Sept. 23, 2024

Terrifying & True | The Legend of Boggy Creek - The Fouke Monster

Terrifying & True | The Legend of Boggy Creek - The Fouke Monster
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One of the most notorious Bigfoot sitings in history happened in the most unsuspecting of places... The sleepy town of Fouke Arkansas, but what happened all those years ago and why is it still in the zeitgeist after all these years?

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This episode of Terrifying and True is brought to you

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by Boggy Creek. The series, free to watch on TWOB,

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follow the exploits of Roger and Sarah, two researchers of

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the American Yetti Project, as they investigate Bigfoot and try

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to find proof positive of the legendary monster. But what

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other mysteries will they uncover in the mysterious backwoods of

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Boggie Creek. Starring Eric Roberts of The Dark Knight, Brink

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Stephens of Slumber Party Massacre, Mike Kolinsky of Haunted House

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and Solarty Row, and Joni Durian of Babysitter Massacre, Bigfoot

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just might be the least of their worries as they

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encounter cursed scarecrows, serial killers, witches, dangerous bank robbers, and

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ruthless poachers, among many others. So check it out today,

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free to stream on TWOB. Boggie Creek the series executive

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produced by fred Olin Ray and directed by Henry Kuto. Hey,

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that's me. If you live in North America, I guarantee

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you've heard at least some stories about Bigfoot, the Skunkie,

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the Yettie, or Sasquatch. But back in the turn of

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the century, a small town in Arkansas became the unsuspecting

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capital of all things Bigfoot. And we're going to talk

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all about it tonight.

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What you were about to be based on witness accounts, testimonies,

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and public record, this is terrifying and treat.

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Treat for me. The legend of the falc Monster has

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not only gripped me due to the terror of the

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idea of a Bigfoot on the attack, but because it

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was featured in a film called The Legend of Boggie Creek.

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Not only was that film very scary, but it became

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very legendary in the world I live in every day.

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You see as a film producer and director and one

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who works independently, the Legend of Boggy Creek is a

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testament how if you have a good story, you can

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sell a film regardless of its technical limitations. People came

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out in droves to see this homegrown horror all about Bigfoot,

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and we're still talking about it to this day. So

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let's take a dive into the possibly true story of

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the Foulk Monster after this. Stories of the famous sasquatch

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more commonly known as Bigfoot, have existed for as long

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as oral folklore has, they are stories that everyone knows,

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regardless of country of origin and language spoken. The sasquatch

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has remained an enduring part of popular culture and is

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arguably responsible for the field of cryptozoology, a scientific study

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of animals considered to be mythical or of folklore. Many

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different creatures of this kind of common species have been

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reported over the years, such as the Honey Island swamp Monster, Momo,

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the Monster, and the skunk Ape, to name just a few,

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let alone the Yetti, the Abominable Snowman, and many more. However,

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save for the original story of Bigfoot, no sasquatch legend

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has been in the public eye more than that of

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our topic tonight, Beginning, like most as a local legend

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before rising to a mainstay of regional folklore and then

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national fascination. This legend could perhaps go back as far

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as the early nineteen hundreds, but it wasn't until the

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early nineteen seventies that the legend picked up more steam

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due to various reports and eventually a hit independent film

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that became a staple of drive in theaters across America.

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This is the story of a mysterious creature that roamed

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the lands of rural Arkansas. It is the story of

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the Fouk Monster. In Arkansas. At the time after World

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War II, those returning from war were settling down and

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starting families. For many in the state and the country,

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it was a transition back to a normal life. But

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world history obviously would go on to show there were

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challenges ahead, and while those residing in Arkansas saw would

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be affected like the rest of the country, they had

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their own problem about to flare up. Prior to the

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twentieth century, several alleged sightings in the general area of Falc,

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Arkansas related to the large hairy creature circulated in an

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eighteen fifty one report in the Memphis Inquirer and an

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eighteen fifty six report in the Caddo Gazette. Various accounts

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in later years described it as being a large, bipedal

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creature covered in long, dark hair. It was estimated to

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be about seven feet tall with a weight of between

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two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds. Later reports

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claimed that it was far larger than that, with one

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witness describing it as ten feet tall with an estimated

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weight of over eight hundred pounds. Some accounts described the

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falc Monster as running swiftly with a galloping gait and

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swinging its arms in a fashion similar to any. Reports

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also describe it as having a terrible odour, the odour

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being described as a combination of a skunk and a

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wet dog, and as having bright red eyes about the

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size of silver dollars. A variety of tracks and claw

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marks have been discovered which are claimed to belong to

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the creature. One set of footprints reportedly measured seventeen inches

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in length and seven inches wide, while another appeared to

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show feet that only possessed three toes. Local residents claim

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that this creature had roamed the area since nineteen sixty four,

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but those sightings had not been reported. Local folklore also

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holds that the creature can be further traced back to

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sightings in nineteen forty six. Most early sightings were allegedly

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in the region of Jonesville, which led to the creature

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being known as the Jonesville Monster during this period. In

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nineteen fifty five, the creature was allegedly spotted by a

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fourteen year old boy, who described it as having reddish

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brown hair, sniffing the air and not reacting when it

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was first fired upon with bird shot. Investigator Joe Nichol

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observed that the description was consistent with a misidentified black bear.

