachers. I DON'T hunt there no more. Plus my wife has HEART problems now.. So i just stay around her for now unless we go camping in Myakka state park. But have seen them creachers there also. But being a country boy i love the woods..
A costume like this would be hot, heavy, and even heavier soaked in the mud it's easily cruising through at impressive speed. Even an athlete would have a difficult time with the weight, muck, heat, and humidity. I'm sold.
I think the running alone proves this real. That’s some thick ass marsh you have to go through. If it’s a guy in a suit or something, he must have the strongest lower body in the history of anyone. That shit weighs you DOWN. You couldn’t run even if you tried. If anything you’d just awkwardly hop from foot to foot
Just the thought of that people like you are allowed to own guns and drive cars gives me the chills. The only proof you need to believe this is a big skunkfoot is the running. I'm amazed by the people believeing all these kinds of beasts... you need so very little to believe in the most outrageous things. I could never! Perhaps when I was a child I could have had that kind of imagination
@@MattBiden I'm not american, thank god, but in my opinion Trump was the best president you've had the last 60 years. But you fucked it up and voted senile Joe to be in charge instead.
Illusions to illusions. We were told that this was marsh, but not the season, weather or anything else about it. Also, we don't know how far away that skunk ape is from the camera. It could not be marsh at all.
Even if it could just be a guy in a costume, it's very chilling. The home video quality makes it feel like lost footage or a snuff film or something, and the lack of audio only makes it creepier. Also scares me how close it gets to the cameraman and the fact it's in the middle of nowhere.
Wow... this is so crazy. I was just listening to a bigfoot encounter on Sasquatch Chronicles and the man that saw the sasquatch said "It looked like it was gliding on ice" as it walked on the sand. I didn't really understand what he meant but now I do. I think this one is the first real bigfoot video I've come across.
The only thing that takes a few genuine points away from the ones I gave him for throwing the log 40 or so feet is the fact he didn't run straight into the woods when noticing camera man's presence. Instead he kinda takes a walk around the wood line like he is the ish with a little pimp walk. They are so evasive and hard to catch on camera that I find it hard to believe he/she didn't smell/hear them coming from a mile away much less dissapear
Very convincing. The stride length, height,arm swings and when that sucker took off!Wow that speed! No implements like walking sticks or tripping up. I have hunted marshes for years. Bunch grass,soft ground. Even when the walking is good, its slow. I think its the real deal.
In 1998 Dave Shealy was interviewed on unsolved mysteries and they sent samples to be tested and the results came back inconclusive. So....who knows....
You're mixing up a couple different things. In 1998, Dave Shealy took photos (which most people believe to be part of the same hoax) and gave them to archaeologist Bob Carr to investigate. Carr claims the photos do not match the posture or movement of a human, though since they are still shots, it's not clear how he could make that determination. More to the point, it's not at all clear why anyone would think an archaeologist would be an expert on human posture and gait. The hair samples you are referencing are probably the ones allegedly of Bigfoot sent to the FBI, which turned out to be deer hair. But it could be anything, because people have been sending samples of alleged bigfoot hair to labs for decades. None of them show anything convincing, but it's possible some of them failed to be identified, since hair identification doesn't always succeed.
@Lloyd ummm...no. Fake fur would NOT come back as inconclusive if analyzed. The results would be a listing of the synthetic materials used to construct the imitation fur. Jeez. You don’t have to believe in these kinds of things but at least put some thought into your answers.
Those TV Shows and "Experts" who have not witnessed any of these beings are the last people that should be talking about this. Interview the actual people who have seen these things.
That thing is treading through some serious swamp grass. Grass is high, thick, and the soil muddy.. Considering how much higher its head is above the grass, it must be tall. Also, any man in a gorilla suit would be absolutely struggling to trek through that mud.
Not likely a cleared path. Look how he sways side to side slogging thru the muck as he walks. A man on a pre-cleared path would not be able to keep up a high speed fake walk like that. Sometimes it is the simplest solution. This man was out for a walk and a skunk-ape walked right by him. Isn’t the first time! And obviously, like many tribal peoples believe these are NOT apes! They are hairy people/ forest people. Just like we men have every possible combination of tall/short skinny/fat lanky pudgy etc. people have seen these wearing clothing! Baseball hats! So not all of these forest people are shaped like the rock. This dude looks more like a ‘regular guy’ bigfoot. No bigger than 7 foot? Just sayin’. There has been dna evidence! Scott Carpenter wrote the book.
At the start of the video the posture and swagger seem a bit off to be an ape type humanoid. But after the trees when it starts to run that seems a lot more feasible. I would imagine, much the same as other large ape species, the upper body strength and muscle mass is greater than humans and would cause a far reaching swing of the arms for momentum. Another thing that seems plausible is the speeding up upon sensing a human around. Many audio recordings of “Bigfoot” are the same even though the people are entirely unrelated. These calls cannot be faked by humans as the bones in the throats of certain apes like the howler monkey make it impossible for a human to imitate. The calls are very much a warning signal to others of their species that there is danger (humans) close by. The call types are not excitement (of a food source/prey etc) nor mating calls. This clearly demonstrates they are very afraid of humans. There are no reliable stories of people being attacked by these creatures. So the speeding up to a “trot” at the second half of the video makes sense. Pity there isn’t sound as I’d bet he’d be calling out a warning to the others
There's no solid evidence but the rock apes in Vietnam attacking and killing soldiers, or park rangers watching them pull deers apart with their own strength, people missing in the woods. I believe some are helpful to us and some plain do not like us due to our level of anger and violence or they're just hateful
20 years from now, we will eventually get a full CNN interview with the skunk ape. They will show him this video. I can picture him taking off his glasses, chuckling softly while remarking how young he used to look
I’m on the fence but it is important to adjust playback speed to 75%. The footage is sped up roughly 20% as is - confirmable by the time display in lower left.
Lynn Chandler I quite like Mr Thunker, but there are a few of his analyses which I feel aren't accurate although by-and-large I am behind him 97%. As far as I am aware, he hasn't looked at this footage is that right? So having said all of that I stick with my original view. Thanks.
Lynn Chandler I guess if the water there is knee deep it would be hard going from point A to B. I think what concerns me most about this footage is the fact that it stays out in the open ostensibly the whole way and not once seems to be perturbed by the camera person. It was shot a long time ago, perhaps there were fewer people out there for them to be concerned about back then and therefore it wasn't that worried. I have sent Mr Thunker loads of footage he hasn't seen before or at least hasn't showed up in the list of analysed footage, but I suppose he must have to be selective about which ones he reviews otherwise he may get snowed under with work. He has never analysed one of the Vids I have sent him to date even though at the time he stated that they were interesting (obviously not interesting enough). I stopped sending him Vids about 12 months ago. I am a trained biologist.
Lynn Chandler Well, you seeing them first hand is a completely different matter. I am not for a moment saying they don't exist. I feel there is enough anecdotal evidence collected now that those trying to refute their presence would struggle to do so as they would have tear down every piece of evidence presented and say where it came from if wasn't from those big hairy people. If people have seen them, had life altering experiences caused by that experience, I am more-or-less prepared to accept their testimony at face value. However if someone gives me a video to look at as evidence, I am generally more circumspect. I also feel rightly or wrongly that many people no matter how well intentioned are deluded (present company excluded) or at least so hung up on the facts as they see them that they have developed a mental illness that colours their outlook. Dan Shirley, Morrigans 10, Scott Carpenter, the Squatchmaster, Birdman 649 and reality ghost, just to name a few. It seems as though their is a lot of emotion invested in their beliefs about the hairy people and much of what they claim to see is wishful thinking I feel. Yes Biologist or no, people are restricted by their experiences, ideas and psychology. I was born in '59 so I am no spring chicken but more of a spring chicken than some I guess.
