Florida’s Most Alligator Infested Road | Everglades Roadside Attractions & Skunk Ape Headquarters

Alligators! On this episode of Florida Roadside Attractions we reach the Florida Everglades and explore Florida’s Most Alligator Infested Road “Loop Road” & Hello to The Florida BigFoot “Skunk Ape Headquarters” of Ochopee aka Big Foot HQ! We continue our US Highway 41 ( Tamiami Trail) journey! There is so much ahead.
Please check out Cris The Girl’s channel and video: / cristhegirl
Song used in video:
In The Palm Of Your Hand by Lindsey Abraham
#alligator #roadsideattractions #bigfoot #dangerous #skunkape #crocodile #worldslargest #lindseyabraham #everglades #nature #deadly #dangerous

[@TampaJay]

Most current episode kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHm8dad7nZuWgqc

[@robinlee6295]

I lived in Naples for several years. The drive from Miami to Naples on Tamiami trail is beautiful! We used to go to Everglades City often to do airboat rides! I miss that all so much!

[@zacharypeacock6278]

I lived in Ft Myers and drove US 41 many times going to Miami and yes it is beautiful...

[@kevinyork8731]

Is alligator alley a different road …..?……i thot it went from naples to ft lauderdale ?

[@alexmeier7217]

@@kevinyork8731 yeah alligator alley is a different road. It isn‘t that spectacular. Tamiami trail is well wort it

[@kevinyork8731]

@@alexmeier7217 …..i rode alligator alley way back in the 70s…..so i wanna ride it again someday…..pretty sure we did tamiami trail too….

[@johnroot4886]

Love the old Florida videos, have always wanted to see this part of Florida, thanks for taking us along, always looking forward to much ahead

[@rodneyison9500]

I was raised in Miami, my dad, grandpa and I used to fish all up and down the Tamiami Trail back in the 1960s, we were in that Cooperstown many times buying plastic worms and shiners, seen a lot of gators and snakes, caught a lot of bass and brim, this film brought back a lot of great memories, thank you so much for putting it on here

[@SkunkMonkey991]

Things have sure changed since those days. I remember when the gov took my dad's camp back in the 70s.

[@chriskoop4888]

Caught my first fish on the other side of Coopertown on 41. Mid sixties.

[@snookyjoutdoors4571]

I love loop road, i grew up hunting and fishing out there, still go out there every now and then. Such a special place!!!!

[@richardfloridaman]

I'm from Florida, born & raised... I left in 2016 for economic opportunities, and although I'm glad I left... I do miss home!

[@keithspooner23]

Me and daddy used to fish all along tamiami trail and alligator alley which is now I-75. This was back in the 60’s and early 70’s. Ty for this video. I was born and raised in Immokalee so where your at was sorta my back yard

[@TampaJay]

Glad to hear Keith! Thanks for watching!

[@StarBoy679-r4v]

Myself and a couple mates came over from the uk in July for my 30th birthday. We drove this road in our hire car and was blown away. Just seeing alligators in the roads that would kill you in minutes was just so surreal! We also saw some turtles massive ones! Amazing place

[@TampaFanatic1]

Awesome video Jay! Old 41 through the Glades has not changed a whole lot over the years, kind of like taking US 1 down through Key Largo, Islamorada and Marathon on the way to Key west with the old souvenir shops. I have not driven 41 through the Glades in years, most people take the old "Alligator Alley"/ I-75 that runs quite a bit to the north. This was fun to watch, quite nostalgic! Glad to see Dave Shealy's Skunk Ape Museum is still around, I remember going to that place back in the '90s. Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane. Love that you and Cris both do vlogs of your adventures! Awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[@TampaJay]

Thanks for watching man! I love that area of untouched Florida .

[@dannielleillig7683]

Living in PA in summer I jumped in so many types of water as a kid. With florida you have to assume gators with any type of water😂

[@karencramer5783]

I've driven across the Tamiami trail and visited the Miccosukee Village. Loved revisiting with you 2!

[@TampaJay]

Thank you!

[@marysanders4649]

Awesome video!. Thank you for showing old Florida!

[@TampaJay]

Thanks for joining me, Mary. I’m happy you enjoyed it.

[@lastchild6153]

From Gator tails to Doggie tails and skunk apes in between it’s Tampa Jay and Chris The Girl with the Best video you’ve ever seen.

[@TampaJay]

Lots of tails ha thank you!!

