A strange creature caught swinging through the trees in La Crescenta, California, could be an ape, says the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

According to KTLA news, local man Jake Gardiner spotted the possible primate while taking a walk in the woods on his lunch break from work.

"At first, I heard a bunch of strange noises in the trees. Figured it was just some types of bird or something like that,” said Gardiner in an interview with KTLA.

Gardiner said he felt uneasy, so he began recording with his cellphone camera to capture anything out of the ordinary.

He didn't see anything immediately unusual, but upon further inspection he spotted something he couldn't explain.

“You can definitely see a torso and four limbs moving around and swinging around,” said Gardiner. “It’s a pretty obvious kind of motion.”