This is awesome footage on so many levels - not least of all, that the cameraman had the courage to keep filming, no matter what! The creature looks like it is circling the videographer to scare him off its patch. There could well be a family of Skunk Ape hidden in the treeline that it is trying to protect. My guess is that the Skunk Ape figured that its life was not at risk from the videographer, who may have been alone and unarmed. It would be interesting to learn more about the circumstances of this remarkable footage - one contributor researched the weather on that day, and it was 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
I sincerely hope this was real because either way it was some really awesome footage! I thought to myself it was real on account of how fast it was walking and then when it ran! I also want to say kudos to the person that shot the footage because at some point I would have run like a really big chicken! lol Unless, of course, if I was frozen with fear I would have possibly died from cardiac arrest.
First premiered on Unsolved mysteries I believe back in 2000, the guy who shot it said hed sit there up in a 10 foot or 15 foot stand for hours all day hoping to get footage and he finally did, its weird how I can't find much follow up on this like whats the analysis of it? I always found it convincing from the start myself.
@@danielhicks4826 I've seen this one too and don't know if they proved it real or not. I thought it looked very convincing and not because I'm a believer. Course, I'm not an expert so I can't say for sure. Unfortunately, a lot of people were saying it was fake because of the way it was walking in the open, not trying to conceal itself and other things. Shame if it's real and not getting proper credit. Ryan Pence in the comments made a very strong point. It would take a very strong man to walk through there like that, given the growth and conditions. He said it's never been debunked. Good news. I also thought about it running through there too. Very difficult.
2013-2020. I know there is a family of Skunk Apes living and hunting in NE Collier County, Florida. The state of Florida began restoring the Everglades (dry land to wetland). As a result the dry land animals moved north into the Big Cypress. Hunters and predators moved north with them. Skunk Apes (bigfoots) are here in Naples.
@@selfishstockton6123 People aren't necessarily skeptics on this subject. All anyone has to go by is stories and terrible video footage which very similar. The biggest problem is that we are aware new species of things get discovered all the time but these things been around forever and are gigantic. There would be some real footage or some carcass or some captured or some eveidence by now. If you can find hussein in a rat hole you can find a 9 foot tall gorilla in a wide open field.
I live in Florida and I remember when this video first came out back then. I remember watching it on my first computer. I remember all the people posting that it was a phony that it was a guy in a suit. This is Florida with very high heat and humidity and I worked outside all the time so I know what it can do to you...... I can't believe that this is somebody in a suit. You would fall from heat exhaustion in a matter of a very short time. Plus whatever this was it was running in over a foot of water. And at the speed it was running there was no way this was somebody in a suit
That's what they said about Bigfoot or Sasquatch...there real alright, too many eyewitnesses for it to be fake. There are other beings living amongst us. People just don't want to believe but that's ok, hopefully they never have an encounter.
The costumed characters at Disney world do 30 minutes on and 30 minutes off in AC because it gets hot in those suits! If someone was in a AC vehicle and went straight to walking for video, they would have been fine even in July for the time of this video! They'd be sweaty walking through sawgrass muck and need to get out of suit and into AC again after. There's definitely something I've seen something way too big to be a man walking in the woods up north and have smelled skunk ape in Florida. Florida woods are so thick you can be less than 30' from someone and not see them! A guy died in the woods behind my house and there were 30 deputies with, horses, quads, helicopters and drones and he wasn't found until the 8th day when vultures found his body! He died on day 3 in June from not having water! I searched the woods for the first 3 days since I know them well and saw no signs of him! He ended up being 200 yds behind my house. I even went out and yelled for him at night since I thought he'd have a better chance of hearing at night! There's a reason the Seminoles are an unconquered tribe, even the US Army couldn't find them in the FLA terrain! Something that doesn't want to be seen in Florida has a very good chance of surviving without being seen!
That could possibly be a bear, but my gut instinct tells me it’s not a bear. Bears can actually walk a considerable distance on two feet, and at a fairly fast pace. However, I’ve seen bears walk on two feet before, and bears don’t really move like that. That moves much more like an ape. One thing I know for certain. That’s not a man! There’s no man that moves like that through razor sharp sawgrass and mucky soil.
People complaining about the quality when it's clear as day what's there. Its called being out side. You hike several miles in the woods and see how steady your aim is.
Everyone is pointing out how 'easily & quickly' he moves through the tall grass. Has no one considered the possibility that a path was created through the grass, for a guy in a suit, before the video was made? The wet, marshy soil could have easily been covered by laying down some narrow strips of plywood. If that was done, the guy in the suit could easily walk or run. By the way, people with an advanced case of Parkinson's disease should never attempt to shoot video during an earthquake - unless you don't really want others to examine your footage! I'm not saying the video is real or fake. Just pointing out some ways that it COULD have been faked.
Have you ever even tried to zoom in on something with a camera while filming? It's gonna be SHAKING unless you're using a tripod. Especially cell phones but any camera I've used.
@@kingong4185 since when has something being illegal ever stopped people? Plus, if they laid down wood I'm sure they picked it back up when they were done shooting
Person behind hairy cover got some running skills, no doubt. To walk/run through dry grass almost up to its waist without tripping in a so steady pace as it almost glides yet never to stumble upon anything...wow Money really loves this guy Dave Shealy, I'll tell you what. Being able to find let alone pay these guys willing and capable to perform those walks really requires generous financial investments. Which had payed off for him I guess. He became not just famous. He is internet famous 👏. It's easy to make some green
I actually live in Florida and I have camped out in places like this before. I'm no expert but there ARE places where the ground is still very sturdy and would allow this type of running for more athletic people even with tall grass like this. I've run through stuff similar before and I didn't have to awkwardly jump from leg to leg. I am athletically inclined and have many memories of blazing through this kind of terrain for ctf and such. At the end of the day, however, I want to believe this is true lol.
I find it more amusing that so many people are trying to prove points based on an extremely blurry 2-minute video. Lots of assumptions being made about the ground condition where this supposed creature is passing through, which we can't see to confirm. I used to live in FL for a year. Just because it looks like it's in the middle of a swamp doesn't mean that it all is. You can find places with harder grounds or a path that's easier to walk. If a video like this is what it takes to prove a mythical creature, even a middle schooler can make a new discovery.
I'm listening to Dave on Will Jenvig's episode 48. He claims to have good footage of a skunk up under this title above. He's being asked to stabilize the footage, and Dave claims it is already clear footage. This video has more jerkiness and bluriness than the typical BF videos. It even has horizontal lines running done it vertically. However, unless the film speed was manipulated here, the creature is fast. However, the head is not down on the shoulders and chest like great apes. The arms are not even long. I've no idea what Dave filmed, but it doesn't resemble a skunk ape.
This looks like what i saw in Northern California when we crested a mountain during deer season!!!! I sware this shape and form is what i saw! He was crouching by some bushes and when we crested the hill i looked down and in the distance i saw on look at us stand up and run to heavy cover! I was accused of seeing a bear and other things . But years later I encountered another one in another area. And a couple years later had one pass by my camp where i was metal detecting . Even the fish n game in Redding has a room full of evidence in the back of the building!
@@peppersander2457 i have spoken to many outdoor folks in Northern California that have encountered them. Even Teddy Rosevelt wrote of seeing them while on a 3 month hunting trip out west.
@@peppersander2457 if you do a little history reading they are in there. There was a mine that was closed in the Mother Load region of California because of them. It seems one miner shot and killed one. Then the rest of the creatures took it away . Then attacked the mines cook house with everyone inside during lunch! They threw big rocks at the building for a good 20 minutes. And the roof started to give way. Some of the rocks were 20 pounds being thrown from in the Bush nearby. After that the mine closed. If you talk with the Paiute Indians on the back side of the Sierras just south of Tahoe they will tell you they have an agree with them. They stay out of each other's territory. And thus keep the peace. Northern California has the town of Bigfoot and it too is an Indian area. The town of Weed the folks around there see them all the time. Sightings get printed in the paper all the time. But try to order the paper. Try to get it on line.... it aint going to happen! They keep that info under tight control. I remember the marines in Vietnam some who were securing an outpost. They would come under attack by what they called "Rock apes" they were what is depicted all across Asia in their temples as ape like men with tails! I have been there and seen these huge murals that cover temple corridor walls depicting wars with men against the "ape men with tails" there has to be some truth to it. Even China when they got wind of this sighting sent a bunch of researchers to investigate the matters! Kind of like dragons. There are no more dragon sightings that i know of. But if you look at older Chinese pictures and history their kings had "dragon trainers" and these dragons were not small! I heard from a man in the mountains of Afghanistan that said his grandfather said these dragons live in the mountains and several people around his time had seen them. Living in caves and in the rocky areas. Africa is another place that harbors things we think are in the past. Russia also harbors mammoths. That is why Much of Siberia was closed for many many many years. When i was in Alaska people would regularly find tusks laying on the ground! Yes we have all been lied to for a long long time by the powers that be. Who only allow us to know what they want us to know. Like where did all the GIANTS (bones ) go? Lovelock Nevada had many many red haired giants unearthed. After a short while we heard no more about it and nobody knows where the government hid their bones! We hear this a lot from around the world governments trying to hide their existence. A couple years ago ALL museums closed for renovations and when they opened there were no more skulls of Giants. Not in any of them. Hmmmm very strange. Even Peru had a huge museum with rooms filled with their skulls of various shapes and sizes. They are no longer there and nobody seems to know where they went.
