Any Floridians out there ever encounter the Skunk Ape?

I actually used to watch the discovery channel back in the 90s.
It mostly just consisted of legit documentaries

But some time afterward they decided to go on the 'mermaids/bigfoot/ancient aliens/skinwalker' path as that brings in more revenue

Sure I can see that bring in more cash at the start but doesnt that just taint all the stuff you show on the channel, so everthing gets tainted with the stink of BS, to the point that even if they had a legit documentary on it, I wouldnt watch it cause reality/facts obviously aint important to these guys.