Ive never thought skunk as I know it came from Sk1. We had stinky skunk here as far back as 1977. Thats when I first smoked it, and I bought Sk1 seeds when they were first available, and never found skunk as I know it in Sk1. Or Super Skunk. Skunk 1 has always been more sweet/floral, with some exceptions for more acrid smells, but never straight up reeking skunk.
We lost our Skunk to the cops before Sk1 was even available except to a select few in the 70s.
The guy we got our skunk from was from Meigs County Ohio. In 1977. He claimed it was a cross of Kerela, and an unnamed Indica. He was also the originator of Meigs County Gold. Willie Nelson used to get weed off of this guy. His name was William Keith "NOODLES" Hayes. He died in 2020 at the age of 76. He died at St Marys Medical Center in Huntington West Virginia. He got rated out in the late 90s, and did 6-7 years in Federal Prison for cultivation.
Not saying Noodles invented skunky skunk, but I find it curious that skunk became almost nonexistant, after Noodles got busted. He was also a well known breeder all through central Appalachia. I mentioned Noodles to a guy on Instagram, and he instantly knew who he was. This guy is also old school, and about 75 years old. Noodles would be 80 next year.
My buddy met him in Athens Ohio, when a band he was in backed up James Gang. Noodles told him where he lived, and my buddy got the first Indica I ever saw from him. This was in 1972. It grew about 5 feet tall, and grew like a beach ball, and my buddy nicknamed it Beach Ball. It was super choke, and was deep red when dried. It would choke you to death every hit. And make you dizzy.
But we had Skunk almost 10 years before we ever heard of Skunk #1.
Mel Frank got Sk1 seeds from Skunkman in 1988. We had skunk in 1977.
We also never called it RKS. We always just referred to it as Skunk. My buddy grew it from 1977-1984, and a so called friend got into trouble, and ratted him out, and the cops got it. Got the Beach Ball Indica too.