What makes this plausible to me is I’ve lived in Florida my whole life and what would anyone have to gain putting ona gorilla suit in July in the friggin everglades of all places where it feels like it’s 110 in that suit it’ll feel like 140. Idk if its worth it for shits and giggles
Well obviously a lot of idiots believe it and this guy has merchandise and shit so what's in it for him is money. I never underestimate the lengths people will go to make a quick buck. I mean, people in Disney World wear big bulky suits in Florida's summer heat for a paycheck every single day.
@@aidansplaguewind5113 The difference is night and day between Orlando and the Florida everglades, and I doubt this guy got loaded off it so it might as well have been for shits and giggles. Anyone who knows anything about those suits knows that they aren’t staying in their for long (20-30 mins. max) because the actors will pass out.
This thing runs like it doesn’t care about gators, snakes, nothing. There’s no way you do that psychologically, our consciousness prevents that kind of careless mobility. Unless the person was high, drunk, there’s no way you’re gliding through the Everglades like that.
I saw a film made by an American Indian in Wash State where some people could see the bigfoot through the trees and most couldn't. This person doesn't share it much as doesn't want money. After 10 minutes, I finally saw it. It was similar to one of those blotch pictures where you have to look past it to see the hidden design. The creature was diabolical looking more menacing than anything you can imagine. I didn't believe in that world until then. This Indian told me it was supernatural and now I know he's right. The real bigfoot is akin to a demon; it's not of this physical realm.
W W I don't think they're supernatural but they have a higher vibration than we do. They go to a different level where we can't see them but they don't actually disappear. Check out Ron Morehead. He has a lot of vids and audio recorded. On YT and his website. He talks of Quantum Bigfoot. And it's determined they have a language but that doesn't mean we can understand it. Seriously look him up. He lives in a small town about 25 miles from me called Sequim, WA on the Olympic Peninsula. He's a man of good character.
People are saying how he moves through wet lands too fast to be human. How do you know the land is wet? Palm trees usually grow on dry land. People see what they want to see! Where are the dead bodies?
That thing was clearly stalking the man taking this video. It was trying to encircle him comon tactics for pradators when they try to stall their prey. Glad he came out of there alive and uploaded this for us to watch.
Big Foot or Skink ape or what ever other name, is a spirit who can travel between the physical and spirit world. American Indians have have many names too, and some tribes have songs to call it to ceremony, I have witnessed this in person. They love red apples.
Excluding hoaxes, which I believe this video is - I have to agree that bigfoot/skunk-apes are spirit beings - demonic manifestations. This is why they can appear to a group of hikers, run behind a group of trees and disappear, only to reappear on the side of a hill 1/2 mile away in mere seconds. When people come in contact with them, they're usually terrified or become very emotional. No lost species of ape would cause that kind of reaction. I believe things are going to get progressively weirder and we'll see more of bigfoots/skunk apes (and UFOs) as we near the return of Jesus Christ.
I seen one near Land o lakes while out fishing in December 09 they are real !!!!! there are people out there that are so cynical that would see one and themselves and still would not believe it. you have to ask yourself when did I lose my sense of wonder ?
Your right mate there's ppl out there that even if thay stood next to a real Bigfoot and smelled the stinky smell would still be pulling the hair saying it's a suit it's a suit.
They advertise a monocular that can see up close clearly for thirty miles you can attach to your camera. Why does nobody have one of these when they have these sightings?
Idk if it's fake or not but just saying, this creature is flying through sawgrass swamps. A man in a suit would be weighed down from the water, and exhausted from humidity. Not to mention this thing is well above the grass line
It's a bear...
I have an unbelievably small penis, but Never seen a bear run like that, plus it doesn’t have the roundness of a bear nor the head of one so I’m gonna say it’s either some dude in a gorilla suit, which is far more likely or its a legit sighting of a skunk ape
I have an unbelievably small penis, but Great name btw 😂
Wow, what a stretch. Its a man in a costume, get a grip
@@hzlink looks more like a costume for sure and I've had the real ones 30 feet away from me, this one walks like a human and it's looking dumb, sasquatches don't walk dumbly they walk like their going somewhere. You won't just find them wandering dumbfounded in an open muskeg that's for sure.
Who can walk that well through the brush especially through Florida. That takes a very strong man.
or.. an ape… of skunk origin
People do it all the time especially if they grew up around the swamp.
Good point Daniel but, in a suit or costume too? a lot of us don't see that happening. I really think it's real.
So a sasquatch is more likely than just a strong man existing. Alright!
@@nalaalan. All I know is the first time I saw this it made the hair raise on my neck and arms. It gave me the creeps.
First off it was 20 years ago. Phone cams sucked, 2nd, how many of you leaving comments live in fl or have walked through our saw grass swamps?? 3rd. How many of you could walk that fast through it if you ever had?.. at one point it looks to be gliding through it. . I live here born and raised. And it ain't no easy task to walk through it as this thing is so effortlessly. Humans would have to stop and rest, and look for hidden dangers as we walk.
Seems like few people have noticed that gliding motion. To me, that's the KEY to this footage being so incredible, as many witnesses have testified to these creatures sometimes walking with a movement not unlike cross country skiers. Very unusual. There's at least 2 spots in this footage where the thing DEFINITELY glides for a moment. I downloaded the video and slowed it down in Adobe Premiere and there are definitely some frames where the creature is totally just gliding in place...so weird...must be it's joints and the way it's toes work or something that allow it to move like this.
This is a "camcorder" with time stamp on it not a mobile phone
We have them here in ontario. I smelt one and a tree was pushed over. I knew it was coming as it went dead silence.
Phone cams didn't "suck" 20 years ago. They simply didn't exist. This was probably recorded on VHS.
Everyone is a skeptic because it’s cooler to be one. Can you imagine how ridiculed you’ll be if you admit to believing in a creature that is mainly nocturnal, that keeps to itself and lives in the forest. Nawww man. Everything lives in the big city. That’s where we’ve discovered countless new species. In the big city. All those animals like the Tasmanian tiger that people keep seeing? He drives for uber
Whoever shot this original footage should go back to the same location, and film a human being running the same exact route, at a considerably similar distance, and let’s count the seconds it takes to cover the same amount of ground as a community.
Yeah cuz the creature actually doesn’t realize he’s being observed until halfway thus it looks like half loop until he realizes what’s going on and books it
They did. It was on TV years ago.
@@S_raBnice
@@S_raB And what was the result?
@@whysoserious2869 Impossible for a human being to move that quickly, firstly. Second, the size comparison of the human was smaller.
I'm from Florida & this was in local news (the original videos of skunk ape). Don't recall who tested it, whether news or other locals, but it was conclusive that what is shown cannot just be a man in an ape suit. By far the biggest thing they determined was how even for a very large, tall, & powerful man just walking through that glade (Florida Everglades swamp grass) was overly difficult. You've got 12-18 inches of water, muck instead of solid ground, sharp thick grass, 90° heat with 95% humidity, & physical exertion of an Olympic athlete - impossible for a man, even in physical condition.
