An Outing in December

    Me and my lovely wife, Diane and Rocco the Skunk Ape Hunter, went out this last weekend and investigated a tip we recieved from James L. of Florida. Here is a part of the contact he left for me here on CryptoFlorida:

Cryptoflorda,

I don't want to sound like I am crazy, but if I need to tell someone about something I saw last week, anonymously of course. I work as an escort for heavy and wide loads here in Florida. I travel all over the state and keep some really odd hours. I was in the Ridge Manor area delivering a modular home to a rural piece of property East of Highway 75 and North of Ridge Manor. We had a problem getting the semi into the property because the gate was locked and we had to wait until after dark when the property owner finally showed up to let us in. To make a long story short, we got the home located on a level spot and decided to call it a night.

We left the semi hooked up and the owner gave us a key to return the next day, Saturday, and finish up in the day light. I drove Dave back the next morning and he set the home in place and unhooked. I did my usual walk around and left about 20 minutes behind him. I had drove about 15 miles and reach to get a soda out of my cooler and noticed....no cooler. Then it dawned on me that I had taken it out of the truck and set it on the hitch of the home where we ate lunch. I turned around and drove back. When I got to the property, I saw something I have never seen before in my 59 years of life.

It was about 5:30 in the afternoon and was starting to get dark. I drove down the long lane and as I came to the area where we set the home up, I saw movement out of the corner of my eye moving toward the treeline. It appeared to be a man in fur coat. Only thing is, he was at least eight feet tall and filled the coat out like a linebacker does a uniform. He stopped and turned toward me as I got out of my truck, then I noticed, he had my cooler in his arms. He wasn't carrying it like you or I would with the handle. He was holding it like we would a baby. He was to far away to make out details of his face, but he appeared to have a heavy beard and mustache. I yelled at him and asked him where he thought he was going with my cooler but he seemed to lift his head a little higher in the air and let out a scream that gave me chicken skin. Then he turned and in about 3 steps covered the 20 or so yards left to make it back into the woods. Each time he took a step I could feel it in the ground. Then it dawned on me that this was no man. I got in my truck and left as fast as I could. I know what I saw had to have been a Skunk Ape or Bigfoot. I never took much stock in them until that day.

When I got into the office on Monday I turned the keys to the property over to my manager and told him I wasn't going to make the second trip with the other half of the home. He asked me why but I would gave him a line about having a Dr.'s appointment. That thing scared the hell out of me and I wasn't going back. If you want more info I am leaving you my number. I will tell you all I can but don't expect me to go back there cause I won't. Thanks for having a place for people like me that have encounters like mine. The best time to call is after 8pm in the evenings.

Thanks

James

    We called James and discussed his sighting for over an hour. then we arranged to meet him.

This is a stacking we found in the middle of the property.

This is a possible bedding area found next to the stacking.

The area is far from any human contamination....no hunters etc. Private property.

      We were not able to locate any foot prints in the area due to the forest floor was covered with pine ferns so there were no prints what so ever around the stacking or the bedding areas.

Pine ferns covering the forest floor.

     We spent the next two nights camped out near the area and heard a few whoops and whistles. there was possbly some tree knocks, but it also could have been contributed to the 28 degree weather and trees falling in the forest. We will be returning to the area in another month to see if anything more gets added to this stacking. We will keep you updated when the time comes.

TG