QUOTE(Lounsberry @ Jul 20 2008, 04:24 AM)

All I have to do is travel 7 miles to Wekiva Springs, walk the trail, see the two totally different ecosystems, and gaze into the dense jungle to realize how plausible skunk ape is.

I know an old guy who claims he saw several of them on the Wekiwa river. He claims he was in a canoe coming around a bend in the middle of the night (brave guy) without a light, on a bright moonlit night, and they were down in the water. As soon as they saw him the ran up the bank and into the woods.
This happened back in the 60's or early 70's, and this guy is pretty old now and lives out west.
Still, I wonder if it's true, and if it is, I wonder if there are any still in that area.
Another guy told me there was a sighting in the Rock Springs Run WMA not too long ago, which is a few miles north of there.