I've walked those swamps, not exactly there but the same grasslands & glade types. It's exhausting after 30 seconds. First, you've gotta wear waders which makes movement more difficult (and this video was 30 years ago, so materials were much heavier). Next, every step is like picking your foot up out of wet cement or thick mud. Third, just go walk around in water that's knee high or higher, you'll understand.
I think he took that on his flip-phone after drinking 2 pots of coffee
TulsaProject it’s zoomed in all the way probably..
Hahahaha ur totally right. It would be time for a new hobby if we find out he actually used a tri pod lmao
FOR those people THAT DON'T belive that Dave Shellys SkunkApe picture. Is NOT REAL.
Come on down and find out for YOUR selfs.
I've lived in Florida all MY life
And there defently REAL.
I've had 4 sightings MY Self
And they scared THE Heck out of me WHILE i was hunting and camping..
Believe me they are REALLY REAL..
Nah it was the joint he smoked with the Dude in the custom suit 😝😝😝
@@cowboypetersjr3437 Where's your proof?
Anyone else find it strange that this guy appears, not only to walk along the tree line in view and, perhaps, it seems, in a virtual circle or half circle, around the person handling the video cam?
twodogs716 best point made yet! Winner!
Yep seems like it don’t it
Definitely fake
To me this just doesn't look real is that how they walk cause it walks just like a human an why isn't it afraid of the guy filming very suspicious looking
Very True but any animal crossing a mash would try to stick next to trees with more solid ground.
Way to stand your ground and deliver this footage to the world.
we deserve to know about this incredibly brave footage
@@keldonherriman😂
@@keldonherriman ... A guy with a cheap camera and a guy in a monkey suit. What's to know?
@@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059dude this was 20 years ago they didnt have good cameras
I've been to FL many times and open fields like that with saw grass is very tough terrain to trek through. that thing is just cruising through it no problem.
I thought I saw one in Bumfuk, Kentucky, but it was just my neighbors wife.
Things running to get the bbq tongs😂😂
I live in south florida and have most of my life and with good boots, it is quite easy to go through.
I live in FL and I beat my meat while walking through saw grass no problem
Extremely easy buddy try the mountains some time lol
No human dressed in a costume could walk that fast through that swamp!
I agree
Augustine Montes very true
Have you Been There?
In knee deep water in the sawgrass he top ended at about 25-30 mph! And wearing a suit. Looks real to me.
Completely agree. I think this is some of the best footage I've ever seen. I know it's easy to write if off at first for some, but if you really think about it, the way you put it, it's just as unbelievable that a man in a suit could pull maneuvering a swamp like that, and this is not a CGI video. It's either a man in a suit or a man-looking creature. Given that a man would struggle to make movements like that (especially some of those GLIDES...WTF kind of movement is that?! I've NEVER seen anything move like that), and it fits the description of many eyewitness testimonies who say that the sasquatch sometimes move like cross country skiers. when I see this video, I now know completely what people are talking about when they say how these creatures can all of the sudden move really fast. Some people have speculated they have feet and leg joints that allow them to move faster than us. Whatever it is, I think this video is the real deal.
The more I watch it and examine it by replaying and replayin certain times of the video that really gets my attention and slowing it down, taking stills and zooming in. I really start to get an eerie feelin about this thing. Very strange and creepy
me too, its called over analysing
ever heard of motivated perception? no? its when you see what you want to see even if what you see is something else entirely..........like that face on mars, remember that?
@@MrMoralHighground pareidolia, I believe it is called.
@@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis yes that right
It looks absolutely authentic to me, I'm impressed.
@@MrMoralHighground I know what your saying but no that’s not the reason why. There’s been many other things that’s I’ve analyzed and just like this and thought the opposite. It seems authentic to me.
Anyone familiar with this marsh knows how soft the ground is yet this creature flies thru it as if on solid ground. To pull your foot out of the muck and at that speed no NO man has the leg strength to do this!
Kevin Merendino I agree I couldn’t walk or run that fast In swamp muck like what is located around Florida swampy marsh areas. Hell I have a new 4wd atv lifted with mud tires and couldn’t drive my atv as fast as this thing was casually walking
There's no other explanation, it JUST HAS TO BE TRUE.
Stfu dummy
@melon water ur momma
Could you give me the name of this swamp? Thanks
I’m in the Everglades every chance I get and walking with a stride like that that’s damn near impossible
unless you’re a skunk ape 🚬🤠
They cut out the last bit where it walks up and takes a bow.
Haha Angus
Dude your comment got on to a pod cast
@Joe Shamrock you are obvlivious to sarcasm, jokes my friend..
😂😂😂 Lmao
Says the guy who’s probably too pussy to even go on a camping trip.
How come this footage is rarely ever brought up
Because it's obviously fake...
No doubt a Bigfoot has a gliding motion when it walks this person is clear bobbin up and down even with the unsteady cam operator you can see the Bob an there's a few other characteristics that are human
@@c.p7614 You assume it’s fake but you don’t analyze the footage or dig deeper. Ok bud.
@@kingong4185 I converted this video to sequences of still images for analysis, enabling full data parallelism and vast reductions in data storage and computation.
Also, Vaccinate your kids.
@@c.p7614 what did you find that shoes it’s fake?
how fast he took off running is what sold it for me..that is insane speed in that terrain..excellent video
you mean how fast he "appeared" to take off running
you are easily fooled.
Juvenile too.
@@MrMoralHighground I think he was joking dude. My 8 year old is faster than that thing. Bahahahahahahaha!!!!
@@nickycritic5269 clearly he was joking
From 2:04 - 2:08 that's some extremely unusual looking motion...almost looks like it's gliding/hovering through its steps for a few moments there. Strange.
That actually matches several descriptions of sasquatch locomotion that I’ve heard. Many people describe them as almost seeming to glide or float along when their view of the legs is obstructed.
It’s a human struggling to run in a suit
Max Dembo that does not make sense... if it was struggling wouldn’t it be moving slower? A human would not a have a stride like that and move so agile if they were struggling
@Devon Bustard For sure. I know the swamps of Southern Florida. NO MAN, and NO WOMAN, can just prance around in swamp sawgrass like that, let alone glide/float?! Oh no. One of my best friends with whom I'm in contact with frequently lives right near the everglades. He says everyone knows about the "Swamp Ape" down there, and he has confirmed with this video that normal humans cannot and WOULD DARE NOT run through spots like that: loaded with snakes, alligators, mosquitos, difficult terrain, nope.
If this is a hoax, it's a Skunk Ape wearing a Skunk Ape costume.
Devon Bustard wtf are you watching if you think that’s moving in an agile way lol
The only thing I can point to that's odd is the fact that he said he runs a deer hunting operation and he was looking for this big buck that has been seen before. As a deer hunter, we dont go out in the middle of a hot ass afternoon in July. Why? Because deer feel the heat too. Also a bucks antlers don't reach full growth until September. So either he doesn't have a clue about hunting and saw a skunk ape, or he found a reason to place himself there to film a suited man.
it is based on business "skunk ape research center". he was the guy to actively market it and spend the money. thus its his property the marketing of it
The huge cougar out front cost thousands as did the wood skunk ape statue inside. I told him "did you know down the road they are selling skunk ape shirts?" IT CAUSED A FIRESTORM for the area. the suit was bought barely a few miles away in naples thats dave brother in suit. its the joke of the area. I even asked him what is hot spot? to see what he would say. he said "right across the highway its HEAVY with skunk apes!" note ALL skunk apes are within HALF A MILE OF HIS PLACE. It causes no harm to divulge this. he is running a business and not one out of a thousand tourists per day would have any idea or care about the truth---just another roadside tourist trap.
the other people in various videos "yep saw one here getting kids ready for school and he walked up "I stared then we had a mind connection and he walked off that is all I know" ALL of those videos are within a couple miles of his shop local hillbillies in on it. after all they know "no harm is being done" and we are giving entertainment to the public for what they want to make their everglades experience as good as possible"
for some spots like bigfoot in which the japanese come over on busses "this is the bigfoot area" bus drives along and they have a guy down there in stupid suit that has to wake up each hour to go over and "rip off branches and throw logs" while the Japaneses go 'wow best $300 I ever spent" me say aw so will send all relatives over
japanese dont tip but they will pay $500 for a guaranteed view of a bigfoot which they think are running all over. for another $250 they get interview with bigfoot.
