1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Visit www.Starbet99.cc Trusted Secure Online Gambling Agent 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:18,000 New Member Bonus 500 Thousand Cashback Parlay 10 Million 1 00: 00: 03,922 -> 00: 00: 06,589 Sbobet Sportsbook Rolls 1,25% Maxbet Sportsbook Rolls 1,5% 3 00:00:15,501 --> 00:00:18,720 Rolls Live Casino Sbobet 338A 1% Rollingan Casino Live Maxbet 1.2% 4 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,264 BBM: 2C096C3F LINE: STARBET99 5 00:00:22,264 --> 00:00:24,371 Wechat: STARBET99 Whatsapp: +66875577610 6 00:00:24,371 --> 00:00:27,169 The Legend of Boggy Creek. 7 00:00:27,169 --> 00:00:28,985 Creatures in the heart of this legend 8 00:00:28,985 --> 00:00:31,902 nicknamed The Boggy Creek Monster. 9 00:00:33,128 --> 00:00:35,064 While a nation comes to meet this beast 10 00:00:35,064 --> 00:00:37,779 for the first time in the early 1970s, 11 00:00:37,779 --> 00:00:40,417 inhabitants in the bottom south of Arkansas land 12 00:00:40,417 --> 00:00:43,740 almost invisible this is a cinema debut. 13 00:00:43,740 --> 00:00:45,454 They know something the rest of the country 14 00:00:45,454 --> 00:00:47,419 just starting to understand. 15 00:00:47,419 --> 00:00:51,751 See, Legend of Boggy Creek isn't just a legend. 16 00:00:51,751 --> 00:00:54,508 For decades, reports from a very large man 17 00:00:54,508 --> 00:00:57,051 closed animal hair that wanders swamps 18 00:00:57,051 --> 00:01:01,483 and drains have leaked into local folklore. 19 00:01:01,483 --> 00:01:02,808 While the excitement of the film 20 00:01:02,808 --> 00:01:05,139 interesting for the general public, 21 00:01:05,139 --> 00:01:06,881 those who really met 22 00:01:06,881 --> 00:01:11,048 That monster for themselves is haunted by that fact. 23 00:01:12,271 --> 00:01:14,655 The reality is a puzzle. 24 00:01:14,655 --> 00:01:16,905 The reality is scary. 25 00:01:18,937 --> 00:01:21,854 (fast music) 26 00:02:06,703 --> 00:02:09,370 (unpleasant music) 27 00:02:20,982 --> 00:02:22,969 This is Fouke Arkansas. 28 00:02:22,969 --> 00:02:24,380 I don't grow here, 29 00:02:24,380 --> 00:02:25,574 but when I was little 30 00:02:25,574 --> 00:02:28,498 this place captures my imagination. 31 00:02:28,498 --> 00:02:30,555 I only see it on the theater screen, 32 00:02:30,555 --> 00:02:32,858 but I often travel to small cities like that 33 00:02:32,858 --> 00:02:35,204 with my father when we camp and hunt 34 00:02:35,204 --> 00:02:37,916 throughout Texas and Arkansas. 35 00:02:37,916 --> 00:02:39,733 They come out of the way of the place. 36 00:02:39,733 --> 00:02:42,036 Quiet monuments of rural America 37 00:02:42,036 --> 00:02:45,490 saved away from busy buzz of city life. 38 00:02:45,490 --> 00:02:48,109 A peaceful place to build a family. 39 00:02:48,109 --> 00:02:52,276 And for many people, all of them belong to Fouke. 40 00:02:53,205 --> 00:02:56,059 In the Fouke 70s will get fame anyway, 41 00:02:56,059 --> 00:02:59,461 thanks for the release The Legend of Boggy Creek. 42 00:02:59,461 --> 00:03:01,897 I see a movie in time with my family, 43 00:03:01,897 --> 00:03:04,384 and like lots of kids fascinated by monsters 44 00:03:04,384 --> 00:03:05,634 I am very happy. 45 00:03:06,594 --> 00:03:08,075 Since then the film has become something 46 00:03:08,075 --> 00:03:09,687 from film staples B. 47 00:03:09,687 --> 00:03:13,859 But it's magic and mystery always with me. 48 00:03:13,859 --> 00:03:16,959 A mystery that I want to help solve. 49 00:03:16,959 --> 00:03:18,730 I'm Lyle Blackburn. 50 00:03:18,730 --> 00:03:20,902 A few years ago I wrote a book called 51 00:03:20,902 --> 00:03:23,044 The Beast of Boggy Creek. 52 00:03:23,044 --> 00:03:25,558 This book is very deep look at the mystery 53 00:03:25,558 --> 00:03:27,321 around the city of Fouke. 54 00:03:27,321 --> 00:03:30,077 And especially, it's the most famous citizen, 55 00:03:30,077 --> 00:03:32,077 Monster Boggy Creek. 56 00:03:33,527 --> 00:03:35,127 For people in southern Arkansas, 57 00:03:35,127 --> 00:03:36,771 Boggy Creek legend more 58 00:03:36,771 --> 00:03:38,374 than just a movie. 59 00:03:38,374 --> 00:03:40,549 That is the introduction to their home. 60 00:03:40,549 --> 00:03:43,538 An area that is often ignored by outsiders. 61 00:03:43,538 --> 00:03:46,377 Land filled with wildlife, natural beauty, 62 00:03:46,377 --> 00:03:49,710 hidden mysteries, and countless legends. 63 00:03:51,129 --> 00:03:52,688 Fouke is a quiet little community 64 00:03:52,688 --> 00:03:55,470 stored in a corner from southwest Arkansas. 65 00:03:55,470 --> 00:03:57,723 Only 20 miles from the city of Texarkana, 66 00:03:57,723 --> 00:04:01,546 97 km north of Shreveport Louisiana. 67 00:04:01,546 --> 00:04:03,525 Even though it's located relatively close 68 00:04:03,525 --> 00:04:05,629 large population center, 69 00:04:05,629 --> 00:04:07,900 remote wilderness that surrounds Fouke 70 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:11,257 makes it feel like a distant world. 71 00:04:11,257 --> 00:04:13,406 - Fouke Arkansas is located in 72 00:04:13,406 --> 00:04:17,917 southwest corner of the state Arkansas in Miller County. 73 00:04:17,917 --> 00:04:20,798 Miller County is the only county in the state of Arkansas, 74 00:04:20,798 --> 00:04:23,420 or one of two districts in the state of Arkansas 75 00:04:23,420 --> 00:04:26,520 which is separate from the rest of the country with water. 76 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:31,176 Red River carves it from other states. 77 00:04:31,176 --> 00:04:34,287 - This area, we sometimes see 78 00:04:34,287 --> 00:04:38,126 as an area lost from lost the state of Arkansas. 79 00:04:38,126 --> 00:04:41,078 - This is a small town. 80 00:04:41,078 --> 00:04:43,150 Slow slow. 81 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:45,507 The small city we have here already exists 82 00:04:45,507 --> 00:04:48,944 lots of (wild) wildlife around here. 83 00:04:48,944 --> 00:04:50,492 When you step out in the forest 84 00:04:50,492 --> 00:04:52,325 You experience nature. 85 00:04:54,295 --> 00:04:56,233 - [Lyle] Fouke was founded in the late 1800s 86 00:04:56,233 --> 00:04:58,247 by a group of 7th Day Adventists 87 00:04:58,247 --> 00:05:00,462 seeking religious protection. 88 00:05:00,462 --> 00:05:02,285 The place where the devil and his lackeys 89 00:05:02,285 --> 00:05:03,974 can't reach them. 90 00:05:03,974 --> 00:05:06,886 Coarse Land Miller County surrounding it 91 00:05:06,886 --> 00:05:09,758 often drop back for shadow activities. 92 00:05:09,758 --> 00:05:12,056 Like many areas in the south 93 00:05:12,056 --> 00:05:14,401 it's home to foreigners, criminals, 94 00:05:14,401 --> 00:05:16,841 and other immoral individuals. 95 00:05:16,841 --> 00:05:20,266 But Fouke held him back as a religious-based community. 96 00:05:20,266 --> 00:05:23,771 Where families can enjoy the benefits of small city life. 97 00:05:23,771 --> 00:05:26,354 - This is the place in history 98 00:05:27,903 --> 00:05:30,153 who is known as a criminal. 99 00:05:31,445 --> 00:05:34,032 And many of them will do it hang out in this area 100 00:05:34,032 --> 00:05:36,717 because they can access other countries 101 00:05:36,717 --> 00:05:39,085 in less than 15, 20 minutes. 102 00:05:39,085 --> 00:05:40,918 - And the city itself, 103 00:05:42,291 --> 00:05:44,175 Fouke was once a big place. 104 00:05:44,175 --> 00:05:47,756 We have a train depot, we have a sawmill. 105 00:05:47,756 --> 00:05:50,175 And there are more people here 106 00:05:50,175 --> 00:05:52,049 than now. 107 00:05:52,049 --> 00:05:53,444 - [Lyle] While Fouke is known 108 00:05:53,444 --> 00:05:55,177 in modern times for that monster, 109 00:05:55,177 --> 00:05:56,835 the state of Arkansas has been a long time 110 00:05:56,835 --> 00:05:59,807 run history with reports of strange creatures. 111 00:05:59,807 --> 00:06:01,874 When researching my book, 112 00:06:01,874 --> 00:06:03,521 I found many articles 113 00:06:03,521 --> 00:06:06,004 picking up from newspaper archives that speak 114 00:06:06,004 --> 00:06:09,024 terrible encounters with creatures like humans 115 00:06:09,024 --> 00:06:11,787 which lurks in the depths of from the mountains of the state, 116 00:06:11,787 --> 00:06:13,454 forest, and swamps. 117 00:06:14,305 --> 00:06:17,398 As far back as 1800's, newspapers are done 118 00:06:17,398 --> 00:06:20,244 the stories of these so-called wild people. 119 00:06:20,244 --> 00:06:23,749 - Those stories are from the early 1900s. 120 00:06:23,749 --> 00:06:26,252 Indians believe that are here all the time. 121 00:06:26,252 --> 00:06:30,004 Their ancestors lived together whatever this creature is. 122 00:06:30,004 --> 00:06:32,219 That is the second nature for them. 123 00:06:32,219 --> 00:06:33,925 - [Lyle] That wild man description is very unusual 124 00:06:33,925 --> 00:06:36,158 similar to Fouke monsters. 125 00:06:36,158 --> 00:06:38,264 When there is historically abundance 126 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:41,090 documented vision connected with Fouke, 127 00:06:41,090 --> 00:06:43,530 stories from locals suggest this creature 128 00:06:43,530 --> 00:06:45,006 may have been seen in the area 129 00:06:45,006 --> 00:06:47,673 as far as the early 1900s. 130 00:06:49,193 --> 00:06:52,236 - 100 years ago something happened here. 131 00:06:52,236 --> 00:06:55,873 It happens to a girl, she is eight years old. 132 00:06:55,873 --> 00:06:58,026 He has been away for 14 years. 133 00:06:58,026 --> 00:06:59,835 He died at the age of 92 years. 134 00:06:59,835 --> 00:07:01,954 And he doesn't know anyone about this 135 00:07:01,954 --> 00:07:04,064 until he is on his death bed. 136 00:07:04,064 --> 00:07:07,842 He has been fishing with him grandparents and their parents. 137 00:07:07,842 --> 00:07:11,198 They all lured it bayou, through here. 138 00:07:11,198 --> 00:07:14,895 And he has his little stick polar, he calls it what. 139 00:07:14,895 --> 00:07:16,995 He goes around the bush and it squats 140 00:07:16,995 --> 00:07:19,371 next to water. 141 00:07:19,371 --> 00:07:21,056 It's washing his feet. 142 00:07:21,056 --> 00:07:23,435 It stands and he stands face to face 143 00:07:23,435 --> 00:07:25,068 with that in five legs. 144 00:07:25,068 --> 00:07:26,145 He returned and entered the cart 145 00:07:26,145 --> 00:07:29,152 and he never returned to this area. 146 00:07:29,152 --> 00:07:31,770 - Before I become 147 00:07:31,770 --> 00:07:33,638 a deputy sheriff, 148 00:07:33,638 --> 00:07:36,651 I was hunting one night, we used to hunt foxes. 149 00:07:36,651 --> 00:07:38,132 I was hunting with my father-in-law 150 00:07:38,132 --> 00:07:40,078 and he told me that story 151 00:07:40,078 --> 00:07:44,092 they hunt and everything suddenly the dogs stop. 152 00:07:44,092 --> 00:07:46,612 The dogs stop barking, they come to them 153 00:07:46,612 --> 00:07:50,020 which is in the lottery between two ridges. 154 00:07:50,020 --> 00:07:51,915 And they can't understand what the problem is 155 00:07:51,915 --> 00:07:54,565 possible but finally there is 156 00:07:54,565 --> 00:07:57,519 big hairy big monsters. 157 00:07:57,519 --> 00:07:58,503 When he calls it. 158 00:07:58,503 --> 00:07:59,968 Men or whatever. 159 00:07:59,968 --> 00:08:00,990 They don't give it a name 160 00:08:00,990 --> 00:08:02,625 Because they don't know what that is. 161 00:08:02,625 --> 00:08:04,137 Joining from the forest. 162 00:08:04,137 --> 00:08:06,182 And standing there looking in their area 163 00:08:06,182 --> 00:08:09,079 which they are at the bottom of the lottery. 164 00:08:09,079 --> 00:08:11,577 And they have small weapons with them 165 00:08:11,577 --> 00:08:15,362 and they fired him several times at the monster. 166 00:08:15,362 --> 00:08:18,614 But in the air hope scare but not. 167 00:08:18,614 --> 00:08:20,924 It stands there and walks, turns, looks. 168 00:08:20,924 --> 00:08:22,450 Looks like it's staring at them 169 00:08:22,450 --> 00:08:24,714 and they don't want to leave their area 170 00:08:24,714 --> 00:08:27,752 alone on the ridge. 171 00:08:27,752 --> 00:08:29,343 And they live there for some time 172 00:08:29,343 --> 00:08:31,155 they finally go home. 173 00:08:31,155 --> 00:08:32,840 This is before I become 174 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,284 a law enforcement officer. 175 00:08:34,284 --> 00:08:36,674 And that date and time that happened, I don't know. 176 00:08:36,674 --> 00:08:39,021 The story told me maybe about 177 00:08:39,021 --> 00:08:41,271 1966, 67, that time period. 178 00:08:42,358 --> 00:08:45,647 So that has already happened several previous periods. 179 00:08:45,647 --> 00:08:47,902 - I graduated at 64 so that's when we 180 00:08:47,902 --> 00:08:51,029 seniors have met several _ Barefoot men in Boggy Creek. 181 00:08:51,029 --> 00:08:54,526 They have two packs of coon dogs, they mix the package. 182 00:08:54,526 --> 00:08:56,746 And on the night given, as they call or call us 183 00:08:56,746 --> 00:08:58,194 barefoot men. 184 00:08:58,194 --> 00:09:00,587 Because that's the trace they found. 185 00:09:00,587 --> 00:09:01,990 He kills all dogs. 186 00:09:01,990 --> 00:09:03,189 And they came to school the next day 187 00:09:03,189 --> 00:09:05,357 trying to get vigilante 188 00:09:05,357 --> 00:09:09,530 to go in there and hunt down this man in Boggy Creek. 189 00:09:09,530 --> 00:09:11,499 Some seniors go, 190 00:09:11,499 --> 00:09:13,192 some of us can't leave. 191 00:09:13,192 --> 00:09:15,419 We tried but our parents won't let us. 192 00:09:15,419 --> 00:09:18,457 And they never come back with proof 193 00:09:18,457 --> 00:09:20,426 who is it or what. 194 00:09:20,426 --> 00:09:24,593 That's our monster's dust when we look back, backwards. 195 00:09:25,971 --> 00:09:28,502 - [Lyle] On a warm night in May 1971, 196 00:09:28,502 --> 00:09:30,894 Boggy Creek monsters take the first step 197 00:09:30,894 --> 00:09:32,997 to the public eye. 198 00:09:32,997 --> 00:09:34,642 They see that creature 199 00:09:34,642 --> 00:09:36,618 lasts years before the event 200 00:09:36,618 --> 00:09:38,438 that will happen. 201 00:09:38,438 --> 00:09:42,160 This proves to be a critical point. 202 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,916 Right after sunset on Saturday May 1 203 00:09:44,916 --> 00:09:48,178 in a small frame house outside Highway 71 204 00:09:48,178 --> 00:09:49,743 Ford and Turner families 205 00:09:49,743 --> 00:09:51,631 just settling for the night 206 00:09:51,631 --> 00:09:54,114 when they have experience that will haunt them 207 00:09:54,114 --> 00:09:56,876 for the rest of their lives. 