5D Gavin Murrey Why the Fouke Monster’s Sightings Did Not St

It has inspired several movies, most notably The Legend of Boggy Creek, which became a drive-in sensation netting nearly $25 million during its run.

October / Fouke, Arkansas - Local resident sees a hairy, ape-like creature run across a County Road a few miles south of Fouke during daylight hours. The witness felt that the creature fit the description of the Fouke Monster and was confident that it was not an ordinary animal. The sighting occurred near a location where other sightings have been reported over the years.

Near Fouke, Arkansas – Woman is reported to have seen a creature fitting the description of the "Fouke Monster" when she was 10 years old.

Unlike many cryptozoological mysteries that were known only to the locals of a certain area or covered briefly in regional newspapers, the Fouke Monster gained worldwide fame due to a series of feature films. The foremost - and best of the these films - The Legend of Boggy Creek initially brought fame to the Fouke Monster when it was released in 1972. The subsequent movies could never live up to the magic of the original film, however, they still served to further the legend of this Southern Sasquatch creature.

In a lot of ways, 1972′s cryptid horror film The Legend of Boggy Creek was a ground-breaker: a pseudo docudrama distributed by its producer and director Charles Pierce (who even sang the film’s theme song), it is considered by some people to have been one of the first indie films.

The "Fouke Monster" - or "Boggy Creek Monster" as it is sometimes referred to - is a Sasquatch-like creature said to haunt the network of creeks extending from the Sulphur River Bottoms in southern Arkansas to the small town of Fouke

It has inspired several movies, most notably The Legend of Boggy Creek, which became a drive-in sensation netting nearly $25 million during its run