He was deer hunting
The time says 7:21 pm.. that’s not the middle of the day
When intelligent people ask questions..... stories containing BS get revealed as BS.
When it runs, notice how smooth the head remains. Not a lot of bouncing. Considering the terrain, I don't see how a human could do it without some type of assistance.
I don't understand how humans can do backflips on a balance beam, but they do.
@@travisn346 There is this AMAZING THING! You know what it’s called??? PRACTICE!
@@travisn346 to use a balance beam, you have to have… wait for it… balance
That's odd, because the way the head moves up and down, rather than stay smooth, is supposed to be totally convincing BF evidence in the Freeman footage.
People see what they want to see. But, as Galileo didn’t quite say, it ain’t necessarily so.
That’s what I thought. It seems to glide and it moves very quickly.
I seen one like this in Jacksonville florida! Around 2002
Alright what happen bih
What part of Jax? I live in Jacksonville and would like to see if I can capture it on video
@@mikeyetman6010 I live in flagler county and its 2020 and I heard a growling out side my window
Dragon RaptorYT what part of flager? I work in flager county
Awsome
Something extraordinary is happening! QUICK GRAB OUR WORST CAMERA!
It was 2000. "Worst camera" was the only option lol
about to say Camera’s weren’t the greatest 20 years ago
Hey Johnny go grab our 4k camera in 2000
Its weird how yall are getting bent out of shape over a joke.
its in the 2000s, plus no one really has the best camera unless you'd spend a grand or so for a proffesional camera
Geez, couldn't anyone esp the Smithsonian stabilize this before posting it?
Smithsonian destroys evidence just like they did away with bones of giant’s.
@@aynsleighmalayne3558 lol, bones of giants
@@MrMoralHighground Google it
@@dougspidermanhappy i dont need to, im not an idiot. seems more apt for you to google it
Pay attention to how much ground it covers when it leaves the tree line at 1:45. Also, look how fast and smooth it moves starting at about 2:05. A human being can not do that. Many Sasquatch eye witnesses claim that they seem to glide across the ground when they run.
Yes we can actually, plus the tall grass makes it difficult to see how much ground this dude actually covers, I say dude cuz this us obviously a guy in a costume
@@eugeneward9183 a person can't run through marsh grass that quick and easy especially in a monkey suit. If you can let's see it make a video
@@Fabian6980 just because you have no leg strength doesn't mean that everyone has weak legs.
@@eugeneward9183 like I said go there and film yourself doing it put up or shut up my legs are perfectly fine
@@Fabian6980 That's not marshland in the video, it's dry ground with tall grass which any man or woman can run that fast in a ape suit. You want to see real bigfoot running up a hillside that no tall human can do then see Todd Standing's documentary "Discovering Bigfoot" video 3... there's no way a 7 foot tall man in a ape suit could run 40 feet up a steep hillside in 4 seconds which Todd who is 6'3" tried to do it with no ape suit and failed.
Don’t know if real or not but let me just say this, whatever or whoever this thing is, is covering a lot of ground by just walking through thick ass swamp brush it has to have a large stride and a good amount of strength to move like that through all of that marsh land.
It's just a grassland
@@freshlemonade7939 no its saw grass, very mucky and muddy ground you can't move that fast through the saw glass
@@j.j.8741 it's not weeds
I'll never forget how to spell the word blurry, because of Bigfoot pics and videos.
To be fair this was 21 years ago.
That thing is real! What man especially in a suit can look like he's roller skating through wet lands and tall grass
How do you know the land is wet? Palm trees grow on land.
Brian Davies Marshlands, swampland, meaning land that’s soggy. They don’t call it the wetlands for nothing.
If THAT is a hoax. Then why does it walk so fast.
Then again if you haven't seen a SkunkApe of live in Florida then How do you know.
I live in Florida.
And I've had 4 sightings.
And it looks REAL too ME.
And i DON'T THINK THAT Dave would hoax anything.
Specialy a SkunkApe.
Hey I've got some good land to sell you....right there in Florida, too!!!!!
Cowboy Peters Jr, have YOU EVER DONE speed walking? It’s a very ENRICHING EXPERIENCE to be had.
@@eypick6987 never had TO.
Unless walking fast from a pittbull.
Then yes i have.
But i know Steve down in the everglades.
I'M sure that the SkunkApes he filmed were REAL.
Because i was chased by them while hunting for Deer down in the Everglades.
I DON'T hunt there no more.
I go too Georgia to hunt now.
Bigger deer and don't have too look out the back of my head.
Ha Ha Ha
I’ve walked thru that marsh in the Everglades theres no way you can run that fast through it especially in a suit not only do you have to step through Pete moss a suit would get caught up in the saw grass
@@rudypintado4267 yes I've done alot of hunting there.
And yes it's verry hard too walk in the swamp and the marsh.
And they say the SkunkApe is not REAL.
I say B.S. on THAT.
I've been chased TOO my TRUCK from these creachers.
I DON'T hunt there no more.
Plus my wife has HEART problems now..
So i just stay around her for now unless we go camping in Myakka state park.
But have seen them creachers there also.
But being a country boy i love the woods..
A costume like this would be hot, heavy, and even heavier soaked in the mud it's easily cruising through at impressive speed. Even an athlete would have a difficult time with the weight, muck, heat, and humidity. I'm sold.
Oh get real he wouldn't be wearing it all day would he the clip is only short
That is great footage!
No creature including humans can run through a fucking swamp like that. That shit is real.
I think the running alone proves this real. That’s some thick ass marsh you have to go through. If it’s a guy in a suit or something, he must have the strongest lower body in the history of anyone. That shit weighs you DOWN. You couldn’t run even if you tried. If anything you’d just awkwardly hop from foot to foot
Just the thought of that people like you are allowed to own guns and drive cars gives me the chills. The only proof you need to believe this is a big skunkfoot is the running. I'm amazed by the people believeing all these kinds of beasts... you need so very little to believe in the most outrageous things. I could never! Perhaps when I was a child I could have had that kind of imagination
@@solmoman shut the fuck up nigga
@@solmoman I know nothing baout you but I can tell you vote democrat by not making any points at all and just calling the other side names.
@@MattBiden I'm not american, thank god, but in my opinion Trump was the best president you've had the last 60 years. But you fucked it up and voted senile Joe to be in charge instead.
Illusions to illusions. We were told that this was marsh, but not the season, weather or anything else about it. Also, we don't know how far away that skunk ape is from the camera. It could not be marsh at all.
"hey Dave, can we try that again? That one was a bit shaky"
It’s real stupid
🙃
Even if it could just be a guy in a costume, it's very chilling. The home video quality makes it feel like lost footage or a snuff film or something, and the lack of audio only makes it creepier. Also scares me how close it gets to the cameraman and the fact it's in the middle of nowhere.
Whatever it was, it took a circle around the person filming, must have been terrifying
Unless it was staged that is
That things moving so effortlessly and fast there's no way it's a man in costume!
Wow... this is so crazy. I was just listening to a bigfoot encounter on Sasquatch Chronicles and the man that saw the sasquatch said "It looked like it was gliding on ice" as it walked on the sand. I didn't really understand what he meant but now I do. I think this one is the first real bigfoot video I've come across.
Patterson footage.
Also, "The Freeman Footage."
The only thing that takes a few genuine points away from the ones I gave him for throwing the log 40 or so feet is the fact he didn't run straight into the woods when noticing camera man's presence. Instead he kinda takes a walk around the wood line like he is the ish with a little pimp walk. They are so evasive and hard to catch on camera that I find it hard to believe he/she didn't smell/hear them coming from a mile away much less dissapear
I wanna know how tall is that grass...
Very convincing. The stride length, height,arm swings and when that sucker took off!Wow that speed! No implements like walking sticks or tripping up. I have hunted marshes for years. Bunch grass,soft ground. Even when the walking is good, its slow. I think its the real deal.
you’re so dumb. HE’S GOING WAAAY TOO FAST?? he just disappeared walking through the bushes, and walks the SAME SPEED THE WHOLE TIME???
