Florida Skunk Ape

Marie Dumont is a native Floridian and is the founder of the ‘Mid Florida Bigfoot Research Group’ on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, which focuses primarily on Florida Bigfoot and Skunk Ape research. She has over 5,100 group members and active researchers who live primarily in the state of Florida and are interested in learning and sharing their knowledge with other researchers.

 

Marie is a dedicated, experienced researcher who has been seriously researching Bigfoots and Skunk Apes in Florida for over 4 years. She became very interested in this subject after hearing an incredible loud and lengthy Bigfoot vocalization in the Ocala National Forest. She has also been a lead paranormal investigator for over 30 years.

 

Marie’s field work specialty is finding structures and unusual things out in the woods and swamps. She has found glyphs, numerous ‘X’ type structures, asterick structures, lean-to and teepee like structures of all shapes and sizes, shelter/nest like structures and unusual stacks or placement of sticks and branches in the ground, as well as footprints. She is an artistic and creative person by nature, which allows her to successfully find things out in the woods and swamps that are unusual, unnatural or look out of place.

 

Marie is also a photographer, manages social media and handles all public relations, broadcasts, filming, and events for her research team.

Mike Aguilar is a 4th generation native Floridian and was raised in the Wesley Chapel, Land O’ Lakes and Lutz areas of west Central Florida.  He has become a dedicated and experienced researcher with over 3 years of field research but has a lifetime of experience spent in the Florida woods and swamps.

 

Mike is a loving family man and the father of two children. Mike's young son Kaylen suffers from a rare condition called ‘Selective Mutism’. Kaylen is also an Honorary member of the research team and has become a serious bigfoot researcher helping dad and the team out in the field, on occasion, and learning about the Florida wildlife. Together, Mike and his son bring an unorthodox high energy and somewhat comical side to the research team.

 

Mike's field work specialty is a unique gift for discovering new and very active research areas, locating footprints and interesting structures.  He is also very good with sounds and vocalizations.

'Skunk Ape Expert' David Shealy is the founder of the ‘Skunk Ape Research Headquarters’ in Ochopee, Florida and had his first encounter with the Skunk Ape back in 1974, when he was just 10 years old. He bases his research operation out of his headquarters, which is located at 40904 Tamiami Trail in Ochopee, Florida. It is here in the depths of the Everglades, where David Shealy has dedicated his life to studying the smelly, elusive Skunk Ape.

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Dave Shealy’s family has lived in the Everglades for generations. They first settled there in 1891, built the first local schoolhouse and spent the next handful of decades giving swamp tours and renting out camping spots. The Shealy’s time in the Everglades, though, is just a fraction of time compared to how long the notorious Skunk Ape has purportedly stalked the swamplands.

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David has had 4 Skunk Ape sightings throughout his life in the Big Cypress Preserve and captured one of them on film on July 8, 2000 quickly moving through the deep water in a sawgrass marsh.

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David Shealy has been featured on many TV and radio shows, newspapers, magazines, podcasts and documentaries for his Skunk Ape expertise and dedication to research.