208 00:09:56,876 --> 00:09:58,851 Elizabeth Ford made the first contact 209 00:09:58,851 --> 00:10:01,061 when he is torn from his peaceful sleep 210 00:10:01,061 --> 00:10:02,997 by large hairy hands reaching 211 00:10:02,997 --> 00:10:05,253 through the nearest window. 212 00:10:05,253 --> 00:10:07,014 Behind the hand peeking at him 213 00:10:07,014 --> 00:10:09,560 two red eyes he said, 214 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:11,893 "Looks like a fire." 215 00:10:13,324 --> 00:10:14,917 The people in the house rushed out 216 00:10:14,917 --> 00:10:16,894 to fulfill that. 217 00:10:16,894 --> 00:10:18,943 Armed with a rifle and flashlight 218 00:10:18,943 --> 00:10:21,525 they see the creature and start shooting. 219 00:10:21,525 --> 00:10:24,508 It escapes to the nearest forest. 220 00:10:24,508 --> 00:10:26,478 Family quickly retreats into the house 221 00:10:26,478 --> 00:10:28,287 where they call the local police. 222 00:10:28,287 --> 00:10:31,336 Led by Police Ernest Walraven. 223 00:10:31,336 --> 00:10:34,396 Walraven and young representative named H.L. Phillips 224 00:10:34,396 --> 00:10:38,054 arrived at the Ford house and found the family shaken. 225 00:10:38,054 --> 00:10:40,384 But they don't find creatures on property. 226 00:10:40,384 --> 00:10:43,154 So they leave. 227 00:10:43,154 --> 00:10:44,801 - I know that I arrived there 228 00:10:44,801 --> 00:10:48,514 and the former Red Walraven Cosnstable of Fouke 229 00:10:48,514 --> 00:10:52,758 at that time, we both arrived around the same time. 230 00:10:52,758 --> 00:10:56,688 That is a kind of uncontrolled situation. 231 00:10:56,688 --> 00:10:58,238 There is a total panic among members, 232 00:10:58,238 --> 00:11:00,223 some people live there 233 00:11:00,223 --> 00:11:02,209 at home at that time. 234 00:11:02,209 --> 00:11:03,525 - [Lyle] Moments later the monster 235 00:11:03,525 --> 00:11:05,330 back to the scene and welcomed 236 00:11:05,330 --> 00:11:09,310 Not to mention shots from frightened families. 237 00:11:09,310 --> 00:11:11,737 While there is no blood or other evidence can be found, 238 00:11:11,737 --> 00:11:14,608 those people insist they hit the creature 239 00:11:14,608 --> 00:11:16,870 and they have seen it fall. 240 00:11:16,870 --> 00:11:19,512 The incident continues revealed with more sightings 241 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:21,686 and scenes that prove scary 242 00:11:21,686 --> 00:11:23,196 for the audience when it appears 243 00:11:23,196 --> 00:11:25,959 in The Legend of Boggy Creek a year later. 244 00:11:25,959 --> 00:11:27,399 Where the creature is attacked 245 00:11:27,399 --> 00:11:30,174 the youngest of the family, Bobby Ford. 246 00:11:30,174 --> 00:11:32,030 Like in real life, the incident happened 247 00:11:32,030 --> 00:11:34,394 at Ford taken to a local hospital 248 00:11:34,394 --> 00:11:38,915 where he is treated minor injuries and shock. 249 00:11:38,915 --> 00:11:41,982 - They say that Bobby Ford 250 00:11:41,982 --> 00:11:44,529 definitely involved in some, 251 00:11:44,529 --> 00:11:47,779 something really happened to him. 252 00:11:49,428 --> 00:11:50,830 He has wet his pants 253 00:11:50,830 --> 00:11:52,605 or something happens there 254 00:11:52,605 --> 00:11:55,730 which will cause this to hurt. 255 00:11:55,730 --> 00:11:58,104 But he is in a state, 256 00:11:58,104 --> 00:12:00,192 You know, like shock. 257 00:12:00,192 --> 00:12:01,717 - [Lyle] The Ford incident is documented 258 00:12:01,717 --> 00:12:04,526 by Texarkana Gazette in a series of articles 259 00:12:04,526 --> 00:12:07,687 who carefully recounts the encounter. 260 00:12:07,687 --> 00:12:09,222 Much disappointed with Ford, 261 00:12:09,222 --> 00:12:11,817 they are the subject ridicule and ridicule 262 00:12:11,817 --> 00:12:15,817 as a story local monsters were shot down by skeptics. 263 00:12:15,817 --> 00:12:17,226 To make things worse, 264 00:12:17,226 --> 00:12:18,956 Monster hunters change Ford's house 265 00:12:18,956 --> 00:12:21,012 become a tourist attraction when they search 266 00:12:21,012 --> 00:12:23,880 properties for monster signs. 267 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:25,402 - And we can see that area 268 00:12:25,402 --> 00:12:27,615 and see that the area is disturbed, tearing. 269 00:12:27,615 --> 00:12:30,419 And that is not something that is prefabricated 270 00:12:30,419 --> 00:12:32,868 because of the way they are interrupted 271 00:12:32,868 --> 00:12:35,701 and really become a lot of people 272 00:12:37,099 --> 00:12:40,593 I can say that they themselves are not actors. 273 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,989 Something that really happened there. 274 00:12:42,989 --> 00:12:45,003 And this is the beginning of 275 00:12:45,003 --> 00:12:48,326 called Fouke monster in this area. 276 00:12:48,326 --> 00:12:50,187 - [Lyle] For Ford himself, 277 00:12:50,187 --> 00:12:53,020 they quickly pack their goods and leave Fouke. 278 00:12:53,020 --> 00:12:54,353 Never return. 279 00:12:55,430 --> 00:12:58,287 (birdsong) 280 00:12:58,287 --> 00:13:00,620 (roar) 281 00:13:06,853 --> 00:13:10,103 (high shouts) 282 00:13:12,037 --> 00:13:12,908 - Shoot him! 283 00:13:12,908 --> 00:13:15,720 (hard shot) 284 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,637 (broken glass) 285 00:13:19,712 --> 00:13:21,294 Fouke is busy with the latest news 286 00:13:21,294 --> 00:13:23,115 Boggy Creek monsters. 287 00:13:23,115 --> 00:13:25,378 Sighting revolves around Miller County 288 00:13:25,378 --> 00:13:27,353 with a number of them occurring in locations 289 00:13:27,353 --> 00:13:30,579 like Highway 71, the Basis of sulfur, 290 00:13:30,579 --> 00:13:32,794 nearest Jonesville community, 291 00:13:32,794 --> 00:13:35,760 and along Boggy Creek itself. 292 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,361 Local residents and from outside the city are the same 293 00:13:37,361 --> 00:13:39,617 form a posse to look for that creature. 294 00:13:39,617 --> 00:13:41,726 Hoping to bring home the monster head 295 00:13:41,726 --> 00:13:43,899 to be installed on their walls. 296 00:13:43,899 --> 00:13:45,889 Like sights in and around Miller County 297 00:13:45,889 --> 00:13:48,524 becomes more chaotic every day, 298 00:13:48,524 --> 00:13:51,507 media coverage about Fouke Monsters increase. 299 00:13:51,507 --> 00:13:54,057 Charles B. Pierce, an and upcoming filmmaker 300 00:13:54,057 --> 00:13:55,867 with eyes out for a good story, 301 00:13:55,867 --> 00:13:57,640 decide Boggy Creek 302 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,793 will be the perfect subject for the first feature film. 303 00:14:01,793 --> 00:14:04,222 After borrowing from local business men, 304 00:14:04,222 --> 00:14:06,651 he collects small crew and goes to Fouke 305 00:14:06,651 --> 00:14:08,627 to make the film. 306 00:14:08,627 --> 00:14:11,094 Whereas the original is intended to be a documentary film 307 00:14:11,094 --> 00:14:13,612 the movie turns out to be an audience of something 308 00:14:13,612 --> 00:14:16,609 I've never experienced before. 309 00:14:16,609 --> 00:14:18,999 The same documentary, horror film, 310 00:14:18,999 --> 00:14:21,387 and nature films, The Legend of Boggy Creek 311 00:14:21,387 --> 00:14:24,348 dramatize the story of monster sightings. 312 00:14:24,348 --> 00:14:26,157 This displays non actors, 313 00:14:26,157 --> 00:14:27,802 many of them play alone 314 00:14:27,802 --> 00:14:31,969 Revive their actual meet the animal. 315 00:14:32,984 --> 00:14:37,439 Locals, like Searcy and the Crabtree's 316 00:14:37,439 --> 00:14:39,815 time with the screen with the creature 317 00:14:39,815 --> 00:14:42,534 who have been spying on their families for only a few years 318 00:14:42,534 --> 00:14:44,342 and even months before. 319 00:14:44,342 --> 00:14:45,600 - Of course I grew up with that before that. 320 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,467 My family is Crabtree so you often hear 321 00:14:49,467 --> 00:14:52,141 long story back before the actual movie 322 00:14:52,141 --> 00:14:53,708 The Legend of Boggy Creek comes out. 323 00:14:53,708 --> 00:14:55,848 So when my father will take me to the forest 324 00:14:55,848 --> 00:14:57,948 and put me in a tree, 325 00:14:57,948 --> 00:15:01,054 You pray for daytime, you really do it. 326 00:15:01,054 --> 00:15:02,662 It's quite surprising to be out there 327 00:15:02,662 --> 00:15:04,842 itself during that time period. 328 00:15:04,842 --> 00:15:06,318 - [Lyle] Made with a tight budget 329 00:15:06,318 --> 00:15:08,377 and released completely independent of the major 330 00:15:08,377 --> 00:15:10,854 studio involvement, the film is instant 331 00:15:10,854 --> 00:15:13,857 success in the local area. 332 00:15:13,857 --> 00:15:16,496 Finally the film is secured theatrical distribution 333 00:15:16,496 --> 00:15:19,679 and continue playing throughout the country. 334 00:15:19,679 --> 00:15:22,860 He really enjoys successfully running on drive-ins. 335 00:15:22,860 --> 00:15:24,516 Where is often paired with others 336 00:15:24,516 --> 00:15:25,702 creature features. 337 00:15:25,702 --> 00:15:27,959 Including those that focus on developing ones pop culture icon known as Bigfoot. 338 00:15:27,959 --> 00:15:30,792 In the late 1970s the film 339 00:15:33,168 --> 00:15:35,413 has obtained an estimate of 25 million dollars. 340 00:15:35,413 --> 00:15:38,624 An amazing achievement for an independent production and first director. 341 00:15:38,624 --> 00:15:41,388 - They are rather excited. 342 00:15:41,388 --> 00:15:43,484 That's something different. 343 00:15:43,484 --> 00:15:44,862 The movie comes out, we all load 344 00:15:44,862 --> 00:15:46,268 behind a 72 Vega 345 00:15:46,268 --> 00:15:48,020 and we go and watch the movie. 346 00:15:48,020 --> 00:15:50,276 At that time there was a lot of excitement. 347 00:15:50,276 --> 00:15:51,795 348 00:15:51,795 --> 00:15:53,304 349 00:15:53,304 --> 00:15:54,866 The film just came out, 350 00:15:54,866 --> 00:15:56,351 it's fresh in everyone's mind. 351 00:15:56,351 --> 00:15:57,992 Sighting up and down 71 Highway 352 00:15:57,992 --> 00:16:01,912 between Texarkana and Shreveport almost every day. 353 00:16:01,912 --> 00:16:03,463 Someone sees something. 354 00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:06,162 And if they don't see anything they think they made it up. 355 00:16:06,162 --> 00:16:08,688 - I remember going to the cinema myself 356 00:16:08,688 --> 00:16:10,704 and the thing that impressed me was 357 00:16:10,704 --> 00:16:13,533 when I go to the cinema, 358 00:16:13,533 --> 00:16:15,717 there are already line people 359 00:16:15,717 --> 00:16:18,678 strung around the block. 360 00:16:18,678 --> 00:16:21,777 And I got there 40 minutes before it started. 361 00:16:21,777 --> 00:16:23,139 - [Lyle] However, back in Fouke, 362 00:16:23,139 --> 00:16:26,146 the film gets mixed reaction by the people of the city. 363 00:16:26,146 --> 00:16:29,082 What was once peaceful came out of the way 364 00:16:29,082 --> 00:16:31,724 now is a chaotic frenzy scene. 365 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:33,735 The success of the film carries waves 366 00:16:33,735 --> 00:16:36,276 Curiosity seekers and monster hunters 367 00:16:36,276 --> 00:16:38,820 who trample on the local countryside. 368 00:16:38,820 --> 00:16:41,190 While some local residents benefit from tourism, 369 00:16:41,190 --> 00:16:43,648 that is a headache for others. 370 00:16:43,648 --> 00:16:45,534 In one of The Legend of Boggy Creek's 371 00:16:45,534 --> 00:16:48,525 the most iconic scene, Searcy's house is surrounded 372 00:16:48,525 --> 00:16:51,963 by Fouke the monster the way one night. 373 00:16:51,963 --> 00:16:53,927 This is an incident that fascinated me 374 00:16:53,927 --> 00:16:55,944 since the first time watching a movie. 375 00:16:55,944 --> 00:16:58,294 But what happened to Searcy? 376 00:16:58,294 --> 00:17:00,636 Like many witnesses displayed 377 00:17:00,636 --> 00:17:01,869 in The Legend of Boggy Creek, 378 00:17:01,869 --> 00:17:03,675 families are subject to ridicule. 379 00:17:03,675 --> 00:17:05,689 And for decades they continue to be questioned about their claims. 380 00:17:05,689 --> 00:17:07,810 Of the many witnesses I talked to, 381 00:17:07,810 --> 00:17:09,749 the majority are more than a little suspicious 382 00:17:09,749 --> 00:17:11,772 speaking in public about their experiences. 383 00:17:11,772 --> 00:17:15,147 Mary Beth Searcy, 384 00:17:15,147 --> 00:17:16,289 prime family witnesses are no different. 385 00:17:16,289 --> 00:17:19,582 Also, many of the actors are shown in movies 386 00:17:19,582 --> 00:17:22,164 are local residents who have not received 387 00:17:22,164 --> 00:17:24,137 part of that box office is abundant. 388 00:17:24,137 --> 00:17:26,571 389 00:17:26,571 --> 00:17:30,118 While values like that fame can still be debated, 390 00:17:30,118 --> 00:17:31,972 it's definitely a small town 391 00:17:31,972 --> 00:17:34,154 will never be the same. 392 00:17:34,154 --> 00:17:36,654 - People come from all directions. 393 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:39,052 You go to the road there is someone 394 00:17:39,052 --> 00:17:41,149 standing on the road with a gun 395 00:17:41,149 --> 00:17:43,727 want to kill Fouke monsters. 396 00:17:43,727 --> 00:17:47,001 And we still keep getting it these calls, these reports, 397 00:17:47,001 --> 00:17:51,347 but every time we do it causes a lot of problems. 398 00:17:51,347 --> 00:17:54,022 The problem is actually residents around Fouke, 399 00:17:54,022 --> 00:17:56,369 they come out and look across the field 400 00:17:56,369 --> 00:17:57,810 and there are many people out there 401 00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:58,716 with weapons and goods. 402 00:17:58,716 --> 00:18:01,298 So we try to stay as calm as possible 403 00:18:01,298 --> 00:18:03,405 after this event occurs. 404 00:18:03,405 --> 00:18:04,810 - When the movie comes out, 405 00:18:04,810 --> 00:18:06,293 the best way to explain it 406 00:18:06,293 --> 00:18:10,458 it revolutionizes culture cities and regions. 