In 1998 Dave Shealy was interviewed on unsolved mysteries and they sent samples to be tested and the results came back inconclusive. So....who knows....
You're mixing up a couple different things. In 1998, Dave Shealy took photos (which most people believe to be part of the same hoax) and gave them to archaeologist Bob Carr to investigate. Carr claims the photos do not match the posture or movement of a human, though since they are still shots, it's not clear how he could make that determination. More to the point, it's not at all clear why anyone would think an archaeologist would be an expert on human posture and gait.
The hair samples you are referencing are probably the ones allegedly of Bigfoot sent to the FBI, which turned out to be deer hair. But it could be anything, because people have been sending samples of alleged bigfoot hair to labs for decades. None of them show anything convincing, but it's possible some of them failed to be identified, since hair identification doesn't always succeed.
Of course fake fur on a bear suit would come back inconclusive.
@Lloyd ummm...no. Fake fur would NOT come back as inconclusive if analyzed. The results would be a listing of the synthetic materials used to construct the imitation fur. Jeez. You don’t have to believe in these kinds of things but at least put some thought into your answers.
Those TV Shows and "Experts" who have not witnessed any of these beings are the last people that should be talking about this. Interview the actual people who have seen these things.
That thing is treading through some serious swamp grass. Grass is high, thick, and the soil muddy.. Considering how much higher its head is above the grass, it must be tall. Also, any man in a gorilla suit would be absolutely struggling to trek through that mud.
Unless they pre-cleared a path for him to walk through. They could have cut down the grass and laid down plywood to walk on.
checkity1 that seems like a lot of work considering the distance for what? A hoax video that they may or may not have made money on?
Not likely a cleared path. Look how he sways side to side slogging thru the muck as he walks. A man on a pre-cleared path would not be able to keep up a high speed fake walk like that. Sometimes it is the simplest solution. This man was out for a walk and a skunk-ape walked right by him. Isn’t the first time! And obviously, like many tribal peoples believe these are NOT apes! They are hairy people/ forest people. Just like we men have every possible combination of tall/short skinny/fat lanky pudgy etc. people have seen these wearing clothing! Baseball hats! So not all of these forest people are shaped like the rock. This dude looks more like a ‘regular guy’ bigfoot. No bigger than 7 foot? Just sayin’. There has been dna evidence! Scott Carpenter wrote the book.
You don’t know that
@@checkity1 that’s a lot of work for a hoax. Not to mention they probably risked losing money on doing this rather than gaining
At the start of the video the posture and swagger seem a bit off to be an ape type humanoid. But after the trees when it starts to run that seems a lot more feasible. I would imagine, much the same as other large ape species, the upper body strength and muscle mass is greater than humans and would cause a far reaching swing of the arms for momentum. Another thing that seems plausible is the speeding up upon sensing a human around. Many audio recordings of “Bigfoot” are the same even though the people are entirely unrelated. These calls cannot be faked by humans as the bones in the throats of certain apes like the howler monkey make it impossible for a human to imitate. The calls are very much a warning signal to others of their species that there is danger (humans) close by. The call types are not excitement (of a food source/prey etc) nor mating calls. This clearly demonstrates they are very afraid of humans. There are no reliable stories of people being attacked by these creatures. So the speeding up to a “trot” at the second half of the video makes sense. Pity there isn’t sound as I’d bet he’d be calling out a warning to the others
They're not apes
There's no solid evidence but the rock apes in Vietnam attacking and killing soldiers, or park rangers watching them pull deers apart with their own strength, people missing in the woods. I believe some are helpful to us and some plain do not like us due to our level of anger and violence or they're just hateful
Huge props for not running bro, you got some cannonballs. Fantastic video
to everyone saying no human can walk that fast in a suit - look at the time stamp - its sped-up.
20 years from now, we will eventually get a full CNN interview with the skunk ape. They will show him this video. I can picture him taking off his glasses, chuckling softly while remarking how young he used to look
This is pretty compelling. Esp. the last 30 seconds or so.
That was an awesome video. I have seen a few still photos but, never the entire video.
It’s crazy to think but, these creatures do exist. In difference and similarities. Amazing world we live on.
Exactly
I’m on the fence but it is important to adjust playback speed to 75%. The footage is sped up roughly 20% as is - confirmable by the time display in lower left.
No way a man gonna run through the everglades like that. You'd be eaten by a gator for sure.
The temperature that day at the time recorded was 88 degrees Fahrenheit . If it was a person in a suit, it must of been going insane.
I saw a skunk ape cross US 41 one time while python hunting. I knew it wasn't a "man in a monkey suit" because it only took 3 steps to cross the road.
Where about
I always click like on these because I get a kick out of the silliness and want UA-cam to show me more silliness .
I hate to have to say it, but this doesn't seem particularly convincing.
Lynn Chandler I quite like Mr Thunker, but there are a few of his analyses which I feel aren't accurate although by-and-large I am behind him 97%. As far as I am aware, he hasn't looked at this footage is that right? So having said all of that I stick with my original view. Thanks.
Lynn Chandler I guess if the water there is knee deep it would be hard going from point A to B. I think what concerns me most about this footage is the fact that it stays out in the open ostensibly the whole way and not once seems to be perturbed by the camera person. It was shot a long time ago, perhaps there were fewer people out there for them to be concerned about back then and therefore it wasn't that worried. I have sent Mr Thunker loads of footage he hasn't seen before or at least hasn't showed up in the list of analysed footage, but I suppose he must have to be selective about which ones he reviews otherwise he may get snowed under with work. He has never analysed one of the Vids I have sent him to date even though at the time he stated that they were interesting (obviously not interesting enough). I stopped sending him Vids about 12 months ago. I am a trained biologist.
Lynn Chandler Well, you seeing them first hand is a completely different matter. I am not for a moment saying they don't exist. I feel there is enough anecdotal evidence collected now that those trying to refute their presence would struggle to do so as they would have tear down every piece of evidence presented and say where it came from if wasn't from those big hairy people. If people have seen them, had life altering experiences caused by that experience, I am more-or-less prepared to accept their testimony at face value. However if someone gives me a video to look at as evidence, I am generally more circumspect. I also feel rightly or wrongly that many people no matter how well intentioned are deluded (present company excluded) or at least so hung up on the facts as they see them that they have developed a mental illness that colours their outlook. Dan Shirley, Morrigans 10, Scott Carpenter, the Squatchmaster, Birdman 649 and reality ghost, just to name a few. It seems as though their is a lot of emotion invested in their beliefs about the hairy people and much of what they claim to see is wishful thinking I feel. Yes Biologist or no, people are restricted by their experiences, ideas and psychology. I was born in '59 so I am no spring chicken but more of a spring chicken than some I guess.
I agtee
Agree
I just HAS TO BE REAL! Look at all the experts confirming it in the comments!
Facts!!
Especially Matthew Rosenberg you would swear he was there that day it’s so real to him lol
This is awesome footage on so many levels - not least of all, that the cameraman had the courage to keep filming, no matter what! The creature looks like it is circling the videographer to scare him off its patch. There could well be a family of Skunk Ape hidden in the treeline that it is trying to protect. My guess is that the Skunk Ape figured that its life was not at risk from the videographer, who may have been alone and unarmed. It would be interesting to learn more about the circumstances of this remarkable footage - one contributor researched the weather on that day, and it was 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
I sincerely hope this was real because either way it was some really awesome footage! I thought to myself it was real on account of how fast it was walking and then when it ran! I also want to say kudos to the person that shot the footage because at some point I would have run like a really big chicken! lol Unless, of course, if I was frozen with fear I would have possibly died from cardiac arrest.
It's real footage nobody has ever been able to debunk debunk it
First premiered on Unsolved mysteries I believe back in 2000, the guy who shot it said hed sit there up in a 10 foot or 15 foot stand for hours all day hoping to get footage and he finally did, its weird how I can't find much follow up on this like whats the analysis of it? I always found it convincing from the start myself.