[@DixieChiweenie88]

It’s worth it to hike in Fakahatchee Strand State Park off of 29. Alligator infested, and we saw Everglades mink there too. Get there when the park opens at 8 am, you will see more wildlife, and it’s less crowded. 👍

[@TampaJay]

Also subscribe to Cris The Girl’s Florida Everglade’s Experience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqCpfp6aa8afrJY

[@garfixit]

Please be Careful a alligator killed a woman walking her dog 🐕 2 weeks ago. Love you guys

[@TampaJay]

Will do Gary. That’s horrible news. Thanks for watching man

[@conniecrawford5231]

Honk

[@conniecrawford5231]

Schwab was 84 and tried to save her Sam all hog from a gator_the dod lived but she gootten killed a-right in Tampa,too! 5:24

[@J.D.Vision]

My worst nightmare, I walk my dog around 1am in the morning around my neighborhood in Kissimmee every night for 30min.

[@Victorseafog]

@@conniecrawford5231 you failed to mention the dope was walking her little dog right along the edge of a pond with no critical thinking skills such as this is not smart and lacks common sense. The large gator was well known in the pond. The gator went for the dopes dog and she tried to save the dog. She falls a the gator drags her into the water by her leg.

[@ghostbuilder3187]

Florida is full of gators. Anywhere in Florida. Payees prairie in Gainesville fl Silver springs Ocala fl Any canal in Tampa or in Florida for that matter. We even have them just walking down the street. Alligators literally are everywhere in fl

[@lckgilmo43]

It used to be like that here in South West Louisiana. High tidal surge killed alot of gators during hurricanes. Alot of gators couldn't get out of water to warm up. They died of hyperthermia. Tens of thousands of gators.

[@RJB1218]

That is so sad. 😢❤️🐊

[@kimberlylyerly2207]

Oh geez! Alligators scare the crap out of me. You don't see them coming til it's too late. 😵 Ya'll be extra safe out there! Hugs to you both. 🤗

[@TampaJay]

Thank you Kimberly we were being so careful scary place

[@kimberlylyerly2207]

@@TampaJay you're very welcome ☺

[@backforblood3421]

I've been involved in more than one incident with an alligator on the road over the course of my life so far, or actually one during my life that I remember as a child (though even that occurred after the family I'd been part of until shortly before then came to an end) and the other that I remember was well into this ultimate hell that has replaced my life for about 14 years, only maybe three years ago. Of course, there was another incident four or five years ago when my car broke down and while I was walking along the shoulder of the highway, there was a fairly young maybe five foot long alligator in the ditch right beside me, but several feet down. I remember seeing huge ones basking on the side of a "bridge" which is just basically a glorified culvert with pavement around it in the nearest city with a Best Buy, Sam's Club, etc. back when I worked there around 15 years ago.

[@digestiveleaf]

I just ran a 14ft over tonight in front visitor center left the ground surprised my car wasn't totaled he was like huge speedbump thank God it was night and speed only 45-50 not 65-70

[@bruce2104]

My brother and i took alligater ally back in 78from tampa to miami to bowl in the state tournament we were doin 80 in the rain thats just how my brother drives. We ran over a gator you talk about a speed bump.we went backbut he was gone. We also got a flat it was dark no flashlight had to change it all the while mosqitoes the size sparrows dive bombed us what an adventure.

[@espinalroman]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sophiawish9772]

When you visit the keys, make sure to drive down Card Sound rd. to Alabama Jack's swamp restaurant. It's on a barge next to the road. You two will love the local atmosphere and the food.

[@kcadventures1454]

Man, that looks like Stephen foster state park. Seems like you spot a gator every 5 feet out there. I kayaked out there ONE time, never again. A big gator had blocked our path and he was not moving so we just waited until finally he decided to submerge.

[@thecoolestdad]

That was cool seeing yall drive through the Everglades. I was actually just talking with a friend at church last night about the Everglades. He's from St. Petersburg and now lives up here in Georgia.

[@itsmejjosh8309]

alligators are cool but imagine seeing the endangered american crocodile florida is the only place in north america that has crocs and gators

[@bordgard1]

Florida is the only place in the WORLD having both alligators and crocodiles.

[@itsmejjosh8309]

@@bordgard1 forgot to add that part lol

[@talesfromanoldmanpatoneal6372]

I was in St.Pete when the skyway bridge was struck and collapsed. Another great video. Thanks for taking us on the adventure.

[@alliematt1016]

I also lived in St. Pete when the Skyway fell. I didn’t know until the afternoon paper that it was the *big* span that had fallen.