407 00:18:10,458 --> 00:18:11,901 - When they make a movie, 408 00:18:11,901 --> 00:18:14,249 half the people avoid it and half the people hug him. 409 00:18:14,249 --> 00:18:16,018 So you have a split reaction 410 00:18:16,018 --> 00:18:19,100 what will actually happen when they make it. 411 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:20,923 So you have lines people ready to be on it. 412 00:18:20,923 --> 00:18:23,320 You have a line of other people ready to get out of the door. 413 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:24,511 What they interviewed 414 00:18:24,511 --> 00:18:27,900 I saw in the film, I knew directly, 415 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,164 they are credible, they don't just make up to make it up. 416 00:18:30,164 --> 00:18:31,478 And if they say yes, what is that story? 417 00:18:31,478 --> 00:18:34,033 They are just not out there to try 418 00:18:34,033 --> 00:18:35,186 to make money from movies. 419 00:18:35,186 --> 00:18:37,781 - The film received responses from all over the US. 420 00:18:37,781 --> 00:18:41,523 From all of the US. 421 00:18:41,523 --> 00:18:43,167 And many people after seeing the film 422 00:18:43,167 --> 00:18:46,263 want answers because of their own 423 00:18:46,263 --> 00:18:49,200 have experienced something like that. 424 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,866 Something strange. 425 00:18:51,866 --> 00:18:52,699 But it's wide, they come from all states. 426 00:18:52,699 --> 00:18:56,866 - [Lyle] The Boggy Creek Monster 427 00:18:58,461 --> 00:18:59,696 seems to be a ghost. 428 00:18:59,696 --> 00:19:00,678 429 00:19:00,678 --> 00:19:03,697 It is rare to leave any physical evidence. 430 00:19:03,697 --> 00:19:05,530 But on June 13, 1971, 431 00:19:07,259 --> 00:19:08,759 it will change. 432 00:19:09,645 --> 00:19:11,683 Tracks found in local bean fields 433 00:19:11,683 --> 00:19:13,332 owned by Willy Smith. 434 00:19:13,332 --> 00:19:15,185 They are not like city dwellers 435 00:19:15,185 --> 00:19:18,318 ever seen before or since. 436 00:19:18,318 --> 00:19:20,972 Having what appears becomes just three toes, 437 00:19:20,972 --> 00:19:23,988 tracks follow the path out of the forest bordering 438 00:19:23,988 --> 00:19:28,114 in the field, and then return to the wooden line. 439 00:19:28,114 --> 00:19:29,756 I noted the proximity of the field 440 00:19:29,756 --> 00:19:31,904 to the famous Boggy Creek itself 441 00:19:31,904 --> 00:19:36,518 when I visited the location during one of my research trips. 442 00:19:36,518 --> 00:19:39,505 While strange tracks do raise a few questions, 443 00:19:39,505 --> 00:19:41,849 they are found at the right time. 444 00:19:41,849 --> 00:19:45,020 Let them be Pierce movie features. 445 00:19:45,020 --> 00:19:48,177 But what kind of big bipedal creatures 446 00:19:48,177 --> 00:19:52,229 can he bring himself like that narrow, three footed toe? 447 00:19:52,229 --> 00:19:54,323 - Actually it's my uncle's field. 448 00:19:54,323 --> 00:19:56,210 It was there where the first song was found. 449 00:19:56,210 --> 00:19:57,521 This sort of stirs all of this. 450 00:19:57,521 --> 00:19:59,483 (mumbling) 451 00:19:59,483 --> 00:20:00,733 My uncle is great. 452 00:20:01,633 --> 00:20:05,988 And I usually pick cotton in the same bean field. 453 00:20:05,988 --> 00:20:08,124 - I raised a few tracks out of the bean field. 454 00:20:08,124 --> 00:20:10,670 I remember it seems like I might 455 00:20:10,670 --> 00:20:13,264 about 13 inches three toes. 456 00:20:13,264 --> 00:20:16,670 But I lift a lot of plastic casts out of the field. 457 00:20:16,670 --> 00:20:19,505 - My uncle lives here. 458 00:20:19,505 --> 00:20:21,687 He called my mother. 459 00:20:21,687 --> 00:20:23,899 They made him bring bags from his Paris plaster 460 00:20:23,899 --> 00:20:28,860 to Smith's farm and prints of three tracks. 461 00:20:28,860 --> 00:20:31,443 - And what can ruin this a little 462 00:20:33,057 --> 00:20:34,341 different from the usual 463 00:20:34,341 --> 00:20:37,372 the speed is so far. 464 00:20:37,372 --> 00:20:40,318 - And to our knowledge, it is the only print available, 465 00:20:40,318 --> 00:20:43,607 the only player that exists that year and time. 466 00:20:43,607 --> 00:20:46,556 It has a size of about 14 inches. 467 00:20:46,556 --> 00:20:51,224 But the foot is concave objects on the ground, in the sand. 468 00:20:51,224 --> 00:20:55,375 You can see the claws, hers toenails and the area above them. 469 00:20:55,375 --> 00:20:57,877 It still has particles from that time 470 00:20:57,877 --> 00:20:59,770 trapped in tape. 471 00:20:59,770 --> 00:21:01,656 - Tracks go from the road 472 00:21:01,656 --> 00:21:02,729 to the other side of the road. 473 00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:05,008 I remember that there was too much debris. 474 00:21:05,008 --> 00:21:07,925 Only thing about this is the hijacked field. 475 00:21:07,925 --> 00:21:09,727 It goes for short distances 476 00:21:09,727 --> 00:21:13,802 to come back again other areas that brush. 477 00:21:13,802 --> 00:21:18,510 But from that period there there are several tracks pinned. 478 00:21:18,510 --> 00:21:20,480 - Part of the proof you cannot ignore it. 479 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,322 People see things, whether it's 480 00:21:22,322 --> 00:21:25,444 physical evidence to show or not. 481 00:21:25,444 --> 00:21:28,198 That convinced me that there was more than that 482 00:21:28,198 --> 00:21:29,448 than just talking. 483 00:21:31,082 --> 00:21:34,626 Legend, there are more than just legends. 484 00:21:34,626 --> 00:21:36,593 - [Lyle] Footprints offer interesting 485 00:21:36,593 --> 00:21:38,915 little evidence for Monster Boggy Creek, 486 00:21:38,915 --> 00:21:40,671 but not the proof. 487 00:21:40,671 --> 00:21:42,136 Skeptics quickly show 488 00:21:42,136 --> 00:21:45,177 incompatibility of strange tracks. 489 00:21:45,177 --> 00:21:47,233 Still, the appearance of the creature 490 00:21:47,233 --> 00:21:49,900 survive well outside the film. 491 00:21:51,378 --> 00:21:52,974 That is the history of the film 492 00:21:52,974 --> 00:21:54,209 and seek the truth 493 00:21:54,209 --> 00:21:56,342 who first took me to Fouke. 494 00:21:56,342 --> 00:22:00,447 That is a place that has that kind of great inspiration in my life. 495 00:22:00,447 --> 00:22:02,807 But what I found was that appearance 496 00:22:02,807 --> 00:22:06,138 the creature did not stop in the early 1970s 497 00:22:06,138 --> 00:22:08,199 because many believe. 498 00:22:08,199 --> 00:22:12,405 People really continue to see the suspected creature. 499 00:22:12,405 --> 00:22:14,911 One of those people is Will Lunsford. 500 00:22:14,911 --> 00:22:16,390 A boy who has met the animal 501 00:22:16,390 --> 00:22:18,913 in the late 1970s and whose lives 502 00:22:18,913 --> 00:22:22,014 has changed immeasurably by him. 503 00:22:22,014 --> 00:22:24,228 - What year is that? 504 00:22:24,228 --> 00:22:28,422 - This is 1977 and I am a senior in high school. 505 00:22:28,422 --> 00:22:30,606 As I said, I don't expect today 506 00:22:30,606 --> 00:22:32,218 to be different from other days 507 00:22:32,218 --> 00:22:34,292 I have spent here in my life. 508 00:22:34,292 --> 00:22:35,764 - [Lyle] Talk to people like Will 509 00:22:35,764 --> 00:22:37,816 is a constant reminder of how much 510 00:22:37,816 --> 00:22:41,643 that creature can have the life of a witness. 511 00:22:41,643 --> 00:22:43,834 For some meetings it becomes a force 512 00:22:43,834 --> 00:22:46,396 that haunts them for the rest of their lives. 513 00:22:46,396 --> 00:22:48,215 For Will, it's the driving force 514 00:22:48,215 --> 00:22:50,527 which forces him looking for that creature 515 00:22:50,527 --> 00:22:53,565 long after he first saw it. 516 00:22:53,565 --> 00:22:55,170 - And the Fouke monster is here 517 00:22:55,170 --> 00:22:58,355 and I don't believe in that creature. 518 00:22:58,355 --> 00:22:59,938 And as I said, 519 00:23:00,957 --> 00:23:03,845 I don't expect something to happen. 520 00:23:03,845 --> 00:23:06,557 - Have you seen a movie before this? 521 00:23:06,557 --> 00:23:07,796 - I have seen the film maybe back 522 00:23:07,796 --> 00:23:11,176 maybe 72 or 73 when exiting. 523 00:23:11,176 --> 00:23:14,821 - So that day when you experience that meeting, 524 00:23:14,821 --> 00:23:16,344 what are you doing? 525 00:23:16,344 --> 00:23:17,901 Live me through it. 526 00:23:17,901 --> 00:23:20,084 - [Will] Okay I'm there fishing. 527 00:23:20,084 --> 00:23:23,185 And roughly at the same time are here now. 528 00:23:23,185 --> 00:23:25,366 And the sun starts to adjust a little. 529 00:23:25,366 --> 00:23:26,775 I have a few more holes 530 00:23:26,775 --> 00:23:28,385 want to fish and arrive. 531 00:23:28,385 --> 00:23:31,273 So as we do there we rather step a little 532 00:23:31,273 --> 00:23:33,564 and I come to the intersection of this gas line. 533 00:23:33,564 --> 00:23:37,126 And when I go crossing, I will smell this stench. 534 00:23:37,126 --> 00:23:38,924 And I thought, "Well, that is a massacre." 535 00:23:38,924 --> 00:23:40,183 Because there are always fish. 536 00:23:40,183 --> 00:23:42,201 There are things to come out of the gravel hole. 537 00:23:42,201 --> 00:23:43,099 Animals that have been eaten. 538 00:23:43,099 --> 00:23:45,796 So I don't think about it. 539 00:23:45,796 --> 00:23:49,688 So when I cross gas channel there 540 00:23:49,688 --> 00:23:51,044 there is something that just doesn't look right. 541 00:23:51,044 --> 00:23:54,097 And I have been walking in this place thousands of times before. 542 00:23:54,097 --> 00:23:56,986 So I keep looking, I like, "Something went wrong. 543 00:23:56,986 --> 00:23:58,098 " Something went wrong. " 544 00:23:58,098 --> 00:23:59,721 Well finally I guess I've sat there 545 00:23:59,721 --> 00:24:01,286 and look at this object for a long time. 546 00:24:01,286 --> 00:24:03,474 He stepped out of the way 547 00:24:03,474 --> 00:24:06,858 into the shadow so to speak right behind the tree. 548 00:24:06,858 --> 00:24:09,358 And suddenly he falls, 549 00:24:10,565 --> 00:24:13,374 and then suddenly he raised this bush above his head 550 00:24:13,374 --> 00:24:15,627 and he starts to stand up. 551 00:24:15,627 --> 00:24:17,735 And he keeps standing, and he keeps standing 552 00:24:17,735 --> 00:24:19,498 and I think, bear. 553 00:24:19,498 --> 00:24:21,503 The first thing I think. 554 00:24:21,503 --> 00:24:24,687 Certainly is scary in itself. 555 00:24:24,687 --> 00:24:26,167 But whenever he sits there and I get it 556 00:24:26,167 --> 00:24:29,582 see well on my face realize it's not a bear. 557 00:24:29,582 --> 00:24:30,793 And he sat there and looked at me 558 00:24:30,793 --> 00:24:31,756 and I can't move. 559 00:24:31,756 --> 00:24:33,751 I want to run, I can't run. 560 00:24:33,751 --> 00:24:36,167 So I sat there and he walked 561 00:24:36,167 --> 00:24:38,138 out in the middle of the road. 562 00:24:38,138 --> 00:24:39,526 Here where I'm fishing, 563 00:24:39,526 --> 00:24:40,916 and he just sits there. 564 00:24:40,916 --> 00:24:43,668 And he just looked at me and he joked a little. 565 00:24:43,668 --> 00:24:45,185 Like this here. 566 00:24:45,185 --> 00:24:47,977 And my man only, I can already 567 00:24:47,977 --> 00:24:50,396 feel tears running down my face. 568 00:24:50,396 --> 00:24:54,122 And when he stands there maybe 30 to 40 seconds, 569 00:24:54,122 --> 00:24:56,452 he walks back to the tree. 570 00:24:56,452 --> 00:24:58,517 He pulls the same member down. 571 00:24:58,517 --> 00:24:59,969 He does what I call cat skin. 572 00:24:59,969 --> 00:25:01,636 Put it on his lips, do it. 573 00:25:01,636 --> 00:25:03,241 He walked back in front of the path 574 00:25:03,241 --> 00:25:04,840 again there in front me and he stands there 575 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,332 and rocking around like not coming here. 576 00:25:06,332 --> 00:25:08,364 This is still my area. 577 00:25:08,364 --> 00:25:10,901 He is sitting there maybe 20 to 30 seconds again. 578 00:25:10,901 --> 00:25:13,457 And the man who had just been whipped and entered the forest. 579 00:25:13,457 --> 00:25:15,355 And in two steps you don't see it 580 00:25:15,355 --> 00:25:17,772 and in three steps he leaves. 581 00:25:19,391 --> 00:25:20,924 - [Lyle] Will be the location of Lunsford's appearance is at the heart of what seems 582 00:25:20,924 --> 00:25:22,415 creature domain. 583 00:25:22,415 --> 00:25:24,515 584 00:25:24,515 --> 00:25:26,778 When there is an appearance with Boggy Creek, 585 00:25:26,778 --> 00:25:28,748 closer to downtown Fouke, 586 00:25:28,748 --> 00:25:32,242 most of them happen further than civilization. 587 00:25:32,242 --> 00:25:35,289 As development progresses to take over land, 588 00:25:35,289 --> 00:25:37,512 easy to theorize it might be that creature 589 00:25:37,512 --> 00:25:41,679 is retreating into uninhabitable areas outside the city. 590 00:25:43,243 --> 00:25:45,156 Just a few miles to the west of Fouke's lie Sulfur River Rocks. 591 00:25:45,156 --> 00:25:46,993 The vast flood plain that takes its name 592 00:25:46,993 --> 00:25:49,207 from Sulfur River. 593 00:25:49,207 --> 00:25:51,339 The meeting there has a long history which seems to have been dredged 594 00:25:51,339 --> 00:25:53,811 from the swamp itself. 595 00:25:53,811 --> 00:25:55,456 596 00:25:55,456 --> 00:25:57,747 597 00:25:57,747 --> 00:25:59,634 It's been almost two centuries 598 00:25:59,634 --> 00:26:02,131 has been out places like Mercer Bayou, 599 00:26:02,131 --> 00:26:04,462 Carter Lake, and Gifford Hills. 600 00:26:04,462 --> 00:26:06,262 For years as my research into 601 00:26:06,262 --> 00:26:08,353 The Boggy Creek case continues, 602 00:26:08,353 --> 00:26:10,750 I find myself constantly backing up 603 00:26:10,750 --> 00:26:12,440 to these locations. 604 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,110 These are wild places from southern Arkansas. 605 00:26:16,110 --> 00:26:19,409 Hectares and hectares wild, overgrown land 606 00:26:19,409 --> 00:26:23,492 flooded with murky black bayou waters. 607 00:26:24,754 --> 00:26:26,325 - Of course now the bottom here 608 00:26:26,325 --> 00:26:29,007 Run the base of Bayou Mercy and Sulfur 609 00:26:29,007 --> 00:26:30,936 which remains almost the same 610 00:26:30,936 --> 00:26:32,457 as usual. 611 00:26:32,457 --> 00:26:35,507 Because it's only uninhabitable. 