@@danielhicks4826 I've seen this one too and don't know if they proved it real or not. I thought it looked very convincing and not because I'm a believer. Course, I'm not an expert so I can't say for sure. Unfortunately, a lot of people were saying it was fake because of the way it was walking in the open, not trying to conceal itself and other things. Shame if it's real and not getting proper credit. Ryan Pence in the comments made a very strong point. It would take a very strong man to walk through there like that, given the growth and conditions. He said it's never been debunked. Good news. I also thought about it running through there too. Very difficult.
@@danielhicks4826 its the guy's wife in a costume, she wanted him to come back home
Awesome! I'm heading to Florida next week. I'll be sure to bring lots if Lysol.
Very impressive footage !! Is Dave still around? He still running the skunk ape research center?
Hes retired but yes, still around and can still be found there some days.
Yikes I guess I’ll be more cautious about hiking out here solo 😳😳
i hike out there hoping to see one XD. right in the area where this was filmed actually
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I have noticed that some of these creatures flay their arms out flamboyantly when they run. This one did that too.
An animal that lives seclusive in the woods as the dominant presence IS GOING TO KNOW YOU ARE THERE!!
It would be nice if somewhere along this 23 years that this recording has existed that someone could have put image stabilization on this.
2013-2020. I know there is a family of Skunk Apes living and hunting in NE Collier County, Florida. The state of Florida began restoring the Everglades (dry land to wetland). As a result the dry land animals moved north into the Big Cypress. Hunters and predators moved north with them. Skunk Apes (bigfoots) are here in Naples.
Prove it, turd. Because this video aint it, Chief.
@@c.p7614 skeptics like you will never be pleased when evidence is provided
@@selfishstockton6123 ....Said the man with zero evidence.
@@selfishstockton6123 People aren't necessarily skeptics on this subject. All anyone has to go by is stories and terrible video footage which very similar. The biggest problem is that we are aware new species of things get discovered all the time but these things been around forever and are gigantic. There would be some real footage or some carcass or some captured or some eveidence by now. If you can find hussein in a rat hole you can find a 9 foot tall gorilla in a wide open field.
@@thebugalito the 60s video is clear as day. You just choose to never believe what's right in front of your face
That’s just Gary Coleman stumbling back home from the club drunk.
That's obviously a person in a suit.
@@thelordsspartan8592 you really think that's an ape?
@@thelordsspartan8592 I cant tell if thats sarcasm, but some one who would want attention and make a hoax would do that
I thought it was believable until it left the treeline and came back towards the camera . It looked fake after that
I live in Florida and I remember when this video first came out back then. I remember watching it on my first computer. I remember all the people posting that it was a phony that it was a guy in a suit. This is Florida with very high heat and humidity and I worked outside all the time so I know what it can do to you...... I can't believe that this is somebody in a suit. You would fall from heat exhaustion in a matter of a very short time. Plus whatever this was it was running in over a foot of water. And at the speed it was running there was no way this was somebody in a suit
That's what they said about Bigfoot or Sasquatch...there real alright, too many eyewitnesses for it to be fake. There are other beings living amongst us. People just don't want to believe but that's ok, hopefully they never have an encounter.
How you know it was not a guy in a suit🤔 I think bugfoot is real but nobody can say a guy in a suit can not be out there either
How do u know it was running in 1 foot of water?
I run faster than that lmao
The costumed characters at Disney world do 30 minutes on and 30 minutes off in AC because it gets hot in those suits!
If someone was in a AC vehicle and went straight to walking for video, they would have been fine even in July for the time of this video! They'd be sweaty walking through sawgrass muck and need to get out of suit and into AC again after.
There's definitely something I've seen something way too big to be a man walking in the woods up north and have smelled skunk ape in Florida.
Florida woods are so thick you can be less than 30' from someone and not see them! A guy died in the woods behind my house and there were 30 deputies with, horses, quads, helicopters and drones and he wasn't found until the 8th day when vultures found his body! He died on day 3 in June from not having water!
I searched the woods for the first 3 days since I know them well and saw no signs of him! He ended up being 200 yds behind my house. I even went out and yelled for him at night since I thought he'd have a better chance of hearing at night!
There's a reason the Seminoles are an unconquered tribe, even the US Army couldn't find them in the FLA terrain!
Something that doesn't want to be seen in Florida has a very good chance of surviving without being seen!
That could possibly be a bear, but my gut instinct tells me it’s not a bear. Bears can actually walk a considerable distance on two feet, and at a fairly fast pace. However, I’ve seen bears walk on two feet before, and bears don’t really move like that. That moves much more like an ape. One thing I know for certain. That’s not a man! There’s no man that moves like that through razor sharp sawgrass and mucky soil.
People complaining about the quality when it's clear as day what's there. Its called being out side. You hike several miles in the woods and see how steady your aim is.
It says if he's having a seizure when he runs like he's running through underneath the ocean
Everyone is pointing out how 'easily & quickly' he moves through the tall grass. Has no one considered the possibility that a path was created through the grass, for a guy in a suit, before the video was made? The wet, marshy soil could have easily been covered by laying down some narrow strips of plywood. If that was done, the guy in the suit could easily walk or run. By the way, people with an advanced case of Parkinson's disease should never attempt to shoot video during an earthquake - unless you don't really want others to examine your footage! I'm not saying the video is real or fake. Just pointing out some ways that it COULD have been faked.
It’s illegal to make your own trails in property that’s owned by the US.
Have you ever even tried to zoom in on something with a camera while filming? It's gonna be SHAKING unless you're using a tripod. Especially cell phones but any camera I've used.
@@kingong4185 since when has something being illegal ever stopped people? Plus, if they laid down wood I'm sure they picked it back up when they were done shooting
Now can you explain why anyone would want to fake it. To get harrassed and ridiculed? To make money? Gain kudos?
@@aidansplaguewind5113 I’m guessing you think crop circles are made with a plank of wood and rope 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yup that’s the walk the walk a human can’t replicate no matter how hard they tried
Person behind hairy cover got some running skills, no doubt. To walk/run through dry grass almost up to its waist without tripping in a so steady pace as it almost glides yet never to stumble upon anything...wow
Money really loves this guy Dave Shealy, I'll tell you what. Being able to find let alone pay these guys willing and capable to perform those walks really requires generous financial investments. Which had payed off for him I guess. He became not just famous. He is internet famous 👏. It's easy to make some green
Can't get rich off of this
@@beezelsub Don't say!
Most famous footage ever, right next to the Patterson tape.
I actually live in Florida and I have camped out in places like this before. I'm no expert but there ARE places where the ground is still very sturdy and would allow this type of running for more athletic people even with tall grass like this. I've run through stuff similar before and I didn't have to awkwardly jump from leg to leg. I am athletically inclined and have many memories of blazing through this kind of terrain for ctf and such. At the end of the day, however, I want to believe this is true lol.
Looks like the dry season in Florida if there is such a thing.
This is covering too much ground with so few steps to do it, it's a not a human in a suit, no way.
I find it more amusing that so many people are trying to prove points based on an extremely blurry 2-minute video. Lots of assumptions being made about the ground condition where this supposed creature is passing through, which we can't see to confirm. I used to live in FL for a year. Just because it looks like it's in the middle of a swamp doesn't mean that it all is. You can find places with harder grounds or a path that's easier to walk. If a video like this is what it takes to prove a mythical creature, even a middle schooler can make a new discovery.
Don't come around my parts
Quit eating the damn apples of my back porch then.
Shaky camera - check , grainy footage - check, guy in a suit - check. Gotta be real 😂
I'm listening to Dave on Will Jenvig's episode 48. He claims to have good footage of a skunk up under this title above. He's being asked to stabilize the footage, and Dave claims it is already clear footage.
This video has more jerkiness and bluriness than the typical BF videos. It even has horizontal lines running done it vertically.
However, unless the film speed was manipulated here, the creature is fast.
However, the head is not down on the shoulders and chest like great apes. The arms are not even long.
I've no idea what Dave filmed, but it doesn't resemble a skunk ape.
