Sunday, March 1, 2026

The Sunshine Shoals Gazette

"All the News That's Fit to Regret"

Florida Manny Swindles Tourists on Unauthorized Airboat Tour, Pockets $195

Florida Manny's Fake Tour Guide selling "certified" exotic python skins to unsuspecting tourists involved nothing more than some convincing taxidermy work and a booth at the Sunshine Shoals Weekend Market. $195 rolled in from snowbirds who believed they were purchasing rare reptile memorabilia, when in fact the "skins" were carefully painted rubber.