612 00:26:35,507 --> 00:26:37,439 There are lots of land 613 00:26:37,439 --> 00:26:39,840 no one has ever set foot I'm sure about that. 614 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,908 - The area around here is in Fouke, 615 00:26:41,908 --> 00:26:43,346 abundance of animals. 616 00:26:43,346 --> 00:26:46,850 Every big predator will do it only have one day here. 617 00:26:46,850 --> 00:26:49,020 I mean, pig is easy. 618 00:26:49,020 --> 00:26:50,925 They are there to take it I think. 619 00:26:50,925 --> 00:26:53,520 And you see more and more 620 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,939 dead animals in the forest, bones. 621 00:26:55,939 --> 00:26:58,065 You know that it requires a large predator 622 00:26:58,065 --> 00:27:00,817 to drop the size of an animal. 623 00:27:00,817 --> 00:27:02,291 - [Lyle] The lower ground is fed 624 00:27:02,291 --> 00:27:03,851 by many waterways and this 625 00:27:03,851 --> 00:27:07,049 there is nothing more famous from Boggy Creek itself. 626 00:27:07,049 --> 00:27:08,724 But for all that fame, 627 00:27:08,724 --> 00:27:11,919 Boggy Creek is a little more than one small creek 628 00:27:11,919 --> 00:27:14,752 The snake passed Miller County. 629 00:27:15,981 --> 00:27:17,755 This may look disappointing 630 00:27:17,755 --> 00:27:20,229 it's a historic advantage in famous films. 631 00:27:20,229 --> 00:27:22,078 However, keep track of clear numbers 632 00:27:22,078 --> 00:27:24,674 sightings that occur places along the waterway 633 00:27:24,674 --> 00:27:26,424 makes it significant. 634 00:27:27,845 --> 00:27:30,056 River meanders west of Fouke under 635 00:27:30,056 --> 00:27:32,153 major highways, through farms, 636 00:27:32,153 --> 00:27:33,974 fields, and dense forests, 637 00:27:33,974 --> 00:27:37,141 and finally spill over to Days Creek. 638 00:27:38,955 --> 00:27:42,012 So does the film make Boggy Creek part of the legend? 639 00:27:42,012 --> 00:27:47,007 Or is it a legendary status dates back further? 640 00:27:47,007 --> 00:27:49,075 I came to find out that Willy Smith, 641 00:27:49,075 --> 00:27:51,556 same as Willy Smith who has a peanut field 642 00:27:51,556 --> 00:27:53,042 where the trace is found 643 00:27:53,042 --> 00:27:56,049 told a reporter for Victoria Advocate 644 00:27:56,049 --> 00:27:57,524 experienced by her sister 645 00:27:57,524 --> 00:27:59,444 creatures near Boggy Creek. 646 00:27:59,444 --> 00:28:01,111 So far in 1908. 647 00:28:03,309 --> 00:28:06,472 In 1955 Smith claimed himself 648 00:28:06,472 --> 00:28:08,891 has been haunted by creatures near his house. 649 00:28:08,891 --> 00:28:13,058 Not surprisingly, is located along Boggy Creek. 650 00:28:14,469 --> 00:28:16,956 - Days Creek and Boggy Creek still exist 651 00:28:16,956 --> 00:28:18,803 OK too. 652 00:28:18,803 --> 00:28:21,859 And that is the river where there are many snakes, 653 00:28:21,859 --> 00:28:24,109 turtles, beavers, fish, gar, 654 00:28:25,233 --> 00:28:28,791 all kinds of wild animals from that nature. 655 00:28:28,791 --> 00:28:30,843 - Stories coming out of Mercer Bayou 656 00:28:30,843 --> 00:28:33,398 and along Boggy Creek more 657 00:28:33,398 --> 00:28:36,245 can be trusted when you sit and listen to them. 658 00:28:36,245 --> 00:28:39,662 - Most are in the Boggy Creek area. 659 00:28:40,526 --> 00:28:43,766 Remote parts of Miller county. 660 00:28:43,766 --> 00:28:46,710 We have one couple fishing Sulfur River and hear something 661 00:28:46,710 --> 00:28:49,366 come through the forest. 662 00:28:49,366 --> 00:28:51,449 And seeing it go down into briars 663 00:28:52,318 --> 00:28:55,603 664 00:28:55,603 --> 00:28:59,208 and debris and the items have gone up in the bank. 665 00:28:59,208 --> 00:29:00,718 We see it going down there 666 00:29:00,718 --> 00:29:03,982 they come out and completely disappear. 667 00:29:03,982 --> 00:29:05,630 They say when they see it immediately 668 00:29:05,630 --> 00:29:08,861 turn and start rising again. 669 00:29:08,861 --> 00:29:10,018 But they describe it as 670 00:29:10,018 --> 00:29:13,018 big monsters, as they say. 671 00:29:14,695 --> 00:29:16,536 Only on your little one (talking too fast). 672 00:29:16,536 --> 00:29:18,018 Right now, you know, 673 00:29:18,018 --> 00:29:19,207 only two people are fishing. 674 00:29:19,207 --> 00:29:21,790 - That's November 2, 2011. 675 00:29:23,543 --> 00:29:26,100 And I'm here at Thornton Wells. 676 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:28,728 And I forgot my game the camera came down on bayou. 677 00:29:28,728 --> 00:29:30,840 We experienced a big storm that night. 678 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:31,988 So my wife calls me and says 679 00:29:31,988 --> 00:29:34,971 "You have to go get you the camera comes out of bayou." 680 00:29:34,971 --> 00:29:37,194 So I went to bayou to get my camera. 681 00:29:37,194 --> 00:29:39,009 I am on my way to military duty, 682 00:29:39,009 --> 00:29:42,522 so I'm still in my ACU, my Army stuff. 683 00:29:42,522 --> 00:29:44,618 I go down here and get out of the truck, 684 00:29:44,618 --> 00:29:46,820 walk about 60 yards and something 685 00:29:46,820 --> 00:29:49,965 already in between, or already here, 686 00:29:49,965 --> 00:29:51,411 between me and my truck. 687 00:29:51,411 --> 00:29:54,960 And I got a knock, it knocked three times. 688 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,977 That's sequential. 689 00:29:56,977 --> 00:29:58,394 There is nothing sporadic. 690 00:29:59,526 --> 00:30:01,696 That's kind of weird. 691 00:30:01,696 --> 00:30:02,767 - [Lyle] The Legend of Boggy Creek 692 00:30:02,767 --> 00:30:04,758 may not bequeath a legend at all 693 00:30:04,758 --> 00:30:07,298 if it's not for Crabtree's. 694 00:30:07,298 --> 00:30:09,378 As a child I am very aware of that name 695 00:30:09,378 --> 00:30:11,885 thanks for the film and it's a musical interlude 696 00:30:11,885 --> 00:30:14,552 who sings hey Travis Crabtree. 697 00:30:15,951 --> 00:30:18,093 The Crabtree family has become locally owned for Fouke 698 00:30:18,093 --> 00:30:20,021 for more than a century now. 699 00:30:20,021 --> 00:30:22,313 They live and work in the same wild land 700 00:30:22,313 --> 00:30:26,366 that some speculate Boggy Monster Creek calls home. 701 00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:29,395 Ad far back as the mid 1950s, 702 00:30:29,395 --> 00:30:31,321 family members claim to have it 703 00:30:31,321 --> 00:30:33,418 appearance of the animal. 704 00:30:33,418 --> 00:30:35,396 None of Crabtree's is more bound 705 00:30:35,396 --> 00:30:39,066 for Fouke monsters from Smokey Crabtree. 706 00:30:39,066 --> 00:30:42,208 - [Smokey] I was born the banks of the Sulfur River. 707 00:30:42,208 --> 00:30:45,622 Seven miles from a a small town called Fouke. 708 00:30:45,622 --> 00:30:49,256 They are seven children in the family. 709 00:30:49,256 --> 00:30:52,423 My father died when I was five years old. 710 00:30:53,763 --> 00:30:56,318 Leaving mother with seven children 711 00:30:56,318 --> 00:31:00,016 to raise there in bank from the river in the forest. 712 00:31:00,016 --> 00:31:02,913 Seven miles from the nearest grocery store. 713 00:31:02,913 --> 00:31:06,830 But we grow in forests with animals. 714 00:31:08,219 --> 00:31:12,502 Now the creature that we all seek 715 00:31:12,502 --> 00:31:14,366 for 30 or 40 years. 716 00:31:14,366 --> 00:31:16,594 Some people call it Bigfoot. 717 00:31:16,594 --> 00:31:18,931 Some of them call them Fouke monsters. 718 00:31:18,931 --> 00:31:21,097 Some of them call it creature. 719 00:31:21,097 --> 00:31:23,070 But it will take a long time 720 00:31:23,070 --> 00:31:26,058 for they have defeated animals. 721 00:31:26,058 --> 00:31:27,869 - I grew up with Crabtree children. 722 00:31:27,869 --> 00:31:32,036 One of my best friends is one of Crabtree's boys. 723 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,571 His brothers should be people 724 00:31:35,571 --> 00:31:38,171 who has seen it later. 725 00:31:38,171 --> 00:31:39,608 And I take a lot of stock for what 726 00:31:39,608 --> 00:31:43,191 they say they're being truth when they see it. 727 00:31:44,686 --> 00:31:46,790 - [Lyle] Smokey's son Lynn has one 728 00:31:46,790 --> 00:31:48,776 the most legendary sightings. 729 00:31:48,776 --> 00:31:52,026 In 1965 when Lynn was only 14 years old 730 00:31:53,029 --> 00:31:55,276 he met creatures on the back 731 00:31:55,276 --> 00:31:57,375 of their property when hunting squirrels 732 00:31:57,375 --> 00:32:00,792 in the forest bordering Crabtree Lake. 733 00:32:02,072 --> 00:32:03,799 It was late afternoon when Lynn heard 734 00:32:03,799 --> 00:32:06,023 what he thinks sounds like a family dog 735 00:32:06,023 --> 00:32:08,449 caught on a barbed wire fence. 736 00:32:08,449 --> 00:32:11,877 - [Smokey] Everything at once belongs to her Dogs are hung on a fence. 737 00:32:11,877 --> 00:32:14,516 But the dog sounds like that it kills itself so he thinks I'm better off 738 00:32:14,516 --> 00:32:17,885 and try to get the dog out of there. 739 00:32:17,885 --> 00:32:20,109 So he jumps and starts running out there. 740 00:32:20,109 --> 00:32:23,224 741 00:32:23,224 --> 00:32:25,960 And when he got where he could see, 742 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,572 That damn creature makes that noise 743 00:32:28,572 --> 00:32:30,899 like a dog hung on a fence. 744 00:32:30,899 --> 00:32:33,684 And he stands on the edge of the water. 745 00:32:33,684 --> 00:32:36,715 His full back is not for the boy. 746 00:32:36,715 --> 00:32:40,616 And the boy now 60 steps from him. 747 00:32:40,616 --> 00:32:43,950 And nothing, nothing between them he and the creature. 748 00:32:43,950 --> 00:32:46,457 He can see the side of his head, 749 00:32:46,457 --> 00:32:50,365 and the back part, and all on one side. 750 00:32:50,365 --> 00:32:52,046 And he said that thing 751 00:32:52,046 --> 00:32:54,760 release body language 752 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:58,688 who told him that he was very upset. 753 00:32:58,688 --> 00:33:00,177 And the arm depends, 754 00:33:00,177 --> 00:33:02,985 His arms are longer than his legs. 755 00:33:02,985 --> 00:33:04,640 The way he bends. 756 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,854 And he said it looked somewhere between 757 00:33:06,854 --> 00:33:08,521 animals and humans. 758 00:33:09,566 --> 00:33:12,327 And he said sure enough it gave up. 759 00:33:12,327 --> 00:33:15,380 And he walked on the old road. 760 00:33:15,380 --> 00:33:17,282 The way he came down he might never 761 00:33:17,282 --> 00:33:19,700 see the boy standing there. 762 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:22,914 Walking towards the boy who is looking down. 763 00:33:22,914 --> 00:33:25,530 And he kissed the boy before he saw it. 764 00:33:25,530 --> 00:33:27,548 And he stopped very short 765 00:33:27,548 --> 00:33:31,367 and he breathes all in the air. 766 00:33:31,367 --> 00:33:34,761 And immediately the joker saw it. 767 00:33:34,761 --> 00:33:37,960 And he doesn't take his property turn him off again. 768 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,296 He continues to kiss the air 769 00:33:40,296 --> 00:33:43,728 and he continues to bow further and further. 770 00:33:43,728 --> 00:33:46,690 He wants to know what that child is. 771 00:33:46,690 --> 00:33:48,945 But he does not want to be closer. 772 00:33:48,945 --> 00:33:51,472 He said the thing looked quite like animals 773 00:33:51,472 --> 00:33:53,733 he doesn't fix it to talk to him. 774 00:33:53,733 --> 00:33:55,097 But it's quite like a man 775 00:33:55,097 --> 00:33:56,986 that he is afraid to shoot him. 776 00:33:56,986 --> 00:33:59,614 So he stands up and has to inch. 777 00:33:59,614 --> 00:34:02,213 And then it starts slowly 778 00:34:02,213 --> 00:34:04,317 pushed towards him. 779 00:34:04,317 --> 00:34:05,910 Having hair all over his body. 780 00:34:05,910 --> 00:34:07,484 He said he knew he couldn't hurt it 781 00:34:07,484 --> 00:34:10,038 with his rifle, squirrel shot. 782 00:34:10,038 --> 00:34:12,941 So he shot because his eyes hoped 783 00:34:12,941 --> 00:34:14,830 make it leave it alone. 784 00:34:14,830 --> 00:34:16,679 Or damage eyesight. 785 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:20,030 Acting as if you never heard a gunshot. 786 00:34:20,030 --> 00:34:23,644 He emptied his gun, shot him for the third time. 787 00:34:23,644 --> 00:34:26,936 Then he turns around and starts walking looking back 788 00:34:26,936 --> 00:34:28,684 and load the weapon. 789 00:34:28,684 --> 00:34:31,011 And then the object doesn't chase it 790 00:34:31,011 --> 00:34:33,770 but it moves faster. 791 00:34:33,770 --> 00:34:36,398 Rather keep the same distance. 792 00:34:36,398 --> 00:34:38,023 He said, the first thing you know 793 00:34:38,023 --> 00:34:40,778 he was filling his weapon when he was shot. 794 00:34:40,778 --> 00:34:43,191 And he said when he got the gun loaded 795 00:34:43,191 --> 00:34:45,814 his fear follows him. 796 00:34:45,814 --> 00:34:49,868 And he never stops and stands up again. 797 00:34:49,868 --> 00:34:52,401 He headed home and when he came home 798 00:34:52,401 --> 00:34:54,651 he really panicked. 799 00:34:57,334 --> 00:35:00,053 - On Crabtree's side, 800 00:35:00,053 --> 00:35:01,535 they are boys living in the forest. 801 00:35:01,535 --> 00:35:04,009 That's where their food comes from. 802 00:35:04,009 --> 00:35:07,463 And most of the time if they see something 803 00:35:07,463 --> 00:35:10,595 they will not know anyone outside the family. 804 00:35:10,595 --> 00:35:12,610 So, you get stories from them 805 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:15,284 because they don't understand what they see. 806 00:35:15,284 --> 00:35:16,315 If they understand it, 807 00:35:16,315 --> 00:35:18,377 many times you won't hear about it. 808 00:35:18,377 --> 00:35:19,601 - I hate you telling you, my great-grandmother 809 00:35:19,601 --> 00:35:21,659 tells about this so far before the film comes out. 810 00:35:21,659 --> 00:35:23,904 He will tell us that he is Crabtree. 811 00:35:23,904 --> 00:35:25,590 He is married to a Jones. 812 00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:27,368 and some characters during the film 813 00:35:27,368 --> 00:35:30,451 relate to him and my mother. 814 00:35:31,448 --> 00:35:33,752 They are silent. 815 00:35:33,752 --> 00:35:35,201 Have you ever met Crabtree's? 816 00:35:35,201 --> 00:35:37,987 or Jones, they are silent people. 