It could have been a SKUNK APE! There is a town in huge NWFL swamp named,Wewahitchka (Wewa, locals) and they run like a pack of dogs down there. That one could have been on vacation up there or was picked up by some carnies and taken on the road for a freak show and died of a broken heart .... or had fallen off a high-wire act that he just couldn't preform, b/c of his large feet..... terrible tragedy man ... those guys can fish!! One taught me how to survive after I was lost in the swamp for two months when I was just 6 years old and I will never forget them as long as I have a nose, cause they stink soo bad.