Jon the frog Posted May 27, 2024 #1 Share Posted May 27, 2024 It's time to have a topic on released/loss primates to see if we have sighting relating to these after a while: https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/25/us/primate-escape-walterboro-south-carolina/index.html These can ccreate string of strange sightings, even more if they are in an environment that can provide them with food and favorable climate. It's a bit of the same for big cats... maybe we can also create one on them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted May 27, 2024 #2 Share Posted May 27, 2024 I'm in Florida and we have escaped and turned out apes and monkeys here. It's of course what skunk ape lore is based on, when I was a kid in the 70s I went here many times... tropical wonderland By the time I went It was pretty low end and large monkeys would out right terrorize guests, these would escape or got turned out when the place folded and for years there would be sightings or road kills, it's built up around there more now and a lot of the stuff was just bull dozed over so buried the developer who owns it was using the serpenterium ad their main office for years, I could never get permission to go root around with metal detectors. Florida is a treasure trove for exotics running wild and thriving not too far south of me iguanas are everywhere here in the last 40 years cuban lizards have replaced the anoles, also south of me was homasassa springs where there was an island of 1000s of squirrel monkeys, my monkey got loose a time or two but came home. There aren't as many as in the 50s and 60s but road side zoos are still here and even good ones do have escapes, way south that one guy was doing good business with skunk ape tours unlit her got busted hoaxing with a guy in suit. 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trelane Posted May 28, 2024 #3 Share Posted May 28, 2024 "Primate on the loose" Nobody saw me, none of you can prove it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resume Posted May 29, 2024 #4 Share Posted May 29, 2024 Haven't primates been on the loose on this continent for at least 15000 years? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trelane Posted May 29, 2024 #5 Share Posted May 29, 2024 (edited) 11 hours ago, Resume said: Haven't primates been on the loose on this continent for at least 15000 years? At least, and I think recent findings point to much earlier. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oldest-fossil-human-footprints-in-north-america-are-23000-years-old-study-reaffirms-180983018/ Edited May 29, 2024 by Trelane 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted June 4, 2024 #6 Share Posted June 4, 2024 On 5/27/2024 at 4:14 PM, the13bats said: I'm in Florida and we have escaped and turned out apes and monkeys here. It's of course what skunk ape lore is based on, when I was a kid in the 70s I went here many times... tropical wonderland By the time I went It was pretty low end and large monkeys would out right terrorize guests, these would escape or got turned out when the place folded and for years there would be sightings or road kills, it's built up around there more now and a lot of the stuff was just bull dozed over so buried the developer who owns it was using the serpenterium ad their main office for years, I could never get permission to go root around with metal detectors. Florida is a treasure trove for exotics running wild and thriving not too far south of me iguanas are everywhere here in the last 40 years cuban lizards have replaced the anoles, also south of me was homasassa springs where there was an island of 1000s of squirrel monkeys, my monkey got loose a time or two but came home. There aren't as many as in the 50s and 60s but road side zoos are still here and even good ones do have escapes, way south that one guy was doing good business with skunk ape tours unlit her got busted hoaxing with a guy in suit. I’ve heard of the monkey island in the Florida Keys, reminds me of that island in Japan that got overrun by rabbits. Also, you say this hoaxer was doing good business. How good, exactly? Asking for a friend. 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted June 4, 2024 #7 Share Posted June 4, 2024 1 hour ago, Procyon said: I’ve heard of the monkey island in the Florida Keys, reminds me of that island in Japan that got overrun by rabbits. Also, you say this hoaxer was doing good business. How good, exactly? Asking for a friend. 😂 How good was business? In my world if I don't have to count change in the ashtray to get to work Friday and not eat until after I get paid that night business was good, My guess that cat earned a moderate living when it was doing well, airboat tours are fairly popular in Florida so he already had that and I believe he offered tshirts and had a snack bar, it's when ego steps in, a person can't be an expert on something like skunk apes or Bigfoot when it's mythical 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchopwn Posted June 4, 2024 #8 Share Posted June 4, 2024 He's been spotted making anti-gay remarks in Vatican city recently. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted June 4, 2024 #9 Share Posted June 4, 2024 10 minutes ago, Alchopwn said: He's been spotted making anti-gay remarks in Vatican city recently. Who has? