Don't Hold Your Breath for the Skunk Ape

I had heard of the chupacabra and the yeti. Mention of them has grown a bit tiresome in fact, owing to one too many gags perpetrated on their behalf.

But Mr. Skunk Ape, I suppose you were before my time:



Mainly reported in the 1960s and 1970s, the above photo comes from 2000, submitted by a startled photog as 'proof' of the skunk ape's existence.

True, it has kind of a skunk look to it, but the name implies more. There is an official term for that grey penumbra of unverified beast life:

The mysterious, the elusive, the inscrutable cryptid.

And with 350 new species recently discovered in the Himalayas, it's anyone's guess what is still roaming wild.