Plot Synopsis

This half-hour reality series follows Dave Shealy, as he searches the Florida Everglades for the infamous Skunk Ape while operating a campground with a ragtag group of family and friends. The Skunk Ape is a large and hairy bipedal mammal, likely related to Bigfoot, which gets its name from its rotten-egg smell, because it is said to hide in alligator dens filled with swamp gas and rotting animal cadavers. Dave spends every spare moment that he can in the swamp -- day or night -- trying to gather more photographic and physical evidence so he can make more Skunk Ape converts by furthering his research, while operating out of the Skunk Ape Research Center housed in the gift shop of his campground. At the campground, his brother runs the gift shop, an eccentric friend runs a semi-dangerous animal exhibit, and his girlfriend helps him with marketing; meanwhile, Dave is trying to get his son involved in the family business of Skunk Ape tracking. In this series, Dave tracks the Skunk Ape with an airboat and searches a dangerous alligator den, while his crew operates the campground by accommodating guests and preparing for a thunderstorm that threatens to ruin the Miss Skunk Ape contest.