[@weatherwarriormedia]

Family has deep history here. Born and raised many of them my father moved there in the early 50s (old Byrd Rd in Miami). Talked about walking in the Glades decades ago when the Glades were way way more extensive and the development non-existent in southern Miami-Dade. Said he’d discovered a random sign of early human explorers (old huts and such) and once found old railroad tracks probably offshoot of Flagler’s line into the Keys. So Loop Road use to be seldom visited. In the early 2000s I’d spend days exploring and see no one. Pretty sure the explosion of the internet, KZbin and social media changed all that. It’s also way more polluted and trashed thanks to all the new visitors.

[@pjmartin6690]

One of my favorite areas in Florida.... alligators are dangerous and amazing!!!

[@AndieZ4U2]

If you are referring to people, more than likely. If you are talking about actual gators...most definitely.

[@EllieM_Travels]

Thanks for stopping by all the sights for us. I’ve been through there but I’m always flying, trying to get to Miami as quickly as possible.

[@PSTXFL]

Love the Everglades great video. Most visitors around there don’t realize Loop Rd actually isn’t in Miami-Dade Co or Collier Co (Naples). Loop Rd dips down into Monroe County and then out again. Key West is the Monroe County seat, over 150 miles away. 👍

[@rioquibu]

The construction is part of the restoration of the Everglades. Allowing the natural flow of water.

[@metrakit5352]

I'm from europe, we don't have gators around here, I would love to see them. Miami is my dream city to visit (along with many other states, and of course, others countries) Thanks for your awesome video!

[@lapetitemorte415]

I bet you and Cris both could do a great series on the Miccosukee. There’s a fascinating history and I bet you two could get lots of content from this tribe! ❤

[@TampaJay]

I would love to do that! Also, looking forward to visiting different tribes out west. Thank you! :)

[@richierich2534]

The Miccosukee Indians don't care for white people and rightfully so there not gonna be accommodating frog legs taste like chicken

[@aquiakeewinston9082]

I thank You guys for the tour it was very pretty and a lot of nature yes You Guys seen a lot of gators I really enjoyed ❤ never watched before but most likely will watch again GOD BLESS

[@jayherron2852]

praying mantis playing the saxophone

[@wesleyferguson6932]

People need to know that the loop is a wonderful way to see 👀 and understand that the wildlife are really amazing across the southern part of the state. It's a very slow speed for great reasons.

[@Shartmouth-Mcpoo]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing

[@TampaJay]

Thank you!

[@louholmes670]

We did the loop road myself and my daughter visiting from UK in July last year. We did the Tamiami trail and stayed at a fantastic fantastic place in Everglades City. We loved the area.

[@deannwertz422]

What was the name of the place you stayed in. I’m coming down in May.

[@louholmes670]

River wilderness waterfront cabins.

[@jean-francoisbordeleau1225]

tx for that publication...this is great!

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

Thanks for the video.When you thought that snake on the wall was a rattlesnake,i knew right away you were not raised in the country.

[@RoGamg]

your video is very entertaining and fun to watch; keep making such videos :))

[@zitazoo]

When you scream alligators all over YT I heard it all the way to Gotland (home of Vikings) Sweden. Love, Hugs, and Thanks...

[@TampaJay]

Thank you!!

[@mattpyfe]

Love this! I have to go to the Skunk Ape museum soon!! at 23:30 the one half in the ground....it is in the video about Skunk Ape at Gatorland!!

[@mattpyfe]

Not resin, Plaster of Paris

[@TampaJay]

Thanks man it was fun ! Hope you’re doing well buddy

[@MelikhaCreated]

Even though you and Cris The Girl filmed tandem to each other, you both have 2 very different videos! I applaud both of you for giving such fun perspectives.

[@TampaJay]

Thank you so much!

[@Lolosmommie]

The '' gator '' you saw at 14:48 looked like a croc and the one on the right at 16:22 also looked like a croc

[@milantoombs6696]

Excellent vlog👍🏻👍🏻

[@garageofhorror5068]

Great video Jay,can’t imagine going there at night time 😮

[@TampaJay]

Thank you !

[@edwardbrehm484]

Tampa jay u ready for the rays season rays up baby ✌️

[@TampaJay]

Ohh yes!! Much ahead RaysUp!’

[@realdealio1]

Poor gator at 9:51 has a rubber band purposely around its snout..will prolly die from lack of food . :(

[@bost91]

I love the gator 🐊 park , I had a great time on my bday 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@Margaret-x1p]

Nice fun day ! Great video!