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Another local story takes place in the spring of nineteen

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sixty six. A call went out to police to investigate

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the death of an elderly farmer. The man's body was

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found in his barn with crushing injuries to the chest

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and the man's arms ripped from their sockets, his legs

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supposedly having been ripped off as well. A pitchfork was

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found nearby, stained with blood. It had been buried into

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the creature. The many interviews of the locals provided stories

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of so many close bigfoot sight There were supposedly families

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of Sasquatches in the area. Law enforcement agencies involved decided

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not to mention bigfoot as the cause of death and

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blamed the bull in the barn, despite the bull being

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locked up in its stall and not a drop of

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blood on its body. A writer named Philip Steele would

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include this occurrence in his book Ozark Tales and Superstitions.

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The incident occurred just off of Highway three h three,

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heading north from Highway four twelve. That area is close

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to the Madison, Washington County line. It was now nineteen

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seventy one, and this creature was about to become the

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thing of legend. On May second, nineteen seventy one, Bobby

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and Elizabeth Ford were at home when they were attacked.

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According to Elizabeth Ford, the creature, which she initially thought

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was a bear, reached through a screen window night while

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she was sleeping on her couch. It was chased away

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by her husband and his brother Don. During the alleged encounter,

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the Fords fired several gunshots at the creature and believed

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that they had hit it, though no traces of blood

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were found. An extensive search of the area failed to

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locate the creature, but three toed footprints were found close

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to the house, as well as scratch marks on the

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porch and damaged to a window as well as the

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house is sighting, the Fords would state that while they

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had heard something moving around outside late at night several

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nights prior, having lived in the house for less than

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a week, they had never encountered the creature before. Jim Powell,

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then a reporter for the Texarkana Gazette and the Texarkana

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Daily News, and Dave Hall, then director of Texarkana radio

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station KTFS went to Ford's place and found a terrified

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family moving out of the home it owned for less

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than a week. Powell wrote an article that appeared in

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the newspaper outlining the family's alleged sighting and attack. The

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next day, both the Texarcana Gazette and the Texarkana Daily

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published the same follow up story. It contained the first

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reference to the name Fouk Monster. The Associated Press and

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United Press International Wire Services transmitted the article to newspapers

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across the nation. Then, on May twenty third, nineteen seventy one,

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the monster was spotted once more. D. C. Woods Junior,

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Wilma Woods, and missus R. H. Saidgas reported seeing an

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ape like creature crossing US Highway Seventy one. More sightings

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were made over the following months by local residents and

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tourists who found additional footprints. The best known footprints were

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found in a soybean field belonging to local filling station

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owner Scott Keith. They were scrutineded by game warden Carl Gallion,

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who was unable to confirm their authenticity. Like the Ford prints,

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they appeared to indicate that the creature had only three toes.

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These incidents began to attract substantial interest. After news spread

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about the sidings, the Little Rock, Arkansas radio station kaa

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Y posted a one thousand ninety dollars bounty on the

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creature roughly eight thousand, five hundred dollars when adjusted for

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inflation to twenty twenty four. Several attempts were made to

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track the creature using dogs, but they were unable to

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follow its scent. When hunters began to take interest in

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the FOUK monster, Miller County Sheriff Leslie Greer was forced

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to put a temporary no guns policy in place in

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order to preserve public safety. In nineteen seventy one, three

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people were fined fifty nine dollars each for quote filing

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a fraudulent monster report. By late nineteen seventy four, interest

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had waned in sightings all but stopped, only to begin

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again in March of nineteen seventy eight, when tracks were

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reportedly found by two brothers prospecting in Russellville, Arkansas. There

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were also sightings in nearby Center Ridge. On June twenty

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sixth of that same year, a sighting was reported and

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cross At, Arkansas. During this period, the creature was blamed

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for missing livestock and attacks on several dogs. Since the

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initial cluster of sightings during the nineteen seventies, there have

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been sporadic reports of the creature. In nineteen ninety one,

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the creature was reportedly seen jumping from a bridge. There

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were forty reported sightings in nineteen ninety seven, and in

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nineteen ninety eight, the creature was reportedly sighted in a

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dry creek bed five miles south of Foul. One month

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after the Ford sighting, Southern State College now known as

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Southern Arkansas University, archaeologist Frank Scombach determined that quote there

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is a ninety nine percent chance the tracts are a hoax.