817 00:35:37,987 --> 00:35:39,586 They save a lot of things for themselves. 818 00:35:39,586 --> 00:35:41,192 They don't tell a lot of things. 819 00:35:41,192 --> 00:35:43,249 So if you don't hear from them, 820 00:35:43,249 --> 00:35:45,047 most of the things you can't trust. 821 00:35:45,047 --> 00:35:47,222 - [Lyle] While Lynn has the real one 822 00:35:47,222 --> 00:35:48,331 meet that creature, 823 00:35:48,331 --> 00:35:49,569 and Travis continues to enjoy 824 00:35:49,569 --> 00:35:52,297 fame as a feature film star, 825 00:35:52,297 --> 00:35:54,269 their father, Smokey, is the person 826 00:35:54,269 --> 00:35:56,436 that makes a living legend. 827 00:35:57,270 --> 00:35:59,089 Despite the dramatic contradictions 828 00:35:59,089 --> 00:36:02,090 with Charles Pierce for compensation films, 829 00:36:02,090 --> 00:36:06,050 Smokey can never run faster the specter of the monster. 830 00:36:06,050 --> 00:36:08,529 He pinned three books about this problem, 831 00:36:08,529 --> 00:36:09,796 appeared in documentary film 832 00:36:09,796 --> 00:36:12,285 and television news segments that discuss it. 833 00:36:12,285 --> 00:36:14,090 And generally recognized as 834 00:36:14,090 --> 00:36:16,510 authority in Fouke creatures. 835 00:36:16,510 --> 00:36:19,387 Ironically, apart from him a significant relationship 836 00:36:19,387 --> 00:36:20,627 with that monster, 837 00:36:20,627 --> 00:36:23,754 Smokey never sees himself. 838 00:36:23,754 --> 00:36:26,754 In 2016 Smokey Crabtree died. 839 00:36:27,917 --> 00:36:29,846 Until his death he was still alive 840 00:36:29,846 --> 00:36:31,651 looking for the animal 841 00:36:31,651 --> 00:36:34,401 haunts him for most of his life. 842 00:36:35,748 --> 00:36:37,101 Among those who have crossed the road 843 00:36:37,101 --> 00:36:39,682 with Boggy Creek monsters I found a few 844 00:36:39,682 --> 00:36:42,426 more credible than Terry Sutton. 845 00:36:42,426 --> 00:36:46,117 He came to me with a story not like what I heard. 846 00:36:46,117 --> 00:36:48,449 Not only because he sees the creature hiding 847 00:36:48,449 --> 00:36:50,308 in the forest behind his house, 848 00:36:50,308 --> 00:36:53,518 but because it is eternal the effect is obvious. 849 00:36:53,518 --> 00:36:55,328 Add to this that Terry never spoke 850 00:36:55,328 --> 00:36:58,501 openly about the appearance before my interview. 851 00:36:58,501 --> 00:37:00,974 And you have a unique separate story 852 00:37:00,974 --> 00:37:03,235 from many Fouke meetings. 853 00:37:03,235 --> 00:37:05,652 - That was in February 1982. 854 00:37:07,112 --> 00:37:08,674 - I think it's definitely one of them 855 00:37:08,674 --> 00:37:11,891 important things when I talk to you 856 00:37:11,891 --> 00:37:14,032 about the date of your experience, 857 00:37:14,032 --> 00:37:18,494 because it kind of shows it continues. 858 00:37:18,494 --> 00:37:21,244 When the media frenzy has stopped 859 00:37:22,431 --> 00:37:26,151 and all of that continues apparitions still occur. 860 00:37:26,151 --> 00:37:29,155 So that is a significant point and 861 00:37:29,155 --> 00:37:31,049 one of the first in the 80s. 862 00:37:31,049 --> 00:37:35,472 Because the 70s were a lot of the impression of these people. 863 00:37:35,472 --> 00:37:37,091 Wow that's a movie and a group of people 864 00:37:37,091 --> 00:37:39,854 having the appearance of that time and all disappearing. 865 00:37:39,854 --> 00:37:42,751 Maybe the media, and press, and the movie goes, 866 00:37:42,751 --> 00:37:45,794 but for someone who lives here constantly. 867 00:37:45,794 --> 00:37:48,260 - When you look back at your life 868 00:37:48,260 --> 00:37:50,201 it's a bit fast forward 869 00:37:50,201 --> 00:37:52,219 and there are many fuzzy areas. 870 00:37:52,219 --> 00:37:53,920 The majority of your life is rather vague. 871 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,684 But something is certain events are very clear 872 00:37:56,684 --> 00:37:59,330 and that day is still like a rerun 873 00:37:59,330 --> 00:38:02,001 like a movie in my head, it's very clear. 874 00:38:02,001 --> 00:38:05,510 So I went down here, the boat was parked 875 00:38:05,510 --> 00:38:07,365 at the end of the place that is always there. 876 00:38:07,365 --> 00:38:09,625 Get on the boat, drive around, 877 00:38:09,625 --> 00:38:12,388 and then fishing on the internet. 878 00:38:12,388 --> 00:38:16,055 At the end of the day I will return. 879 00:38:17,044 --> 00:38:19,711 And right about this angle here 880 00:38:21,075 --> 00:38:23,122 when I come round the corner is when 881 00:38:23,122 --> 00:38:25,372 I noticed that the creature 882 00:38:27,467 --> 00:38:30,134 is running towards retribution 883 00:38:31,312 --> 00:38:33,895 and then go down to the river. 884 00:38:35,383 --> 00:38:37,767 I stop clear and pay attention to it 885 00:38:37,767 --> 00:38:39,434 goes to retribution. 886 00:38:40,559 --> 00:38:43,067 And then it doesn't move until I see it 887 00:38:43,067 --> 00:38:45,288 disappear on the hill. 888 00:38:45,288 --> 00:38:48,711 That might be about, it's about seven feet in height. 889 00:38:48,711 --> 00:38:51,646 He's thin, black-haired. 890 00:38:51,646 --> 00:38:53,979 The posture feels bad. 891 00:38:54,946 --> 00:38:58,495 Walking slumped, shoulder forward, 892 00:38:58,495 --> 00:39:00,649 and very long steps. 893 00:39:00,649 --> 00:39:02,085 - [Lyle] Terry, Lloyd's father 894 00:39:02,085 --> 00:39:05,469 895 00:39:05,469 --> 00:39:08,027 know a lot about Fouke and it's history as anyone. 896 00:39:08,027 --> 00:39:11,030 Amateur photographer, Lloyd raised Terry 897 00:39:11,030 --> 00:39:15,248 being a man who can handle things for himself. 898 00:39:15,248 --> 00:39:17,053 And none of them are given for high stories or hysteria. 899 00:39:17,053 --> 00:39:19,312 Lloyd plays a key role in building 900 00:39:19,312 --> 00:39:21,813 While he himself never saw the creature, 901 00:39:21,813 --> 00:39:24,113 his memory of the night Terry carried out as beautiful as he has find it for himself. 902 00:39:24,113 --> 00:39:28,289 - And Terry just did it home, when I drove. 903 00:39:28,289 --> 00:39:33,113 And he came out on the terrace there 904 00:39:33,113 --> 00:39:35,251 and he covered his face. 905 00:39:35,251 --> 00:39:37,366 I say, "Terry, what's the problem?" 906 00:39:37,366 --> 00:39:38,764 He said, "My father just saw that monster came down in the pond." 907 00:39:38,764 --> 00:39:41,606 I already believed before he saw it. 908 00:39:41,606 --> 00:39:44,127 I speak with many people who have seen it before. 909 00:39:44,127 --> 00:39:46,895 He makes people believe from many people. 910 00:39:46,895 --> 00:39:50,395 911 00:39:51,357 --> 00:39:53,466 Because he is very reliable, 912 00:39:53,466 --> 00:39:55,352 they know that he won't make something 913 00:39:55,352 --> 00:39:56,969 like that. 914 00:39:56,969 --> 00:39:59,356 - Clear for someone who talks to people 915 00:39:59,356 --> 00:40:01,106 like this often, 916 00:40:02,972 --> 00:40:04,453 it's not isolated for one person. 917 00:40:04,453 --> 00:40:07,497 This is something all must face and exit. 918 00:40:07,497 --> 00:40:09,650 And of course I appreciate you 919 00:40:09,650 --> 00:40:10,811 takes me through this because 920 00:40:10,811 --> 00:40:13,906 I know this is a private event and something 921 00:40:13,906 --> 00:40:16,476 which can last long effects for years. 922 00:40:16,476 --> 00:40:19,866 - In reflection, it's just a fact 923 00:40:19,866 --> 00:40:22,212 something that happens. 924 00:40:22,212 --> 00:40:25,787 And even take all the emotions from him 925 00:40:25,787 --> 00:40:28,157 it's just a fact something that happened in your life. 926 00:40:28,157 --> 00:40:29,630 This is an event in your life. 927 00:40:29,630 --> 00:40:32,586 And whether people believe it or not is their own choice. 928 00:40:32,586 --> 00:40:36,086 But you cannot deny the fact of what I see. 929 00:40:39,111 --> 00:40:40,636 - [Lyle] The Suttons live in 930 00:40:40,636 --> 00:40:41,857 small community of Jonesville, 931 00:40:41,857 --> 00:40:44,444 where in 1960 a number of sightings 932 00:40:44,444 --> 00:40:48,833 from what was later called The Jonesville Monster happened. 933 00:40:48,833 --> 00:40:50,932 Maybe it's not coincidence that it's so much 934 00:40:50,932 --> 00:40:52,736 from this initial occurrence 935 00:40:52,736 --> 00:40:55,873 from the relative security of the car. 936 00:40:55,873 --> 00:40:57,565 Usually, the driver sees less 937 00:40:57,565 --> 00:41:00,033 of large black shapes that cross the road 938 00:41:00,033 --> 00:41:02,642 like dart into the forest at high speed. 939 00:41:02,642 --> 00:41:04,455 It makes sense that so many sightings 940 00:41:04,455 --> 00:41:06,399 happens on the road. 941 00:41:06,399 --> 00:41:08,702 Any animal crosses dense forests 942 00:41:08,702 --> 00:41:11,297 and the endless swamp covers southern Arkansas 943 00:41:11,297 --> 00:41:12,859 finally have to make their way 944 00:41:12,859 --> 00:41:15,420 gravel or black dirt paths 945 00:41:15,420 --> 00:41:17,587 which penetrates the country. 946 00:41:20,283 --> 00:41:23,874 As far as 1955, two Jonesville residents 947 00:41:23,874 --> 00:41:26,622 told to see these creatures, as they say, 948 00:41:26,622 --> 00:41:29,520 goes like a man but first was too hairy to be a man, 949 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:33,520 cross the road when they are driving one night. 950 00:41:35,316 --> 00:41:38,223 In 1965 a young Fouke boy claimed to see 951 00:41:38,223 --> 00:41:42,483 a large furry animal while walk on a dirt road. 952 00:41:42,483 --> 00:41:43,952 The child continues to say that the creature is 953 00:41:43,952 --> 00:41:45,177 have tried to chase it before 954 00:41:45,177 --> 00:41:48,277 disappear into the forest. 955 00:41:48,277 --> 00:41:50,291 A year later a school bus driver saw 956 00:41:50,291 --> 00:41:54,116 same creature morning hours. 957 00:41:54,116 --> 00:41:56,670 During 1971 several sightings of a monkey or creatures like gorillas enter. 958 00:41:56,670 --> 00:41:59,386 One of the most memorable things just happened 959 00:41:59,386 --> 00:42:00,994 weeks after the famous Ford incident. 960 00:42:00,994 --> 00:42:03,883 In this case three people see a suspected being 961 00:42:03,883 --> 00:42:06,226 962 00:42:06,226 --> 00:42:09,611 cross the road very close to Boggy Creek. 963 00:42:09,611 --> 00:42:11,312 It seems to only drive from 964 00:42:11,312 --> 00:42:13,697 one goal to another in Miller County 965 00:42:13,697 --> 00:42:16,827 can cause encounter with the legend itself. 966 00:42:16,827 --> 00:42:18,593 - At that time there was a lot of excitement. 967 00:42:18,593 --> 00:42:20,032 The film just came out. 968 00:42:20,032 --> 00:42:21,341 It's fresh in everyone's mind. 969 00:42:21,341 --> 00:42:23,964 And sight up and down 71 Highway 970 00:42:23,964 --> 00:42:26,540 between Texarkana and Shreveport. 971 00:42:26,540 --> 00:42:29,452 Almost every day someone sees something. 972 00:42:29,452 --> 00:42:32,848 If they don't see anything I think they made it up. 973 00:42:32,848 --> 00:42:34,528 - One actual report is a 974 00:42:34,528 --> 00:42:36,768 deputy sheriff and his family. 975 00:42:36,768 --> 00:42:39,141 They drove near Boggy Creek, 976 00:42:39,141 --> 00:42:41,969 they come north at 71. 977 00:42:41,969 --> 00:42:43,552 And one family member pays attention to 978 00:42:43,552 --> 00:42:47,098 something that stands on the west side of the road 979 00:42:47,098 --> 00:42:49,263 and tell the driver. 980 00:42:49,263 --> 00:42:51,775 And he starts slowing down because it's not normal. 981 00:42:51,775 --> 00:42:54,288 Suddenly he got up and ran across. 982 00:42:54,288 --> 00:42:57,003 In a matter of a few yards in front of them. 983 00:42:57,003 --> 00:43:01,170 And say he's big, big, gorillas look like objects. 984 00:43:02,038 --> 00:43:04,218 And he said he crossed and jumped over the fence 985 00:43:04,218 --> 00:43:05,859 and keep going. 986 00:43:05,859 --> 00:43:07,090 - And a year and a half ago 987 00:43:07,090 --> 00:43:09,595 someone tells me you need to talk to someone. 988 00:43:09,595 --> 00:43:12,438 I said, "This person, he is like one of my best friends." 989 00:43:12,438 --> 00:43:14,438 He lives in south Texas. 990 00:43:15,390 --> 00:43:18,272 I call him and I say, "You need to tell a story." 991 00:43:18,272 --> 00:43:20,575 He said, "You know Gifford Hills, that place 992 00:43:20,575 --> 00:43:22,753 " We parked at all the time in the southern state? " 993 00:43:22,753 --> 00:43:24,719 I said" Oh yes, I know well. " 994 00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,354 He said," I started walking down the road one morning, 995 00:43:27,354 --> 00:43:30,123 "And I got about 50 meters on that road. 996 00:43:30,123 --> 00:43:32,560 " And I looked up and there was something 997 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,444 "Stand in the middle of the road. 998 00:43:34,444 --> 00:43:35,637 " And I stop. " 999 00:43:35,637 --> 00:43:38,034 I say, "You know me, I have a weapon, I have a gun, 1000 00:43:38,034 --> 00:43:40,633 " I have my gun, I'm ready to go. 1001 00:43:40,633 --> 00:43:42,732 "I'm talking to him. 1002 00:43:42,732 --> 00:43:44,649 " I say "Who are you?!" 1003 00:43:45,847 --> 00:43:47,115 "That doesn't answer. 1004 00:43:47,115 --> 00:43:49,658 " I say, "Hey, I have a gun." 1005 00:43:49,658 --> 00:43:51,622 He said, "I will kill you." 1006 00:43:51,622 --> 00:43:54,879 And that's how he speaks. 1007 00:43:54,879 --> 00:43:57,836 He said, suddenly was not one thing there there are two things that stand there. 1008 00:43:57,836 --> 00:43:59,944 And that's just a little walk across the street. 1009 00:43:59,944 --> 00:44:03,361 - That's September 25, 2011. 1010 00:44:03,361 --> 00:44:06,745 I have gone to a friend's mine house 1011 00:44:06,745 --> 00:44:09,048 1012 00:44:09,048 --> 00:44:10,810 to do school work. 1013 00:44:10,810 --> 00:44:13,236 It may be more and more close around midnight. 1014 00:44:13,236 --> 00:44:15,059 I am ready, packing my books, 1015 00:44:15,059 --> 00:44:17,282 packing my laptop. 1016 00:44:17,282 --> 00:44:20,482 And go out to save it in my car. 1017 00:44:20,482 --> 00:44:23,546 I notice every time I go outside, 1018 00:44:23,546 --> 00:44:27,464 it's just good just weirdly silent. 1019 00:44:27,464 --> 00:44:29,214 There are no crickets, nothing. 