[@bigsnooks5968]

Could you imagine having car trouble on that road and having to walk.you’d be dead 😳

[@keokuk4392]

i would take my chances during the day versus during the night

[@LeeAnnGetsCrafty]

Skipped the best part of Loop Road, just on the right before getting back on 41 I'd the Everglades Sportsman's and Conservation Club. They have a huge Wld Hog BBQ Weekend the end of February every year. don't have to be a member to go to that fun filled all day Saturday event. bands, Swamp Buggy Rides, games, and more.

[@joanmelnick1704]

Floridian Bigfoot... 4th most sightings nationwide. ❤😊

[@tegerusgardens1]

The airboats were always fun definitely need a strong neck for it but man is it fun!

[@Dani-ICU-RN]

In Weston.. I see you nurse I had an actual person get off pull over on that stretch of road in the middle of the night to get out to pee. Well he got bit by a snake and he got brought to my icu, and I watched him go from perfectly fine to almost dead in a matter of a few minutes. Luckily, the Venom team got there pretty quickly

[@rondoofnightmare775]

You have managed to hit every tourist trap on 41 so far, and yet you just managed to find 50 more

[@TampaJay]

much behind, much ahead

[@Bkeithcamp]

I am glad you didn’t bring Bella, the gators would have thought of her as an appetizer. I enjoy how genuine you both are.

[@TampaJay]

Yes absolutely NO PETS or SMALL CHILDREN down this road!

[@pameladonnelson2093]

First time I saw your channel Tampa Jay but I have seen you several times on Adam the Woo’s channel.❤

[@jasondavidstapleton8337]

i will never go to a boat where is gators i'm fine at home

[@marcthorner8338]

36:50 36:51 Jay, Cris, congratulations! You survived “Gator Loop Road”! I have photographed extensively out in Big (Bug) Cypress day and night and there is a lot of cool stuff out there! The thing is, it’s not the Gators that scare me, what scares me is Bear! Those Gators were just getting some much needed sun and heat. Okay as long as you don’t wear clothes made of raw chicken and don’t go poking them in the snout with a 2by4, and give them a lot of room? There don’t bother you. Seriously, I live in Naples and I literally have a perpetual National Geographic Special about 30 minutes from where I live and it’s great!

[@joannechance1971]

Really love your content. Safe travels to you and Cris. Keep up the good work!

[@TampaJay]

Thank you so much Joanne!

[@jamessparkman6604]

@@TampaJay Florida was the alligators hunting ground lawn before we built roads or anything that humans need to survive. We should give it back to them.

[@abelardorodriguez8853]

Jay I'm surprised you didn't know the history of that little community of "Pinecrest".... legend has it that Al Capone used run a speakeasy in Pinecrest during prohibition times. I grew up in Miami and used to take my dad's Chevy Blazer on the Loop Road all the time (day and night) and since pythons weren't yet a serious problem I would see all sorts of small mammals... racoons,otters,deer and wild boar as well as an incredible variety birds.

[@Crazyjake666]

Is there a big difference between the Everglades and the New Orleans Bayoux?

[@MoviemaniaNick]

Awesome vlog Jay! I just watched Cris's vlog also and you guys did a great job.

[@TampaJay]

Thanks buddy happy Friday

[@VikingerOnYT]

This makes me want to visit Florida

[@progardens4500]

I pretty sure the gated house you were at is Luckys house ( i think thats his name) he was good friends with my exbf. We visited him and I was more concerned with the snakes and giant flies than the gators.

[@joegy9944]

Y'all didn't see that gator was starving and near dead. The one by the statue. His mouth was taped! I wonder who did that to him, he wasn't long for the world.

[@michaelburton1924]

I was wondering if it was just me but yea that gators mouth was taped 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@josephcorriveau9113]

Hey Tampa Jay nice Cool Video I like your video today 😊👍

[@TampaJay]

Thank you!

[@josephcorriveau9113]

@@TampaJay Your Very Welcome

[@staciaonmovies]

You must protect Cris from the frogs at all costs!

[@TampaJay]

With my life, always

[@rosesone2833]

Hi, did anyone notice and reported the alligator with the tape on its mouth, 9:52 minutes into the video. OMG I hope someone did, because I just saw it today 13 days after the video was loaded.

[@Mosesthecat]

Reported

[@michaelburton1924]

I thought maybe it was fake since it’s mouth was taped. So i wasn’t seeing things.

