They also wanted to send him back to his native Taiwan because he was “psychotic and illiterate.” He was then admitted to the security ward at Tampa General Hospital, and he escaped from there shortly afterward.
Hu spent eight months in the Green Swamp, subsisting off armadillos, snakes, and corn left out by hunters for wild turkey.
By mid-1975, three counties had received reports of a “wild man” or creature committing burglaries, and police had unsuccessfully sent six search expeditions after him.
With the aid of a search plane, a group of 15-20 deputies found Hu's camp and after a struggle they finally arrested him.
The men have shot video they believe shows the head and part of the upper body of a skunk ape hiding behind a palmetto bush.
[4] In 2012, along the Florida National Scenic Trail in the West Tract of SWFMD's Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve.
[5] Recreation The Green Swamp is a popular destination for birding, hiking, trail running, bicycling, equestrian, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and hunting.