1020 00:44:32,367 --> 00:44:36,034 I went down in the driveway of his house and I turned on 206 1021 00:44:36,885 --> 00:44:39,961 and then take rights and switch to 40. 1022 00:44:39,961 --> 00:44:43,006 Led to 10 towards my house. 1023 00:44:43,006 --> 00:44:45,807 And when I come restraint and go up the hill, 1024 00:44:45,807 --> 00:44:47,283 there are meadows here 1025 00:44:47,283 --> 00:44:48,807 and they have rolled straw 1026 00:44:48,807 --> 00:44:51,159 to get ready to be moved. 1027 00:44:51,159 --> 00:44:54,334 Well, there are pairs rolling in the field. 1028 00:44:54,334 --> 00:44:57,710 I don't know if it's like turning around 1029 00:44:57,710 --> 00:45:00,102 or squat and appear, 1030 00:45:00,102 --> 00:45:03,791 but something catches me oversees in this field. 1031 00:45:03,791 --> 00:45:06,137 And when my lights illuminate it, 1032 00:45:06,137 --> 00:45:08,813 I can see like a greenish color, 1033 00:45:08,813 --> 00:45:12,404 like a deer will whenever you see a deer. 1034 00:45:12,404 --> 00:45:13,821 And I pay attention to it. 1035 00:45:14,703 --> 00:45:17,733 Straw rolls about five feet. 1036 00:45:17,733 --> 00:45:20,484 Whenever I realize it, where is it, 1037 00:45:20,484 --> 00:45:23,615 The grass rolls are here on it. 1038 00:45:23,615 --> 00:45:25,966 As I see it, it's like happening 1039 00:45:25,966 --> 00:45:29,881 in an instant, very fast and gracefully almost. 1040 00:45:29,881 --> 00:45:32,095 It crosses the field 1041 00:45:32,095 --> 00:45:34,922 and shot in front of my car. 1042 00:45:34,922 --> 00:45:36,314 I slam my brake. 1043 00:45:36,314 --> 00:45:39,435 Literally from here to here. 1044 00:45:39,435 --> 00:45:41,811 I can see the monster as usual. 1045 00:45:41,811 --> 00:45:43,986 That is like in the position of a running man. 1046 00:45:43,986 --> 00:45:47,072 I can see his legs, it's hair. 1047 00:45:47,072 --> 00:45:49,982 It is more like a course looks dark brown. 1048 00:45:49,982 --> 00:45:52,679 That has left the entire back. 1049 00:45:52,679 --> 00:45:54,852 I can see muscle movements 1050 00:45:54,852 --> 00:45:59,123 like legs, muscles leg structure, 1051 00:45:59,123 --> 00:46:02,790 and arms, and surroundings back and goods. 1052 00:46:03,839 --> 00:46:05,756 That, big enough. 1053 00:46:07,635 --> 00:46:09,357 And it's just crossing the road 1054 00:46:09,357 --> 00:46:12,274 like a brush and barbed wire fence. 1055 00:46:13,984 --> 00:46:16,587 Scares me, yes, excited, just that kind of thing 1056 00:46:16,587 --> 00:46:19,226 a little excited and a little scared. 1057 00:46:19,226 --> 00:46:21,372 Because I mean you don't know if it's 1058 00:46:21,372 --> 00:46:23,455 it can be crazy or, what. 1059 00:46:27,780 --> 00:46:30,280 - My encounter with this object 1060 00:46:32,155 --> 00:46:34,488 happened the day i had 1061 00:46:35,752 --> 00:46:38,164 try to approach a crocodile. 1062 00:46:38,164 --> 00:46:40,501 I like taking photos of animals. 1063 00:46:40,501 --> 00:46:43,678 The love to take alligator is my passion. 1064 00:46:43,678 --> 00:46:47,324 I have walked in 15 feet black bears weighing 500 pounds. 1065 00:46:47,324 --> 00:46:50,556 I have walked on cows, deer. 1066 00:46:50,556 --> 00:46:53,851 Snakes, I rehabilitate wildlife so I handle 1067 00:46:53,851 --> 00:46:57,204 baby animals often. 1068 00:46:57,204 --> 00:47:00,568 And is on the way to a different location 1069 00:47:00,568 --> 00:47:01,835 what my cousin said. 1070 00:47:01,835 --> 00:47:04,106 That's hey you can see the crocodile here. 1071 00:47:04,106 --> 00:47:06,341 Driving on this dirt road 1072 00:47:06,341 --> 00:47:08,008 and become very slow. 1073 00:47:09,008 --> 00:47:12,184 And maybe 50 yards, 75 yards in front of me. 1074 00:47:12,184 --> 00:47:15,923 I glimpse something out of the forest. 1075 00:47:15,923 --> 00:47:19,189 That with two legs goes straight up. 1076 00:47:19,189 --> 00:47:21,121 Height seven or eight feet. 1077 00:47:21,121 --> 00:47:23,154 And that makes three steps and that's 1078 00:47:23,154 --> 00:47:25,462 across the street and into the forest. 1079 00:47:25,462 --> 00:47:28,340 Then, count yourself second by second. 1080 00:47:28,340 --> 00:47:30,115 I mean, and that's fair. 1081 00:47:30,115 --> 00:47:32,134 You kinda sit there absent-mindedly. 1082 00:47:32,134 --> 00:47:35,344 Because there is nothing sort of a wildlife book 1083 00:47:35,344 --> 00:47:37,525 or whatever you have seen 1084 00:47:37,525 --> 00:47:40,275 can describe what I just saw. 1085 00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:43,219 And what was that? 1086 00:47:44,282 --> 00:47:48,411 And in 15, 20 seconds I heard something shouting. 1087 00:47:48,411 --> 00:47:49,851 And I drew three turning points 1088 00:47:49,851 --> 00:47:52,351 on dirt roads and take off. 1089 00:47:54,245 --> 00:47:56,335 - [Lyle] Doyle Holmes lives near the riverbed, 1090 00:47:56,335 --> 00:47:59,013 good distance from downtown Fouke. 1091 00:47:59,013 --> 00:48:01,522 A family man with love for hunting and fishing, 1092 00:48:01,522 --> 00:48:06,274 Doyle knows this forest is better than almost everyone. 1093 00:48:06,274 --> 00:48:07,964 Doyle claims several meetings 1094 00:48:07,964 --> 00:48:09,538 with that creature and what happened 1095 00:48:09,538 --> 00:48:11,139 becomes the same field 1096 00:48:11,139 --> 00:48:15,010 Boggy Creek legend at most important characters stay. 1097 00:48:15,010 --> 00:48:17,233 In the movie, young Travis Crabtree stopped by 1098 00:48:17,233 --> 00:48:20,249 to visit an old hermit named Herb Jones 1099 00:48:20,249 --> 00:48:22,687 who lives deep in the buttocks. 1100 00:48:22,687 --> 00:48:25,074 The scene is based on reality as some 1101 00:48:25,074 --> 00:48:29,137 locals visit Herb Jones whenever possible. 1102 00:48:29,137 --> 00:48:32,298 Although living in prime Boggy Creek monster habitat, 1103 00:48:32,298 --> 00:48:35,383 Herb claims to have it never seen the creature. 1104 00:48:35,383 --> 00:48:37,529 Before we write the existence of beings 1105 00:48:37,529 --> 00:48:40,453 based on testimony one person however, 1106 00:48:40,453 --> 00:48:42,539 keep in mind that like that creature, 1107 00:48:42,539 --> 00:48:45,451 Herb avoids civilization and won't 1108 00:48:45,451 --> 00:48:47,371 want to hoard people disturbs his peace 1109 00:48:47,371 --> 00:48:50,157 and silent when they search for the monster 1110 00:48:50,157 --> 00:48:51,824 in the backyard itself. 1111 00:48:53,009 --> 00:48:54,934 Only a few of my people are found to have been run 1112 00:48:54,934 --> 00:48:58,305 Boggy Creek monsters more than once. 1113 00:48:58,305 --> 00:49:01,214 Fewer times I feel that it can be trusted. 1114 00:49:01,214 --> 00:49:03,956 After all, we've been looking for that creature for decades, maybe even centuries did not work. 1115 00:49:03,956 --> 00:49:07,770 1116 00:49:07,770 --> 00:49:09,383 What is the possibility that one person will do 1117 00:49:09,383 --> 00:49:13,145 running more than that once in his life? 1118 00:49:13,145 --> 00:49:14,869 However, given the proximity of Doyle 1119 00:49:14,869 --> 00:49:17,850 for isolation, lack of population forest stretch, 1120 00:49:17,850 --> 00:49:21,089 and the gloomy lake see some human intruders, 1121 00:49:21,089 --> 00:49:22,339 it is possible. 1122 00:49:23,753 --> 00:49:26,684 So take me through the incident 1123 00:49:26,684 --> 00:49:30,767 where you see that creature in Cypress's canopy. 1124 00:49:32,965 --> 00:49:36,507 How can you do it position, what do you see? 1125 00:49:36,507 --> 00:49:40,092 - Back in 2004 I decided to get up early 1126 00:49:40,092 --> 00:49:42,024 and go fishing one morning. 1127 00:49:42,024 --> 00:49:44,344 Lower the canoe and put it in 1128 00:49:44,344 --> 00:49:47,104 just before the sun comes in the morning. 1129 00:49:47,104 --> 00:49:49,826 I want to leave before noon 1130 00:49:49,826 --> 00:49:52,133 to have my line in the water. 1131 00:49:52,133 --> 00:49:55,034 And about 30 minutes later 1132 00:49:55,034 --> 00:49:56,586 when the sun starts to appear 1133 00:49:56,586 --> 00:49:59,818 I can hear sparks in the distance. 1134 00:49:59,818 --> 00:50:01,840 So I kind of want to get closer 1135 00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:02,862 to see what it is. 1136 00:50:02,862 --> 00:50:05,276 So I easily row 1137 00:50:05,276 --> 00:50:08,726 through morning mist. 1138 00:50:08,726 --> 00:50:11,611 When the sun starts brightly 1139 00:50:11,611 --> 00:50:14,255 a little high in the trees and shine through the fog 1140 00:50:14,255 --> 00:50:17,336 I can see a two-legged figure 1141 00:50:17,336 --> 00:50:20,503 in the distance under a pine tree. 1142 00:50:21,349 --> 00:50:24,015 And above ground water 1143 00:50:24,015 --> 00:50:27,187 and he is kicking water 1144 00:50:27,187 --> 00:50:31,188 make a hard splash like he is looking for something. 1145 00:50:31,188 --> 00:50:34,021 And at that time I was rowing, 1146 00:50:35,654 --> 00:50:37,862 see if I can get closer 1147 00:50:37,862 --> 00:50:39,861 without him seeing me. 1148 00:50:39,861 --> 00:50:42,572 And there is a point where I can 1149 00:50:42,572 --> 00:50:45,072 feel that he knows I'm there. 1150 00:50:46,290 --> 00:50:49,961 What I see is huge. 1151 00:50:49,961 --> 00:50:52,294 Feet is very big, legs are hairy. 1152 00:50:53,338 --> 00:50:54,879 And you can know what it is 1153 00:50:54,879 --> 00:50:58,552 are very strong bipedal animals. 1154 00:50:58,552 --> 00:51:00,969 - What is your high estimate 1155 00:51:00,969 --> 00:51:02,639 if you can take an estimate. 1156 00:51:02,639 --> 00:51:04,268 - At that moment with his feet 1157 00:51:04,268 --> 00:51:05,629 I have to say that 1158 00:51:05,629 --> 00:51:07,071 at least seven feet. 1159 00:51:07,071 --> 00:51:11,640 It looks like an animal weighing at least 500 pounds. 1160 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:13,929 - [Lyle] Even though it happened in the early 2000s 1161 00:51:13,929 --> 00:51:15,410 Doyle's description is almost the same 1162 00:51:15,410 --> 00:51:19,399 as Terry Sutton who sightings occurred in 1982. 1163 00:51:19,399 --> 00:51:24,019 Or Will Lunsford who saw him as a boy in the late 1970s. 1164 00:51:24,019 --> 00:51:25,873 Actually, their description 1165 00:51:25,873 --> 00:51:27,869 sounds almost identical to what people 1166 00:51:27,869 --> 00:51:30,373 is looking before The Boggy Creek Legend 1167 00:51:30,373 --> 00:51:32,706 and back to the 1950s. 1168 00:51:33,546 --> 00:51:34,832 And what about those reports 1169 00:51:34,832 --> 00:51:37,754 Furry wild men from the 1800s? 1170 00:51:37,754 --> 00:51:39,384 While the description of the 1800s 1171 00:51:39,384 --> 00:51:42,304 wrapped in terminology we don't use today, 1172 00:51:42,304 --> 00:51:45,264 their most basic, what do people describe 1173 00:51:45,264 --> 00:51:48,348 is upright hair closed, human like being 1174 00:51:48,348 --> 00:51:51,598 who avoid humans and stay with themselves. 1175 00:51:52,816 --> 00:51:54,856 Monster Boggy Creek doesn't just appear 1176 00:51:54,856 --> 00:51:57,945 in 1971 when making headlines. 1177 00:51:57,945 --> 00:52:00,028 It's been here all this time. 1178 00:52:01,324 --> 00:52:04,240 - There were rumors a few years ago trains, circus trains. 1179 00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:06,451 We have two railroad tracks here. 1180 00:52:06,451 --> 00:52:07,871 Maybe not even a mile. 1181 00:52:07,871 --> 00:52:09,495 From circus train accidents and something 1182 00:52:09,495 --> 00:52:10,328 can get off the circus train. 1183 00:52:10,328 --> 00:52:11,544 So I go to world books, 1184 00:52:11,544 --> 00:52:12,918 I see all animals. 1185 00:52:12,918 --> 00:52:14,917 That's not laziness. 1186 00:52:14,917 --> 00:52:16,710 That is not the type of bear. 1187 00:52:16,710 --> 00:52:18,753 That is nothing, the closest is like 1188 00:52:18,753 --> 00:52:20,290 the word resembles an ape. 1189 00:52:20,290 --> 00:52:22,258 Like a gorilla, except an eight-foot gorilla 1190 00:52:22,258 --> 00:52:24,170 which weighs about 800 pounds. 1191 00:52:24,170 --> 00:52:25,938 - Talk to many people who live 1192 00:52:25,938 --> 00:52:28,015 in this area that really looks 1193 00:52:28,015 --> 00:52:29,761 something on their page. 1194 00:52:29,761 --> 00:52:32,475 They claim to be gorillas. 1195 00:52:32,475 --> 00:52:34,218 A monkey type animal. 1196 00:52:34,218 --> 00:52:36,735 And some even believe it is a big bear 1197 00:52:36,735 --> 00:52:38,403 until it runs out. 1198 00:52:38,403 --> 00:52:40,237 Then the story changes. 1199 00:52:40,237 --> 00:52:43,864 I have talked to the hunter have been exhausted from the forest. 1200 00:52:43,864 --> 00:52:45,326 Unexplained sounds. 1201 00:52:45,326 --> 00:52:47,368 I have friends who claim people 1202 00:52:47,368 --> 00:52:50,535 has changed apes in this area. 1203 00:52:50,535 --> 00:52:52,798 - This is not a panther. 1204 00:52:52,798 --> 00:52:55,130 It's impossible, it's not an animal. 1205 00:52:55,130 --> 00:52:57,211 An animal will. 1206 00:52:57,211 --> 00:52:58,419 You know, panthers don't enter 1207 00:52:58,419 --> 00:53:01,426 and tap on the window try to enter the house. 1208 00:53:01,426 --> 00:53:04,342 And the panther can't different things 1209 00:53:04,342 --> 00:53:05,887 what people say. 1210 00:53:05,887 --> 00:53:07,177 This is clearly wrong. 1211 00:53:07,177 --> 00:53:09,554 This is something broad. 1212 00:53:09,554 --> 00:53:11,473 Something that knows how to enter the house. 1213 00:53:11,473 --> 00:53:13,728 Already knocked on the window, knock on the door. 1214 00:53:13,728 --> 00:53:16,648 Things like that, so this is not an animal. 1215 00:53:16,648 --> 00:53:18,147 - Every time I run from the guarantee of straw 1216 00:53:18,147 --> 00:53:19,656 to the front of my car it's like, 1217 00:53:19,656 --> 00:53:20,984 I have this picture. 1218 00:53:20,984 --> 00:53:23,569 Same as the picture of in front of my head. 1219 00:53:23,569 --> 00:53:27,364 I can see his muscles movements like legs. 1220 00:53:27,364 --> 00:53:31,281 Muscle structure legs, and arms, 1221 00:53:32,290 --> 00:53:34,079 and behind and items. 1222 00:53:34,079 --> 00:53:36,956 The hands and feet are actually darker 1223 00:53:36,956 --> 00:53:38,670 of hair color. 