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted June 9, 2024 #10 Share Posted June 9, 2024 On 6/4/2024 at 8:47 AM, the13bats said: Who has? noun the chief bishop or archbishop of a province. "the primate of Poland" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted June 14, 2024 #11 Share Posted June 14, 2024 I'm in eustis FL so not impossible but I'm thinking it was something else misidentifying A few days ago were heading out to dinner I always go to the car while Tina is still getting ready and up in the huge trees between us and next door church I thought I saw a squirrel monkey, I had one as a pet in the 80s so I do know them fairly well and I just didn't get a good enough look and my vision isn't what it was but I would say im 75% sure on this one, perhaps an escaped pet that returned home as mine did a few times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted June 25, 2024 Author #12 Share Posted June 25, 2024 (edited) It seems that Florida got five monkey species introduced in the state over the years, three of which have established breeding populations. https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2024/05/08/wild-monkey-florida-invasive-species/73596391007/ Edited June 25, 2024 by Jon the frog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted June 25, 2024 Author #13 Share Posted June 25, 2024 A large population of Rhesus macaque are on a south Carolina Island. Isolated from the mainland they have about 300m to swim. https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/island-vacations/morgan-island-south-carolina-monkeys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted June 25, 2024 Author #14 Share Posted June 25, 2024 Japanese snow monkey in Texas, with all the weather hazard in the pst few years, I don't know if some are left in the wild ? https://www.tpr.org/environment/2020-10-03/the-really-wild-monkeys-of-south-texas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted June 25, 2024 #15 Share Posted June 25, 2024 3 hours ago, Jon the frog said: It seems that Florida got five monkey species introduced in the state over the years, three of which have established breeding populations. https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2024/05/08/wild-monkey-florida-invasive-species/73596391007/ I like the word "introduced" lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted June 25, 2024 Author #16 Share Posted June 25, 2024 (edited) 14 hours ago, the13bats said: I like the word "introduced" lol Yeah probably a term derived from my froggish language... Edited June 25, 2024 by Jon the frog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted June 25, 2024 #17 Share Posted June 25, 2024 Dilib 47 minutes ago, Jon the frog said: Yeah probably a term derived from my froggish language... I was tired in my weird mood, the apes and monkeys here in Florida were escapes and cast offs from zoos and pets, So the word hit me oddly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddyman68 Posted June 25, 2024 #18 Share Posted June 25, 2024 42 minutes ago, the13bats said: Dilib I was tired in my weird mood, the apes and monkeys here in Florida were escapes and cast offs from zoos and pets, So the word hit me oddly. I can imagine a smorgasbord of introduced animals in florida.like the pythons taking on alligators as the dominant species. Must admit i just wanted to say the word smorgasbord,i first heard it in the movie jaws,and try to use it in conversation every chance i get. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted June 26, 2024 #19 Share Posted June 26, 2024 4 hours ago, diddyman68 said: I can imagine a smorgasbord of introduced animals in florida.like the pythons taking on alligators as the dominant species. Must admit i just wanted to say the word smorgasbord,i first heard it in the movie jaws,and try to use it in conversation every chance i get. Coming home from work about 3am months back a truck had hit a huge even for here gator, and the good old boys were already getting the tail for bbq, Everywhere here are creatures more non indigenous than native. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver Posted June 26, 2024 #20 Share Posted June 26, 2024 There’s a primate on the loose in Florida? Maybe it’s the skunk ape? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antigonos Posted June 26, 2024 #21 Share Posted June 26, 2024 (edited) Speaking of humanlike/apelike creatures I wonder what ever happened to the Honey Island Swamp Monster of the Louisiana bayous? Why doesn’t he ever get mentioned anymore? I suspect because most younger people haven’t heard of him and older people who have forgot about him otherwise we’d be getting people seeing him everywhere and there’d have been at least one reality show by now. Edited June 26, 2024 by Antigonos 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver Posted June 26, 2024 #22 Share Posted June 26, 2024 14 minutes ago, Antigonos said: Speaking of humanlike/apelike creatures I wonder what ever happened to the Honey Island Swamp Monster of the Louisiana bayous? Why doesn’t he ever get mentioned anymore? I suspect because most younger people haven’t heard of him and older people who have forgot about him otherwise we’d be getting people seeing him everywhere and there’d have been at least one reality show by now. I think it could be because he didn’t have enough toes on his feet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted June 26, 2024 #23 Share Posted June 26, 2024 43 minutes ago, Guyver said: I think it could be because he didn’t have enough toes on his feet. 59 minutes ago, Antigonos said: Speaking of humanlike/apelike creatures I wonder what ever happened to the Honey Island Swamp Monster of the Louisiana bayous? Why doesn’t he ever get mentioned anymore? I suspect because most younger people haven’t heard of him and older people who have forgot about him otherwise we’d be getting people seeing him everywhere and there’d have been at least one reality show by now. My baby sister and I put a set of three toed wooden Bigfoot feet in our campground prank arsenal because of that fella. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resume Posted June 26, 2024 #24 Share Posted June 26, 2024 Once again I'll relate my 80s Swamp Ape Expedition experience: It was a hot and humid (duh) morning, and after a small attempt at launching a canoe off 41 south of Naples, we decided our time was better spent rehydrating, which we did at a dive bar in Bonita Springs. It was a far better choice as we later learned since nary a swamp footie was seen, much less captured. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted June 27, 2024 #25 Share Posted June 27, 2024 9 hours ago, Guyver said: There’s a primate on the loose in Florida? Maybe it’s the skunk ape? There is a cat down south making a living off skunk ape tours and selling junk and he was busted several years back doing hoax videos to drum up business, seems drop bear took a tour when he was here and actually didn't see a skunk ape. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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