Sasquatch & The Search For Feral Monkeys & Apes

Greg Smith positioned himself against a tall oak in the lonesome Louisiana wilderness in hopes of bagging a mess of squirrels for dinner.

This particular set of woods was loaded with them and he hoped as daylight cracked, his position would give him a good shot at success.

As the line peaked through the trees, he heard a few squirrels chattering in the distance but didn’t see any near him. He sat there for nearly an hour before deciding to move.

And just as he began to get up, he saw something.

What he described as a 3 foot plus tall monkey walked in an opening in the brush in front of him. At first he only saw the tail moving and then as it moved, the creature came in for a full view.

It moved at a moderate pace through the forest and then disappeared.

He described the animal as grayish-brown and very furry.

In Texas near the town of Dilley is a feral population of Japanese macaques that have been there since the 1970s and there are verified monkeys living in southern Florida.

Could there be feral monkeys and perhaps even apes living in the United States that are linked to the broader sasquatch phenomenon?  Are some of the NAPES (North American Apes) written about by Loren Coleman for example a result of this?

Some report seeing bigfoot creatures with human-like faces while others are adamant it looked exactly like an ape. Some reports have smaller, slumped over creatures and some report animals looking like an orangutan.

The Myakka ape from Florida is a prime example of this.

Have you ever seen a monkey or ape in the wild in the United States? If so, we would like to know.

The forthcoming 20th Anniversary edition of Bigfoot South will have an entire chapter dedicated to this and your report could be a part of it.

You can email bigfoot@bigfootsouth.com to share any reports.

The Wildlife Journalist®

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