1224 00:53:38,670 --> 00:53:42,258 Kind of like a monkey or ape. 1225 00:53:42,258 --> 00:53:43,837 - [Lyle] As for the proof of the monster, 1226 00:53:43,837 --> 00:53:46,756 I keep going back to three tracks in a row. 1227 00:53:46,756 --> 00:53:48,720 Why are three toes? 1228 00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:51,973 If it's not a hoax or animal nature is misidentified, 1229 00:53:51,973 --> 00:53:55,652 then what kind of bipedal, seven-foot creature 1230 00:53:55,652 --> 00:53:59,565 can bring himself on foot only with three digits? 1231 00:53:59,565 --> 00:54:01,789 A few years ago hunted pigs in the same place 1232 00:54:01,789 --> 00:54:03,902 the area where the meeting took place, 1233 00:54:03,902 --> 00:54:06,569 Doyle and his son found a line of songs 1234 00:54:06,569 --> 00:54:09,909 not like that found in Willy Smith bean field. 1235 00:54:09,909 --> 00:54:12,409 Only this time with five toes. 1236 00:54:14,242 --> 00:54:16,220 Like so many mysteries connected 1237 00:54:16,220 --> 00:54:17,953 to Boggy Creek monsters, 1238 00:54:17,953 --> 00:54:21,260 This seems to cause more questions. 1239 00:54:21,260 --> 00:54:25,178 Many people say that Fouke Monsters have three toes. 1240 00:54:25,178 --> 00:54:28,801 And I mean this back for what film 1241 00:54:28,801 --> 00:54:32,168 and that has become something related 1242 00:54:32,168 --> 00:54:33,572 with Fouke monsters. 1243 00:54:33,572 --> 00:54:34,981 But this is five toed-- 1244 00:54:34,981 --> 00:54:36,350 - Yes. 1245 00:54:36,350 --> 00:54:38,841 - Which is closer to what we see as 1246 00:54:38,841 --> 00:54:40,870 Bigfoot tracks. 1247 00:54:40,870 --> 00:54:43,730 In your opinion, it looks more natural 1248 00:54:43,730 --> 00:54:45,402 that he has five toes? 1249 00:54:45,402 --> 00:54:48,978 - Yes, I personally have never seen 1250 00:54:48,978 --> 00:54:52,447 three endless tracks that do not turn into cranes. 1251 00:54:52,447 --> 00:54:54,635 All the songs we've seen since, 1252 00:54:54,635 --> 00:54:57,207 and we have seen quite a lot some in berry patch 1253 00:54:57,207 --> 00:55:00,206 for years and they all have five toes. 1254 00:55:00,206 --> 00:55:04,373 (loud roar) (unpleasant music) 1255 00:55:19,367 --> 00:55:21,436 - [Lyle] Some elements The Legend of Boggy Creek 1256 00:55:21,436 --> 00:55:25,193 is as impressive as famous screaming creatures. 1257 00:55:25,193 --> 00:55:27,821 But is the scream based on reality? 1258 00:55:27,821 --> 00:55:29,741 Looks like that. 1259 00:55:29,741 --> 00:55:32,407 In 1916 a family traveled near Fouke 1260 00:55:32,407 --> 00:55:34,243 find a hairy figure that issues 1261 00:55:34,243 --> 00:55:36,537 a scary scream. 1262 00:55:36,537 --> 00:55:38,120 And there are other reports about 1263 00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:42,003 strange sounds radiating from the forest in the area. 1264 00:55:42,003 --> 00:55:44,086 Smokey Crabtree himself reports hearing 1265 00:55:44,086 --> 00:55:47,754 strange shouts near his house more than once. 1266 00:55:47,754 --> 00:55:50,219 And in my own file I have lots of reports 1267 00:55:50,219 --> 00:55:52,470 from around Fouke from strange screams 1268 00:55:52,470 --> 00:55:56,225 or shout accompanied by appearance of the creature. 1269 00:55:56,225 --> 00:55:59,182 It seems that whatever it is Monster Boggy Creek is possible, 1270 00:55:59,182 --> 00:56:01,478 do not hesitate to hear it 1271 00:56:01,478 --> 00:56:04,065 like about being seen. 1272 00:56:04,065 --> 00:56:06,188 While preparing to record Doyle's interview, 1273 00:56:06,188 --> 00:56:08,025 we hear what might happen 1274 00:56:08,025 --> 00:56:10,654 those creatures call ourselves. 1275 00:56:10,654 --> 00:56:12,090 What is it (muttering)? 1276 00:56:12,090 --> 00:56:13,460 - [Doyle] That is a tree node. 1277 00:56:13,460 --> 00:56:17,563 Now it's about times you start hearing them. 1278 00:56:17,563 --> 00:56:19,289 - [Narrator] Doyle, did you hear it? 1279 00:56:19,289 --> 00:56:20,373 - [Narrator] What is that? 1280 00:56:20,373 --> 00:56:21,830 What was that? 1281 00:56:21,830 --> 00:56:24,080 - [Narrator] Maybe one of them. 1282 00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:26,345 - [Narrator] I'm recording. 1283 00:56:26,345 --> 00:56:29,086 - [Narrator] Yes here it is times you started hearing them. 1284 00:56:29,086 --> 00:56:32,003 - [Narrator] Can you take steps... 1285 00:56:34,190 --> 00:56:35,676 - [Narrator] What is that? 1286 00:56:35,676 --> 00:56:38,727 (cricket) 1287 00:56:38,727 --> 00:56:40,977 - [Narrator] Getting closer. 1288 00:56:42,521 --> 00:56:43,906 (unpleasant music) 1289 00:56:43,906 --> 00:56:45,314 - [Lyle] Even though we can't say for sure, 1290 00:56:45,314 --> 00:56:47,400 very likely that Doyle and me 1291 00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:49,234 has a brush with the same creature 1292 00:56:49,234 --> 00:56:52,866 who have staked out this land for decades. 1293 00:56:52,866 --> 00:56:57,696 - I believe this creature is a kind of primate. 1294 00:56:57,696 --> 00:56:59,119 I have a lot of places. 1295 00:56:59,119 --> 00:57:02,330 I might have entered 35 different countries 1296 00:57:02,330 --> 00:57:05,376 and hear lots of different things animals in the forest. 1297 00:57:05,376 --> 00:57:08,293 This particular animal I haven't heard much. 1298 00:57:08,293 --> 00:57:10,945 The only thing I can associate with sound 1299 00:57:10,945 --> 00:57:14,810 which I hear comes out of wood is a Howler monkey. 1300 00:57:14,810 --> 00:57:17,055 And they are not native to southern Arkansas. 1301 00:57:17,055 --> 00:57:18,849 They are not here. 1302 00:57:18,849 --> 00:57:21,683 But that's the closest thing I can produce. 1303 00:57:21,683 --> 00:57:25,352 - And that holler is modeled with shouts. 1304 00:57:25,352 --> 00:57:27,006 I can't imitate that sound, 1305 00:57:27,006 --> 00:57:28,703 but it's terrible. 1306 00:57:28,703 --> 00:57:31,191 I've heard bears make sounds. 1307 00:57:31,191 --> 00:57:34,711 I've heard the Bobcats, I already heard binoculars making sounds. 1308 00:57:34,711 --> 00:57:38,400 And they can make your hair stand tall, 1309 00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:41,699 but this is terrible in sound. 1310 00:57:41,699 --> 00:57:43,753 And as I said, there is nothing at all 1311 00:57:43,753 --> 00:57:45,750 approach to compare 1312 00:57:45,750 --> 00:57:47,417 what sound is that. 1313 00:57:48,837 --> 00:57:50,671 - [Lyle] If the monster is really real, 1314 00:57:50,671 --> 00:57:52,171 then the creature must have it 1315 00:57:52,171 --> 00:57:53,923 sustainable population. 1316 00:57:53,923 --> 00:57:57,591 It is impossible to have only one Monster Boggy Creek. 1317 00:57:57,591 --> 00:57:59,425 While reports about the creature share 1318 00:57:59,425 --> 00:58:01,016 general description, 1319 00:58:01,016 --> 00:58:02,890 there are hair color variations, 1320 00:58:02,890 --> 00:58:06,480 size, facial features, and even attitude. 1321 00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:08,229 That's not something you hear 1322 00:58:08,229 --> 00:58:09,731 as often as a large appearance 1323 00:58:09,731 --> 00:58:11,567 predictable adult beings, 1324 00:58:11,567 --> 00:58:14,532 but reports about teenagers did come. 1325 00:58:14,532 --> 00:58:17,530 The idea seems to come to Charles Pierce himself as an inevitable sequel The Legend of Boggy Creek, 1326 00:58:17,530 --> 00:58:20,782 titled Boggy Creek 2 The Legend Continues. 1327 00:58:20,782 --> 00:58:23,867 Not only is displayed classic robber monsters, 1328 00:58:23,867 --> 00:58:26,580 1329 00:58:26,580 --> 00:58:29,253 but that's the offspring too. 1330 00:58:29,253 --> 00:58:32,708 Like all good stories, Boggy Creek 2 baby monsters 1331 00:58:32,708 --> 00:58:35,255 seems to have taken root in reality. 1332 00:58:35,255 --> 00:58:36,960 It's true that I see again, 1333 00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:39,691 seven eight feet high easily. 1334 00:58:39,691 --> 00:58:41,966 And I can't explain to you why 1335 00:58:41,966 --> 00:58:44,384 I have a feeling that it is a teenager. 1336 00:58:44,384 --> 00:58:46,072 Besides I work with animals 1337 00:58:46,072 --> 00:58:48,059 and I see animals all the time 1338 00:58:48,059 --> 00:58:50,759 and it doesn't have an adult appearance. 1339 00:58:50,759 --> 00:58:54,676 It's really juvenilistic in characteristics. 1340 00:58:55,985 --> 00:58:57,982 But it's not an adult. 1341 00:58:57,982 --> 00:58:59,109 Whatever. 1342 00:58:59,109 --> 00:59:02,287 It's not full in my opinion. 1343 00:59:02,287 --> 00:59:04,038 - So, let's talk about 1344 00:59:04,038 --> 00:59:06,613 your latest experience. 1345 00:59:06,613 --> 00:59:08,414 Discuss it a little. 1346 00:59:08,414 --> 00:59:09,720 You said you were down, 1347 00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:10,920 Are you looking for firewood? 1348 00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:11,753 Is that true? 1349 00:59:11,753 --> 00:59:14,416 Can you take me through what happened that day? 1350 00:59:14,416 --> 00:59:18,426 - Well about this time at night or evening. 1351 00:59:18,426 --> 00:59:20,843 And I drew my old Jeep here in the forest 1352 00:59:20,843 --> 00:59:24,598 and take my saw and start cut some firewood. 1353 00:59:24,598 --> 00:59:28,474 I went down there, my wife stayed in the truck watching. 1354 00:59:28,474 --> 00:59:32,307 I hear cries that sounded rather like children. 1355 00:59:33,146 --> 00:59:35,693 And I started making it my way through the brush 1356 00:59:35,693 --> 00:59:39,527 to see what it is, to see if _ a child is missing here. 1357 00:59:39,527 --> 00:59:41,829 And when I walk towards me 1358 00:59:41,829 --> 00:59:44,409 closer to the source of the shout, 1359 00:59:44,409 --> 00:59:47,073 it's getting louder and harder 1360 00:59:47,073 --> 00:59:50,288 until it almost turns into a scream. 1361 00:59:50,288 --> 00:59:53,921 And then when I have to through the bushes 1362 00:59:53,921 --> 00:59:55,836 and really can see it, 1363 00:59:55,836 --> 00:59:59,503 I am amazed that it is Bigfoot teenagers. 1364 01:00:00,796 --> 01:00:02,756 Maybe about five feet. 1365 01:00:02,756 --> 01:00:05,229 Maybe a little shorter than five feet. 1366 01:00:05,229 --> 01:00:07,261 And covered in hair. 1367 01:00:07,261 --> 01:00:10,392 Strange human face. 1368 01:00:10,392 --> 01:00:13,187 And at that time you can hear, 1369 01:00:13,187 --> 01:00:15,937 I think mom and dad come. 1370 01:00:15,937 --> 01:00:17,779 And they start getting angry 1371 01:00:17,779 --> 01:00:20,987 Because they can hear their baby boys cry. 1372 01:00:20,987 --> 01:00:23,035 They know he's in trouble. 1373 01:00:23,035 --> 01:00:26,415 - So the sound you hear comes, 1374 01:00:26,415 --> 01:00:27,248 explain it. 1375 01:00:27,248 --> 01:00:31,415 - Sounds like four or 500 yards at first. 1376 01:00:32,665 --> 01:00:35,336 But they start getting louder and louder 1377 01:00:35,336 --> 01:00:36,835 and it's getting closer. 1378 01:00:36,835 --> 01:00:38,755 I returned to the beach and I saw the truck 1379 01:00:38,755 --> 01:00:40,338 and there are no people in it. 1380 01:00:41,509 --> 01:00:43,720 And I go, "Where's my wife?" 1381 01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:46,051 So I ran to the truck and 1382 01:00:46,051 --> 01:00:50,016 see it, he hid truck floor boards. 1383 01:00:50,016 --> 01:00:52,473 He has heard that voice from the big one coming, 1384 01:00:52,473 --> 01:00:55,229 it scared him, so he rolled up the window, 1385 01:00:55,229 --> 01:00:59,396 lock the door, and hide truck floor boards. 1386 01:01:00,400 --> 01:01:01,690 - [Lyle] It's been more than four decades 1387 01:01:01,690 --> 01:01:03,681 since it first appeared in my life. 1388 01:01:03,681 --> 01:01:07,538 And I still know very little about the creature. 1389 01:01:07,538 --> 01:01:09,729 Like many of them who claim to have seen it, 1390 01:01:09,729 --> 01:01:11,529 hard to believe. 1391 01:01:11,529 --> 01:01:13,295 The mystery that surrounds this case 1392 01:01:13,295 --> 01:01:18,009 just as confusing today they were a century ago. 1393 01:01:18,009 --> 01:01:19,792 If it's real, a monster called 1394 01:01:19,792 --> 01:01:21,987 seems like an ape in appearance. 1395 01:01:21,987 --> 01:01:26,136 Covered in hair and having feet with three to five toes. 1396 01:01:26,136 --> 01:01:27,972 That makes it isolated, 1397 01:01:27,972 --> 01:01:30,389 uninhabited area in Miller County. 1398 01:01:30,389 --> 01:01:32,725 Only occasionally penetrate the waterway 1399 01:01:32,725 --> 01:01:34,101 like Boggy Creek. 1400 01:01:34,101 --> 01:01:37,560 Maybe looking for food or a more suitable habitat. 1401 01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:39,856 The most important, once seen, 1402 01:01:39,856 --> 01:01:44,023 leaving that impression never running faster or forgotten. 1403 01:01:45,076 --> 01:01:46,363 - And after I saw that I kept trying 1404 01:01:46,363 --> 01:01:49,115 to connect with the fact that you are not crazy. 1405 01:01:49,115 --> 01:01:50,703 You see what you see. 1406 01:01:50,703 --> 01:01:52,496 And then I received a lot of ridicule 1407 01:01:52,496 --> 01:01:54,583 but my story never. 1408 01:01:54,583 --> 01:01:56,457 I have told my wife my story. 1409 01:01:56,457 --> 01:01:59,129 We have been married 34 years years, never changed. 1410 01:01:59,129 --> 01:02:00,797 And that will never change because of that 1411 01:02:00,797 --> 01:02:02,672 like a small video circle runs through my head. 1412 01:02:02,672 --> 01:02:06,464 I can see the same thing over and over, and again, and again. 1413 01:02:06,464 --> 01:02:08,258 - I see something. 1414 01:02:08,258 --> 01:02:10,764 I don't know what that is. 1415 01:02:10,764 --> 01:02:13,852 I am skeptical of Bigfoot until 1416 01:02:13,852 --> 01:02:15,934 I see what I see. 1417 01:02:15,934 --> 01:02:17,147 - Since I saw it 1418 01:02:17,147 --> 01:02:19,391 it becomes you know, like, 1419 01:02:19,391 --> 01:02:22,484 I think it's a bit like under the cover of secret desires. 1420 01:02:22,484 --> 01:02:23,900 Because it's a mystery. 1421 01:02:23,900 --> 01:02:26,641 And one day, some how someone will 1422 01:02:26,641 --> 01:02:28,284 find evidence we all need 1423 01:02:28,284 --> 01:02:30,117 to prove our sanity. 1424 01:02:31,515 --> 01:02:34,121 - After you forget about fear 1425 01:02:34,121 --> 01:02:35,454 from appearance, 1426 01:02:37,492 --> 01:02:40,159 it's very short lived for me. 1427 01:02:41,502 --> 01:02:45,502 What becomes so much bigger fear for me is people. 