Small Town Overcome By Mysterious Ape Sightings-Some Believe Animal Is An Orangutan[FL]

NBC10 ^ | 13 Nov 2007

[BGHater]

GLEN ST. MARY, Fla. -- Mysterious ape sightings are bringing excitement to a sleepy Florida town.

Residents have been hearing screeches in the night and stories of sightings echo on every corner.

The local newspaper even ran a story about the sightings.

"There is kind of that 'I've seen a bigfoot' type of feel to it," said resident Eric Lawson. "They said it made a nest in that tree, so it's probably somewhere here in the area."

Some believe the mysterious animal is an orangutan -- one local family had found what looked to be an orange ape up high in a tree.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigator who answered the original complaint call on the orange ape said there was definitely something up in the top of the tree, but he really couldn't be sure what it was.

He said he took a pack of jelly donuts and left it at the bottom of the tree, hoping to lure the creature to the ground.

He said he hasn't heard anything since.

"The next morning, the people came out and it was, it was gone," Lawson said.

If the mysterious animal was an ape, where did it come from? State officials said no one in Baker County is licensed to own an orangutan.

[BGHater]

Some remarks by Loren Coleman. http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/glen-fl-ape/

New Cryptid Ape Reports in Florida

Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 13th, 2007

The Myakka Whatever.

Near the northern border of Florida, one county over from the east coast of the state, is the small community of Glen St. Mary. It is a town in Baker County, Florida, with a population of 473 in the 2000 census, and 489, as of 2004. The people in Glen St. Mary live in 181 households in 131 families. Ninety-eight percent of the people in town identify themselves as Caucasian Americans.

The little town of Glen St. Mary is in the middle of a bit of uproar. A cryptid is the talk of the town. A mystery ape seems to be about.

Needless to say, Florida is the land of accounts of the Skunk Ape, the Myakka unknown, and boogers. There are over a hundred years of reports of this kind coming from this part of America’s subtropical South.

Click on the comparison between images above ~ Myakka cryptid on the left, an orangutan on the right ~ for a larger view.

Also, in November 2006, news video was taken of an “escaped chimp” and I posted on this report here, “Chimp Sighting = Skunk Ape?”.

The following are video captures from that 2006 Florida tape. This “chimp” was never caught. Who is to say it wasn’t a Skunk Ape? It seems to be a report that is all but forgotten.

[TexGuy]

Its da Boogie-man!

[Rb ver. 2.0]

It’s highly conceivable that an ape or orangutan could live in the wilds of Florida. They’d just better hope they don’t run into one of those 20’ pythons.

[TXnMA]

“Right turn, Clyde!” ‘-)

[Red_Devil 232]

"The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigator ... took a pack of jelly donuts and left it at the bottom of the tree, hoping to lure the creature to the ground."

Thoes Wildlife guys are ready for anything!

[Izzy Dunne]

Did it ask anything about hanging chads?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

It would make for a good movie plot, a guy who runs a tourist business buys apes and orangutans in other parts of the country and releases the them in his small town to gin up business.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

""The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigator ... took a pack of jelly donuts and left it at the bottom of the tree, hoping to lure the creature to the ground.""

Wrong bait

[cripplecreek]

Looks like a tang to me.

[BGHater]

Monkey business. Nearer to the springs, wild rhesus monkeys scamper among the trees doing monkey things—chattering, grooming, and chasing one another. Their antics can be entertaining, but unfortunately some people resort to feeding the monkeys, an action which is not only illegal, but also potentially dangerous. These are wild animals, the descendants of a troop released in the 1930s to lend an exotic air to jungle cruises along the river. Like many wild animals, they can bite. To prevent any feeding-frenzied monkeys from dropping into your boat, it's best to just observe them from a safe distance.

Lol. Already done in real life, it's called Silver Springs.

[driftdiver]

He didn’t catch the ape creature but mysteriously found 150 police officers in his clever trap.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

There were monkeys and iguanas living wild in Miami when I was there in the 70’s—House pets that has been let loose and adapted quite nicely, as have the pythons.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

There used to be an ape farm or sanctuary on Hwy 19 in Pinellas County. I bet you could’ve smelled it all the way to Baker County, it was that bad.

[Shermy]

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=95548

“...Well, orangutans really love fruit. So, hungry for answers, we went to “Ed” — a neighbor who hears all the gossip from his produce stand.

But Ed had boarded up his stand and beat it out of town. Why did he decide to split? It’s not clear, but the sign he left behind prominently features a bunch of bananas as one of his top-selling products.

Ed took off, and so did the mystery creature...”
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Maybe Ed has a thing for dressing up like orangutans? It’s Floriduh! after all..

[Thinkin' Gal]

He said he took a pack of jelly donuts and left it at the bottom of the tree, hoping to lure the creature to the ground. He said he hasn't heard anything since.

Death by trans fats?

[BlueDragon]

Its da Boogie-man!

no, no...it's just my nephew, Horace.

yeah, I know. That makes me a monkey's uncle.

But it's not my fault. One can't pick their relatives, or make all the choices, for the whole fam damily!

[BGHater]

Though call these days, could have been the trans or more likely a Chinese Jelly Donut.

[FReepaholic]

...Its da Boogie-man!...

Nope. This is the Boogeyman:

[TexGuy]

Nope. This is the Boogeyman:

Actually, the original Boogie-man was ...

[Alice in Wonderland]

I saw some several times this summer. They seem to stay in the area of Silver Springs Park that borders the Ocala National Forest. If you take the jeep wilderness ride, you’re more than likely to see more than a few.