On October 28th, 2013, a hunter named Josh Highcliff uploaded a clip to his YouTube channel showing what appeared to be a large bipedal creature covered in dark hair.
Reportedly filmed around 9 miles west of Tunica, Mississippi at 6pm in the evening, the creature described as a ‘skunk ape’ can be seen crouched down and digging out a tree stump.
On his YouTube Channel Josh Stated “Here is exactly what I seen, I’m not sure what it is but can someone please tell me? Is there a person who can do video analyses or something? I got scared and ran away, I wish I stayed to keep taking the movie.
I was out hunting hogs, just sitting in a part of the swamp I have heard them before…it is not too far from a road. I was wearing hunting camo and just sitting dead still waiting for it to get dark, cause that’s when the hogs come out. I hear a noise behind the tree i was sitting on, i thought it was the hogs, when i got around i could not believe my own two eyes.
There was this huge black thing crouched by a dead cypress about 50 yards away, I thought it was a hog but saw these big shoulders and a head upright with hands. It looked like it was digging out the stump. My first instinct was to run, I did not even think of shooting…then I know no one will believe me…it was like everything slowed down…I was scared! I took out my iPhone and started videotaping it. I guess I pushed the record button twice cause it stopped blinking red.. but I pushed it again. I hear a truck driving down the road and the thing stood up!! I was trying to be dead quiet…when it stood up i could not control myself and ran. That stump was huge and I’d guess the sucker was 7feet tall, I am a hunter and am pretty darn good at guessing size.
That’s no bear!
I don’t know what to think.. if someone can tell me what it is or if someone was trying to prank me I, I don’t want to go back on my land. this is the first movie I have ever put on YouTube. The video looks better on my phone and computer
I always heard stories of skunk ape and honey island swamp monster from these parts but never thought about it being real ever. Has anyone seen anything like this in Mississippi?”