1428 01:02:46,830 --> 01:02:51,227 The reaction, how people will accept the story, 1429 01:02:51,227 --> 01:02:52,975 what they will think about. 1430 01:02:52,975 --> 01:02:55,636 That's why this is the first time 1431 01:02:55,636 --> 01:02:59,229 that I have talked about this event. 1432 01:02:59,229 --> 01:03:01,478 Especially the first time I've ever been 1433 01:03:01,478 --> 01:03:05,232 bring anyone through the entire experience on the site. 1434 01:03:05,232 --> 01:03:07,358 Although I have told some people. 1435 01:03:07,358 --> 01:03:09,987 I have never come today 1436 01:03:09,987 --> 01:03:13,325 to the site and walk whoever passed it before. 1437 01:03:13,325 --> 01:03:14,828 And much to do with fear of people 1438 01:03:14,828 --> 01:03:17,121 more than fear of the creature. 1439 01:03:17,121 --> 01:03:19,983 - Yes, I think it becomes 1440 01:03:19,983 --> 01:03:24,139 from something you see movies or on the screen 1441 01:03:24,139 --> 01:03:28,131 later in your life it translated into reality. 1442 01:03:28,131 --> 01:03:31,798 And you are in legend, you are part of it. 1443 01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:36,761 - Of course, the movie becomes real to me. 1444 01:03:36,761 --> 01:03:39,594 For years with what I see 1445 01:03:40,506 --> 01:03:43,142 and maybe live in the heart 1446 01:03:43,142 --> 01:03:45,559 Bigfoot country in the south, 1447 01:03:46,562 --> 01:03:48,645 This is truly alive. 1448 01:03:49,511 --> 01:03:51,928 And I live in the movie now. 1449 01:03:56,410 --> 01:03:57,995 - [Lyle] Boggy Creek 1450 01:03:57,995 --> 01:03:59,288 monster sightings hasn't stopped yet. 1451 01:03:59,288 --> 01:04:02,917 Today the creature seems to be more alive than before. 1452 01:04:02,917 --> 01:04:04,628 While many expect that legacy 1453 01:04:04,628 --> 01:04:07,412 Pierce's film finally fades, 1454 01:04:07,412 --> 01:04:10,317 that life like that was introduced to a new generation 1455 01:04:10,317 --> 01:04:13,307 horror fans and those who have curious eyes 1456 01:04:13,307 --> 01:04:14,974 for the unexplained. 1457 01:04:16,436 --> 01:04:18,515 While developing violates some of them 1458 01:04:18,515 --> 01:04:20,223 Forest area of Miller County, 1459 01:04:20,223 --> 01:04:22,103 lower ground remains the same 1460 01:04:22,103 --> 01:04:24,185 as usual. 1461 01:04:24,185 --> 01:04:25,441 This is where the creature is, 1462 01:04:25,441 --> 01:04:29,570 or memory of creatures still alive. 1463 01:04:29,570 --> 01:04:32,750 - I have seen more things happening here 1464 01:04:32,750 --> 01:04:36,326 in the past 10 years I've seen in the past. 1465 01:04:36,326 --> 01:04:39,037 Although there are many sightings. 1466 01:04:39,037 --> 01:04:40,786 The sighting never stops. 1467 01:04:40,786 --> 01:04:42,706 It's been a long time. 1468 01:04:42,706 --> 01:04:45,254 - Since the film came out many things have changed. 1469 01:04:45,254 --> 01:04:48,466 One thing, we become more, 1470 01:04:48,466 --> 01:04:50,133 I don't know Burbia. 1471 01:04:51,210 --> 01:04:53,408 This is far more advanced than before. 1472 01:04:53,408 --> 01:04:54,687 Before people will leave their homes 1473 01:04:54,687 --> 01:04:56,095 At 3 am, 1474 01:04:56,095 --> 01:04:57,655 they don't go home until sunset 1475 01:04:57,655 --> 01:04:59,136 when they finish working. 1476 01:04:59,136 --> 01:05:00,890 So they in the forest collect food 1477 01:05:00,890 --> 01:05:02,933 out of the forest. 1478 01:05:02,933 --> 01:05:05,481 So now people go to town, they work eight hours, 1479 01:05:05,481 --> 01:05:07,651 they come and enter in front of the television. 1480 01:05:07,651 --> 01:05:10,401 So the real number is the people in the forest 1481 01:05:10,401 --> 01:05:12,608 in my mind has decreased. 1482 01:05:12,608 --> 01:05:15,027 Because unless you are a woodcutter, 1483 01:05:15,027 --> 01:05:17,036 You are a farmer, or you are deliberately 1484 01:05:17,036 --> 01:05:18,490 go here for several reasons. 1485 01:05:18,490 --> 01:05:20,785 There is no reason to just appear. 1486 01:05:20,785 --> 01:05:23,291 - The last call we came to 1487 01:05:23,291 --> 01:05:25,371 there is a girl from the north 1488 01:05:25,371 --> 01:05:28,543 who visit family here in Fouke. 1489 01:05:28,543 --> 01:05:32,005 These two little girls ride bikes 1490 01:05:32,005 --> 01:05:36,172 and they drive one in front of the other. 1491 01:05:37,013 --> 01:05:39,099 And other little girls go down 1492 01:05:39,099 --> 01:05:40,186 and stop, turn around, 1493 01:05:40,186 --> 01:05:42,144 and his friend is not there. 1494 01:05:42,144 --> 01:05:43,225 He has been destroyed. 1495 01:05:43,225 --> 01:05:44,600 So he came back and said what happened? 1496 01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:48,192 He said, "Right in between we are big monsters 1497 01:05:48,192 --> 01:05:51,902 " just came out of weeds and ran across in front of us. 1498 01:05:51,902 --> 01:05:52,821 "You don't see it?" 1499 01:05:52,821 --> 01:05:54,904 He said, "No, I just kept my eyes on the road." 1500 01:05:54,904 --> 01:05:57,659 This little girl is scared to death. 1501 01:05:57,659 --> 01:05:58,784 Now this is a little girl 1502 01:05:58,784 --> 01:06:00,655 and this little girl from the north, 1503 01:06:00,655 --> 01:06:02,206 and this is right before I retire. 1504 01:06:02,206 --> 01:06:03,456 That was 2006. 1505 01:06:06,709 --> 01:06:09,288 - [Lyle] In October 2000, Stacy Hudson, 1506 01:06:09,288 --> 01:06:11,382 an outside worker and bow hunter 1507 01:06:11,382 --> 01:06:13,206 Meet Boggy Creek 1508 01:06:13,206 --> 01:06:16,039 in the tree standing early one morning. 1509 01:06:16,973 --> 01:06:21,386 As a result, Stacy's life is changed dramatically. 1510 01:06:21,386 --> 01:06:22,973 What I learned from the Stacy 1511 01:06:22,973 --> 01:06:26,098 appearance is that despite modernization of southern Arkansas, 1512 01:06:26,098 --> 01:06:27,939 That creature might still call 1513 01:06:27,939 --> 01:06:30,228 Sulfur home river bed. 1514 01:06:30,228 --> 01:06:32,941 - Arriving at the stand, the stands in circles all backwards like something is messing it up. 1515 01:06:32,941 --> 01:06:36,573 But they don't steal it. 1516 01:06:36,573 --> 01:06:37,779 It's circling so I just entered 1517 01:06:37,779 --> 01:06:40,490 and enforce it and go up. 1518 01:06:40,490 --> 01:06:43,076 When it's a full moon. 1519 01:06:43,076 --> 01:06:44,907 That may be one hour before noon 1520 01:06:44,907 --> 01:06:47,203 and I heard something appear beside me, 1521 01:06:47,203 --> 01:06:49,483 so I just slowly look up 1522 01:06:49,483 --> 01:06:51,763 and that's two things. 1523 01:06:51,763 --> 01:06:53,542 Clouds move in and out 1524 01:06:53,542 --> 01:06:55,068 so you can see one second 1525 01:06:55,068 --> 01:06:56,551 and then it will become a little darker. 1526 01:06:56,551 --> 01:06:58,339 But I mean it's near. 1527 01:06:58,339 --> 01:06:59,799 That's probably 15 feet away. 1528 01:06:59,799 --> 01:07:01,869 1529 01:07:01,869 --> 01:07:03,189 When they are under me, 1530 01:07:03,189 --> 01:07:04,812 one of them reaches out, 1531 01:07:04,812 --> 01:07:07,763 touching the side of my foot, down, 1532 01:07:07,763 --> 01:07:09,177 I think it's reaching for my rock climbing 1533 01:07:09,177 --> 01:07:10,335 and reach out. 1534 01:07:10,335 --> 01:07:11,371 Because I have an arc in my lap, 1535 01:07:11,371 --> 01:07:12,808 my arrow sticks out in front of me. 1536 01:07:12,808 --> 01:07:14,542 He reached out, grabbed my arrow, 1537 01:07:14,542 --> 01:07:18,429 and I guess it cuts it off Because he started shouting. 1538 01:07:18,429 --> 01:07:19,953 And then he just shouted all the way 1539 01:07:19,953 --> 01:07:21,571 get to bayou. 1540 01:07:21,571 --> 01:07:24,215 Fall and then I hear it cross the creek. 1541 01:07:24,215 --> 01:07:25,832 And I guess I just sat there in shock 1542 01:07:25,832 --> 01:07:27,460 for about 30 minutes to get daylight. 1543 01:07:27,460 --> 01:07:31,627 And after that, I did not bow hunting for about six years. 1544 01:07:33,503 --> 01:07:35,968 - [Lyle] Today, Fouke is still a quiet little city 1545 01:07:35,968 --> 01:07:38,255 off Highway 71. 1546 01:07:38,255 --> 01:07:41,424 The gap stops on the road to elsewhere for some people. 1547 01:07:41,424 --> 01:07:44,061 And a great legend for others. 1548 01:07:44,061 --> 01:07:45,929 The Legend of Boggy Creek was created 1549 01:07:45,929 --> 01:07:49,980 icons of what is there only local folklore. 1550 01:07:49,980 --> 01:07:52,061 Even though there are still people who want 1551 01:07:52,061 --> 01:07:53,649 better forget the monster, 1552 01:07:53,649 --> 01:07:55,567 For the most part Fouke has been adopted 1553 01:07:55,567 --> 01:07:59,196 that creature as their local mascot. 1554 01:07:59,196 --> 01:08:01,072 In the Miller County museum you can 1555 01:08:01,072 --> 01:08:03,490 see the impact of the famous legend 1556 01:08:03,490 --> 01:08:05,157 on their local culture. 1557 01:08:05,157 --> 01:08:07,708 Then there is a Monster Mart. 1558 01:08:07,708 --> 01:08:10,030 What used to be ordinary department store 1559 01:08:10,030 --> 01:08:12,456 has become something much better. 1560 01:08:12,456 --> 01:08:14,745 Museum section, souvenir section, 1561 01:08:14,745 --> 01:08:17,808 Monster Mart has become Boggy Creek Headquarters 1562 01:08:17,808 --> 01:08:21,006 for monster hunters from all over the world. 1563 01:08:21,006 --> 01:08:24,081 Obviously Fouke sees the value in legend. 1564 01:08:24,081 --> 01:08:26,998 (slow music) 1565 01:08:30,434 --> 01:08:32,019 - This is part of our heritage here. 1566 01:08:32,019 --> 01:08:34,308 I know some people might not like it, 1567 01:08:34,308 --> 01:08:36,442 but some people do it. 1568 01:08:36,442 --> 01:08:40,868 But you understand that whatever you are talking about. 1569 01:08:40,868 --> 01:08:42,785 That is my main thrush 1570 01:08:44,780 --> 01:08:47,519 is trying to get something done here in my shop. 1571 01:08:47,519 --> 01:08:51,013 And have something that will happen 1572 01:08:51,013 --> 01:08:53,957 more than types of inheritance dealing with the community. 1573 01:08:53,957 --> 01:08:56,754 I want to expand more into this type of museum 1574 01:08:56,754 --> 01:08:58,961 and artifacts and things that mean 1575 01:08:58,961 --> 01:09:03,462 something to see, something to ponder. 1576 01:09:03,462 --> 01:09:05,387 - You know Fouke is Fouke. 1577 01:09:05,387 --> 01:09:06,458 Only Fouke. 1578 01:09:06,458 --> 01:09:09,513 But now whenever you talk about Fouke, 1579 01:09:09,513 --> 01:09:10,839 You know, you don't say Miller County, 1580 01:09:10,839 --> 01:09:12,202 it doesn't ring a bell. 1581 01:09:12,202 --> 01:09:15,519 But you say Boggy Creek or you say Fouke, 1582 01:09:15,519 --> 01:09:17,725 then suddenly there is someone in the crowd, 1583 01:09:17,725 --> 01:09:20,009 more than three will 1584 01:09:20,009 --> 01:09:22,609 know something about that. 1585 01:09:22,609 --> 01:09:24,609 That brings a lot of things here. 1586 01:09:25,988 --> 01:09:29,952 - Sighting of monsters has brought attention 1587 01:09:29,952 --> 01:09:33,912 the world in a few cities and small rivers 1588 01:09:33,912 --> 01:09:36,412 and the Miller County area. 1589 01:09:38,128 --> 01:09:39,836 - [Lyle] I often ask myself what it is 1590 01:09:39,836 --> 01:09:43,260 about this place that was made the creature settled here. 1591 01:09:43,260 --> 01:09:45,549 That might be something simple. 1592 01:09:45,549 --> 01:09:47,759 Animals that need primitive habitats 1593 01:09:47,759 --> 01:09:49,518 with lots of food and water. 1594 01:09:49,518 --> 01:09:51,389 And abundant cover. 1595 01:09:51,389 --> 01:09:54,310 But maybe, like so many locations 1596 01:09:54,310 --> 01:09:56,043 famous for the film, 1597 01:09:56,043 --> 01:09:58,543 it just wants to be forgotten. 1598 01:09:59,683 --> 01:10:01,703 Where is the peanut field they are three famous ends 1599 01:10:01,703 --> 01:10:03,984 tracks found are still there. 1600 01:10:03,984 --> 01:10:06,875 But Ford's house, Herb Jones's old hut, 1601 01:10:06,875 --> 01:10:08,736 and even the original General Store 1602 01:10:08,736 --> 01:10:10,821 everything disappears. 1603 01:10:10,821 --> 01:10:12,320 But if you know where to look, 1604 01:10:12,320 --> 01:10:16,323 You might still catch a glimpse of the remains. 1605 01:10:16,323 --> 01:10:17,977 Today is Searcy's house, 1606 01:10:17,977 --> 01:10:21,298 although many are displayed films, abandoned. 1607 01:10:21,298 --> 01:10:23,428 Some of the family call this place home 1608 01:10:23,428 --> 01:10:26,009 has long since moved. 1609 01:10:26,009 --> 01:10:27,972 Many witnesses play a role 1610 01:10:27,972 --> 01:10:29,218 in the story of a creature, 1611 01:10:29,218 --> 01:10:33,426 prefer to leave the piece their life behind. 1612 01:10:33,426 --> 01:10:35,331 This is certainly understandable. 1613 01:10:35,331 --> 01:10:38,154 The creature tends to haunt those they meet 1614 01:10:38,154 --> 01:10:40,737 long after they separate. 1615 01:10:42,111 --> 01:10:44,275 What keeps bringing me back 1616 01:10:44,275 --> 01:10:46,524 year after year to this small city 1617 01:10:46,524 --> 01:10:48,611 and that's a rough wilderness? 1618 01:10:48,611 --> 01:10:50,238 Why I keep chasing creatures 1619 01:10:50,238 --> 01:10:52,242 Does anyone say it's just a myth? 1620 01:10:52,242 --> 01:10:53,992 Folk stories, legends? 1621 01:10:54,830 --> 01:10:57,830 Actually, I can't stop. 1622 01:10:57,830 --> 01:10:59,706 Like so many of those who have experienced 1623 01:10:59,706 --> 01:11:01,374 Boggy Creek monsters, 1624 01:11:01,374 --> 01:11:02,960 it haunts me. 1625 01:11:02,960 --> 01:11:04,584 Not because I've seen it, 1626 01:11:04,584 --> 01:11:07,001 but because I want to see it. 1627 01:11:07,928 --> 01:11:09,470 So I returned to this place 1628 01:11:09,470 --> 01:11:11,470 who first caught my imagination 1629 01:11:11,470 --> 01:11:13,346 many years ago when it flashed 1630 01:11:13,346 --> 01:11:16,558 to live on The Legend of Boggy Creek. 1631 01:11:16,558 --> 01:11:18,215 I am back because I want to hear 1632 01:11:18,215 --> 01:11:21,512 Creatures cry sadly for myself. 1633 01:11:21,512 --> 01:11:25,658 I returned because I wanted to know the truth. 1634 01:11:25,658 --> 01:11:28,575 Submitted by: www.subtitlecinema.com