@Steve Hunt
You are silly and vulgar TROLL.
I would 100% not be surprised if skunk apes turned out to be feral chimps, gorillas and/or orangutans living in Florida.
This looks like what i saw in Northern California when we crested a mountain during deer season!!!! I sware this shape and form is what i saw! He was crouching by some bushes and when we crested the hill i looked down and in the distance i saw on look at us stand up and run to heavy cover! I was accused of seeing a bear and other things . But years later I encountered another one in another area. And a couple years later had one pass by my camp where i was metal detecting . Even the fish n game in Redding has a room full of evidence in the back of the building!
I believe you Mgw General.
@@peppersander2457 i have spoken to many outdoor folks in Northern California that have encountered them. Even Teddy Rosevelt wrote of seeing them while on a 3 month hunting trip out west.
@@mgwgeneral6467 Wow that's crazy, so President Roosevelt knew about them too. Thank you for that information. If you encounter more please share :)
@@peppersander2457 if you do a little history reading they are in there. There was a mine that was closed in the Mother Load region of California because of them. It seems one miner shot and killed one. Then the rest of the creatures took it away . Then attacked the mines cook house with everyone inside during lunch! They threw big rocks at the building for a good 20 minutes. And the roof started to give way. Some of the rocks were 20 pounds being thrown from in the Bush nearby. After that the mine closed. If you talk with the Paiute Indians on the back side of the Sierras just south of Tahoe they will tell you they have an agree with them. They stay out of each other's territory. And thus keep the peace. Northern California has the town of Bigfoot and it too is an Indian area. The town of Weed the folks around there see them all the time. Sightings get printed in the paper all the time. But try to order the paper. Try to get it on line.... it aint going to happen! They keep that info under tight control. I remember the marines in Vietnam some who were securing an outpost. They would come under attack by what they called "Rock apes" they were what is depicted all across Asia in their temples as ape like men with tails! I have been there and seen these huge murals that cover temple corridor walls depicting wars with men against the "ape men with tails" there has to be some truth to it. Even China when they got wind of this sighting sent a bunch of researchers to investigate the matters! Kind of like dragons. There are no more dragon sightings that i know of. But if you look at older Chinese pictures and history their kings had "dragon trainers" and these dragons were not small! I heard from a man in the mountains of Afghanistan that said his grandfather said these dragons live in the mountains and several people around his time had seen them. Living in caves and in the rocky areas. Africa is another place that harbors things we think are in the past. Russia also harbors mammoths. That is why Much of Siberia was closed for many many many years. When i was in Alaska people would regularly find tusks laying on the ground! Yes we have all been lied to for a long long time by the powers that be. Who only allow us to know what they want us to know. Like where did all the GIANTS (bones ) go? Lovelock Nevada had many many red haired giants unearthed. After a short while we heard no more about it and nobody knows where the government hid their bones! We hear this a lot from around the world governments trying to hide their existence. A couple years ago ALL museums closed for renovations and when they opened there were no more skulls of Giants. Not in any of them. Hmmmm very strange. Even Peru had a huge museum with rooms filled with their skulls of various shapes and sizes. They are no longer there and nobody seems to know where they went.
The ground seems uneven, and the person walks upright like a regular person then looses a step and walks hunched over.
That's absolutely frightening . Its hunting him , he should really have taken off . So dangerous
that's the vibe i was getting too. swear it turns its head to look towards him a couple times. it knew he was there.
Threatening? Yes. Hunting? IDK. He's making himself visable.
You can tell its legit just by how big it is...
What makes this plausible to me is I’ve lived in Florida my whole life and what would anyone have to gain putting ona gorilla suit in July in the friggin everglades of all places where it feels like it’s 110 in that suit it’ll feel like 140. Idk if its worth it for shits and giggles
Well obviously a lot of idiots believe it and this guy has merchandise and shit so what's in it for him is money. I never underestimate the lengths people will go to make a quick buck. I mean, people in Disney World wear big bulky suits in Florida's summer heat for a paycheck every single day.
@@aidansplaguewind5113 The difference is night and day between Orlando and the Florida everglades, and I doubt this guy got loaded off it so it might as well have been for shits and giggles. Anyone who knows anything about those suits knows that they aren’t staying in their for long (20-30 mins. max) because the actors will pass out.
This thing runs like it doesn’t care about gators, snakes, nothing. There’s no way you do that psychologically, our consciousness prevents that kind of careless mobility. Unless the person was high, drunk, there’s no way you’re gliding through the Everglades like that.
Also at some point it looks like it’s gliding. People have reported that movement.
Lmao!! 🤣 That's Jimmy paying for the bet he lost!
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If that's a skunk ape I have zero fear of it. Lol
I saw a film made by an American Indian in Wash State where some people could see the bigfoot through the trees and most couldn't. This person doesn't share it much as doesn't want money. After 10 minutes, I finally saw it. It was similar to one of those blotch pictures where you have to look past it to see the hidden design. The creature was diabolical looking more menacing than anything you can imagine. I didn't believe in that world until then. This Indian told me it was supernatural and now I know he's right. The real bigfoot is akin to a demon; it's not of this physical realm.
W W I don't think they're supernatural but they have a higher vibration than we do. They go to a different level where we can't see them but they don't actually disappear. Check out Ron Morehead. He has a lot of vids and audio recorded. On YT and his website. He talks of Quantum Bigfoot. And it's determined they have a language but that doesn't mean we can understand it. Seriously look him up. He lives in a small town about 25 miles from me called Sequim, WA on the Olympic Peninsula. He's a man of good character.
not even close
Did you see it on youtube ? or he showed you ? hope you reply to me.
People are saying how he moves through wet lands too fast to be human. How do you know the land is wet? Palm trees usually grow on dry land. People see what they want to see! Where are the dead bodies?
Looks pretty legit to me. Florida in July. That's a hot day to be running in a furry suit. It would nice to see that footage analyzed.
@@j.j.8741 7pm in Florida in the swamplands is still muggy, humid, and miserable and sundown is like 9pm.
That thing was clearly stalking the man taking this video. It was trying to encircle him comon tactics for pradators when they try to stall their prey. Glad he came out of there alive and uploaded this for us to watch.
his moves are too humanoid
Big Foot or Skink ape or what ever other name, is a spirit who can travel between the physical and spirit world. American Indians have have many names too, and some tribes have songs to call it to ceremony, I have witnessed this in person. They love red apples.
What?!
Excluding hoaxes, which I believe this video is - I have to agree that bigfoot/skunk-apes are spirit beings - demonic manifestations. This is why they can appear to a group of hikers, run behind a group of trees and disappear, only to reappear on the side of a hill 1/2 mile away in mere seconds. When people come in contact with them, they're usually terrified or become very emotional. No lost species of ape would cause that kind of reaction.
I believe things are going to get progressively weirder and we'll see more of bigfoots/skunk apes (and UFOs) as we near the return of Jesus Christ.
So does Hello Kitty
I met Dave once and he gave me his email addy so I could get his bean soup recipe but I washed my jeans and lost his email. Totally heart broken I was
I met him once too at his shop he’s very interesting
Is there a higher resolution video of this? I see this was released 8 years ago and videos that old are not always of the highest quality.
I seen one near Land o lakes while out fishing in December 09 they are real !!!!! there are people out there that are so cynical that would see one and themselves and still would not believe it. you have to ask yourself when did I lose my sense of wonder ?
most of them are west of titusville in st johns wildlife area. They love roadkill.
@@Patrick-yh5yd Any near Lake Louisa, do you know?
Why are there no bodies? Not one picture of a dead body? Sounds like bullshit to me.
@@briandavies149 Totally agree... Never find bones of these things, feces, or any traces
Your right mate there's ppl out there that even if thay stood next to a real Bigfoot and smelled the stinky smell would still be pulling the hair saying it's a suit it's a suit.
Was this recorded during an earthquake?
Walks just like a human in costume 🤣
2:04-2:08 no human would glide like that across swampy everglade terrain, let alone wearing a monkey suit
They advertise a monocular that can see up close clearly for thirty miles you can attach to your camera. Why does nobody have one of these when they have these sightings?