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Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Uploaded by American Chupacabra

Image credit: CC-BY-SA-3.0 David Barkasy / Loren Coleman

Uploader comment: This is a close-up of the face of the Myakka Skunk Ape. Looks sort of like an Orangutan.

Image status: UNEXPLAINED The 'Myakka skunk ape' was photographed in 2000 by an anonymous woman in Florida, she believed at the time that the creature was an escaped orangutan however it is still unclear as to whether this was the case or not.

Recent comments on this image

#6 Posted by wil on 7/14/2006

Could be an undiscovered ape species.

#5 Posted by lovefiend on 2/2/2007

I find it unlikely that there'd be exactly the same amount of glow from the eyes in both pictures, taken from 2 different angles.

#4 Posted by Gallimaufry on 5/21/2009

It's a picture propped up behind a house plant. You can see where the plant is casting shadows on the surface of the picture, which is reflecting the flash.

#3 Posted by Littlehawk on 11/30/2010

oh yeah... I do kinda see the glare/ I was wondering about that "white beard"

#2 Posted by kitco on 6/18/2011

CHIMPSNZEE that has escaped, sorry everybody.

#1 Posted by Heroic Bishop on 4/22/2012

Definitely a primate, the grainy quality and fortunate / unfortunate reflection of the flash on the back of the eye gives it that mysterious look.

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