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Skunk Ape Research Headquarters

Ochopee, Florida

Everglades roadside stop dedicated to Florida's smelly swamp ape, with a gift shop, Skunk Ape lore and a back area of live reptiles and birds.

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The creature

Skunk Apeaka Florida Bigfoot, Swamp cabbage manFlorida's swamp-dwelling Bigfoot, famous for a smell you won't forget.

Nearby

578 mi · Museum · Bishopville, SCSouth Carolina Cotton Museum (Lizard Man exhibit)The town museum in the old train depot keeps a Lizard Man exhibit with plaster casts from the 1988 Scape Ore Swamp sighting and a sign from the original site.592 mi · Expedition or tour · Slidell, LAHoney Island Swamp Boat ToursTwo-hour boat trips into the swamp the Honey Island Swamp Monster is said to haunt. You will definitely see gators.About $34 to $38 adults

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