[@bdm3052]

I was just at the Big Cypress Preserve doing a boundary survey for someone. Had to take a 40 minute buggy ride just to get to the property

[@adrianrosado2223]

The most frightening part of this entire entire video was crossing the Sunshine skyway!!!

[@johngerard3218]

There used to be a great roadside attraction called EVERGLADES WONDER GARDEN on the Tamiani Trail in Bonita Springs.

[@cyndihenderson4141]

Love florida

[@zacharypeacock6278]

Thanks for the video this reminds me of being a kid and my parents driving over to Ft Lauderdale from Ft Myers to visit my great aunt. Sometimes we would take Alligator Alley which is now part of I75 and other times we would take US 41. I really like using 41 because it was so swampie looking to me as a child.

[@TampaJay]

Thank you Zachary

[@markimoofan1239]

this was alot of fun :) have to give you props to getting close to the gators on that trail lol no thanks lol

[@TampaJay]

Thanks Mark!

[@markimoofan1239]

@@TampaJay your welcome but please stop calling me mark 😞 just call me either markimoo or Jen it’s fine idc if ppl know my name

[@BEETHMODE84]

Visit fort meyers beach and see the distraction from hurricane Ian. It’s shocking! I have seen pythons on loop road too!

[@mrgee7059]

great video! fun to see

[@TampaJay]

Thank you mr gee

[@vegasstoker9647]

Everyone needs some bigfoot soap.

[@TampaJay]

Agreed missed pickup opportunity of my life

[@TheGatlinburgHussey]

Hello from Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park... You're getting up there with fans! That's great!! It's 70 here in the mountains after it snowed Tues 😜🏞️🌄🐻

[@TampaJay]

Thanks man!!

[@TheJoet7565]

Thank you for some great footage of the real Florida. Now please get your windshield fixed man fr!

[@guesswho7758]

Granddaddy used to build airboats for the guys in the everglades when I was a young kid

[@garfixit]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@annewatts8952]

One of my classmates from Orlando Boone Highschool class of 62 I think that is the town he settled in If I'm correct he had a very successful business of a funeral home Hi name was Terril Morris and he was an exchange student from Australia

[@jeroenoppers73]

🤣🤣🤣no frog legs for you jay

[@TampaJay]

🤤

[@ESUSAMEX]

As a new resident to Florida, I would not want to have a car accident any near the rivers and lakes in Florida. Imagine surviving an accident just to be eaten by a gator or two.

[@ricknunez7134]

Your wife looks like Debra Winger. An officer and a gentlemen. Great video. Thank you for sharing

[@calvinmarshall1610]

That was really cool man I wish I could get someone to take a ride down that road with me. Great video thanks for sharing

[@TampaJay]

Thank you Calvin

[@watergirl237]

I'm from that area and you guys missed the two best things on loop Road. You missed Lucky Coles outpost and you missed the remnants of Al Capone speakeasy... out in the Everglades .. yeah the one that geraldo Rivera was looking for. I can attest It's there....there's some steps and some fish tanks left ...right on loop Road and you guys drove right by them. Then it looks like you drove right past 29 headed towards Jerome that's why I actually saw the skunk ape for the first time and I've seen several Florida Panthers on that road.

[@jamestorline3965]

Wonder if its safe to ride a motorcycle through there?😮

[@No-nl8jn]

Absoluty beautifull and magnificent 😊 blessings from Danmark

[@JelMain]

How fast was that boar going when it hit the wall?

[@thaliafoster2172]

Why is the gator at 9:51 into the video have his mouth taped shut?

[@George-ej6lt]

Justin FYI when that plane went down in the Everglades, the owner of Coopertown. His name is Jesse him. And I were the first ones on scene at the crash on our airboats

[@choossuck7653]

You talking about the valujet?

[@abbykako]

Don’t think it’s a good idea to turn ur back on the Everglades swamp

[@michaelburton1924]

That’s what i was thinking as they faced us😳😀i thought at least one of them face the other way.

[@jamesbnadaparati352]

U getting hungry ...I know y'all got a couple of frog legs sandwiches to enjoy as you watch the wildlife that can eat y'all as lunch lolol

[@mattwallyy7047]

My wife and I frequent loop road quite a bit living in Naples. It is one of our favorites. The best time to go is at night with some flashlights!

[@TampaJay]

Oh wow I’d enjoy that at night!

[@ageorgiapeach9442]

Tamiami trail is called Alligator Alley

[@dfraz2131]

Thanks for bringing us with you! Looking forward to making an appearance there.

[@TampaJay]

Thank you!