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According to Scomboch, the tracts could not be from a

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species of ape, as claimed by witnesses, because they were

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from a three toed creature, whereas all primates, including hominids,

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have five toes. In addition to the number of toes,

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Scomboch cited several other anomalies as part of his conclusion

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the region had no history of primate activity, ruling out

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the possibility of the creature being the remnants of an

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indigenous species. All apes are completely diurnal or in Layman's

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terms most active during daylight, as the Falc Monster was

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reported to be nocturnal or of the night. By nineteen

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eighty six, the mayor of Falc, Virgil Roberts, and former

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Miller County Sheriff Leslie Greer, were of the u opinion

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that the alleged Falc Monster tracks were man made. Greer's

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working colleague at that time, Chief Deputy H. L. Phillips,

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said that he had not taken calls regarding the monster

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in years. He does not believe the creature exists, stating quote,

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I don't believe in it, but I'd say you don't

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argue with people who say they've seen it. Many were

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respectable and responsible folks. The Skeptoid podcast concluded quote, so

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in total, every last shred of evidence that the Fuc

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Monster exists at all is anecdotal. Not a single piece

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is testable. The Fuc Monster fits very poorly with the

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model of a living animal, but fits very well with

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a local legend. Like many monstrous folklore, the story of

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the Falc Monster traveled quickly by word of mouth and

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the printed press while the sightings were first happening. While

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Falc Monster is the name that is stuck. Other names

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the creature is Gone By include the swamp Stalker and,

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perhaps most famously of all, the Boggy Creek Monster. The latter,

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in particular, is what helped the story gain national fame

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in nineteen seventy two, when filmmaker Charles B. Pierce created

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the docu drama horror film The Legend of Boggie Creek.

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The film takes inspiration from mostly the Encounter of the Fords,

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but does also include other parts of the legend and

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various encounters. Reportedly made for one hundred and sixty thousand

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dollars or roughly one point two million dollars in twenty

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twenty four, the Legend of Boggie Creek earned a reported

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total of twenty million dollars at the box office, which,

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when adjusted for inflation to twenty twenty four money, is

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a staggering one hundred and fifty five million, four hundred

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and fifty four thousand, eight hundred and fourteen dollars and

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eighty one cents as of this recording, making the Legend

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of Boggie Creek at its time the most successful independent

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film in the world. Pierce would later go on to

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make several other regional Texarkana based films such as The

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Town That Dreaded, Sundown, The Evictors, and the only official

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sequel to the first film in Boggy Creek two, and

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the Legend Continues. However, since the release of the first film,

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several unofficial sequels and spinoffs have been produced. These include

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nineteen seventy seven's Returned to Boggy Creek, twenty ten's Boggy Creek,

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The Legend Is True, twenty eleven's The Legacy of Boggy Creek,

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twenty sixteen's Boggie Creek Monster, and on television in twenty nineteen,

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Boggy Creek the Series, which by the way, is worth noting,

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was directed by Yours Truly and you can find it

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streaming for free on two BTV. Beginning in two thousand

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and third teen, the falc Monster Festival previously called the

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Boggy Creek Festival, has been an annual event dedicated to discussions, presentations,

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and lore related to the creature and other similar monsters.

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Proceeds benefit the Fouk School District, with over three thousand

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dollars having been raised in twenty nineteen alone. And there

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you have it. Like many stories pertaining to the supernatural

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and monstrous beings. We may never know for sure if

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the Falc Monster is legitimately out and about in Texarcana

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or if it's simply a campfire story. While the Boggy

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Creek Monster has not warranted as many scientific investigations as

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its Plain Jane Bigfoot counterpart, it still holds the attention

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of those with an interest in cryptozoology. A large part

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of that can be attributed to Pierce's film, and is

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certainly the case for those outside of the area of Arkansas.

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Yet for those within and the surrounding area, it remains

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a story to be passed by word of mouth and

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has become such a part of the community that it

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has its own festival. While Bigfoot might be the creature

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most looked to, perhaps the Falc Monster rivals or even

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surpasses the original legend. With that all being said, if

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you find yourself down in Fouc or anywhere within the

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Texarcana area, you might want to come prepared and stay vigilant.

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After all, while enough time is passed that the Phantom

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Killer is no longer out there, you may just find

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yourself face to face with the Falc Monster and become

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an addition to the Legend of the Creek. Terrifying and

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