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What do you boys
think about going
turkey hunting this year?
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-Think you ought to go...
-Mr. Willie, my momma
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wanted me to ask you
would you come
down to our house?
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There's some
kind of wild man
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down there in the woods
by the creek.
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Now, boy,
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I want you to go
back down there
and tell your momma
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there ain't a thing
in the world
to be afraid of.
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I'll come down there
tomorrow and check it out.
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WILLIE: Go ahead.
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Yes, sir.
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Thank you, sir.
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You know that's
the third time
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that ol' lady's
sent that kid
up here to tell me
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there's a big ol'
hairy monster
down in my field.
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I guess I'll have to
get down there tomorrow
and see about it.
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JIM: I was seven-years-old when I first heard him scream.
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It scared me then,
and it scares me now.
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JIM: This is Fouke, Arkansas.
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I grew up here.
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The population was about
350 when I was a boy.
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It still is.
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Fouke is way down
in the southwest corner
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where Arkansas joins
Texas and Louisiana.
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If you've ever driven from
Shreveport to Texarkana,
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you'll pass
right through Fouke.
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Even if you don't
remember seeing it.
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Aside from homes,
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Fouke has several stores,
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a couple of gas stations,
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a post office and school,
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garage and motel,
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and two cafes for
the menfolk to stop by
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for coffee and conversation
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on the fish they've caught,
or the duck, quail, squirrel,
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or deer they've hunted.
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Fishing and hunting
take up a lot of
almost everybody's time.
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Maybe Smokey Crabtree,
who lives way back down
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on the edge of the Bottoms
will tell about
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a mink or beaver
he or his son Travis caught.
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Smokey raises beef cattle
and traps part time
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and works as
a pipeline welder
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when the good jobs
come along.
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Travis walks and paddles
for miles every morning,
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running his trap lines
before school starts.
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Most of the people
who live around Fouke
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are farmers or ranchers.
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This country
is rich and fertile
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with plenty of
grass and water.
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Our land is veined with
a great network of
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branches, creeks,
river and lakes.
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Fouke is a right pleasant
place to live...
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Until the sun goes down.
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That day in the store,
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Willie Smith
didn't believe me
when I told him
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about a wild, hairy
creature in the woods.
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He believes me now.
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JOHN P. HIXON:
And he ran on East,
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jumped over the fence.
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It just seemed like
he just, sort of,
pushed it down
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with his left hand,
just stepped over.
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It was wounded and was
holding that right chest.
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It had that right hand
on his chest
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all the time that
it was in sight.
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Maybe if it hadn't been
hurt pretty badly,
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why, it might have
ran on all four legs,
I don't know.
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But it wasn't.
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It was running on
two legs at all times.
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That was about
all I saw of this thing.
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JOHN W. OATES:
Something came through
here last night
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and killed my two
prized shoats.
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Found one of them
lying right here
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deep gashes,
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cuts and his tongue
was hanging out.
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Looked like something
had strangled him.
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I keep them off down here
by the creek in this pen.
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And whatever it was,
got in the pen,
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lifted both them 200-pound
hogs over the fence.
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I couldn't find
no place where they'd
been dragged under.
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I couldn't find no tracks,
so I figured
whatever it was,
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came and left
travelling up and down
that creek.
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Not knowing what
had killed them hogs,
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I just threw them away.
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I carried them way off
out there in the bushes
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so the smell wouldn't
get back up to the house.
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Next day,
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I got up and
looked out there
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and thought it
kind of funny
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not seeing any buzzards
circling or anything.
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So, came down here
and both hogs were gone.
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That thing,
whatever it was,
must've come back,
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and the grass wasn't
even disturbed,
where the hogs was.
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What kind of thing
can pick up
200-pound hogs
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and walk off with them.
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JIM: I doubt if you
could find a lonelier,
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spookier place
in this country
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than down around Boggy Creek.
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It twists and winds its way
across the Fouke countryside,
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widening and narrowing,
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sheltering within
its thickly wooded banks
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a multitude of creatures
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that run, fly, swim,
creep and crawl.
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Eventually, Boggy
empties into Days Creek
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and flows onward
into the Sulphur River.
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Heavy rainfall half the year
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causes our creeks
and rivers to flood
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and spread over
wide sections
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of densely thicketed
and forested bottomland.
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In the Sulphur River Bottoms,
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the water spreads out
for miles across
the bottomland.
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A lot of which is
so densely thicketed
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that only a few hunters
and trappers have the skill
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to make their way
deep into this wild,
swampy country.
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A lot of people believe
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the creature prowls
back in here
most of the time.
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But every now and then,
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drawn to civilization
like a moth to flame,
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he creeps out about dusk.
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These nighttime visits
have set off waves of terror
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around Fouke
for over 15 years.
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What in the world
is this creature?
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"Where did he come from,
and what does he eat?"
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are questions I've heard
discussed a thousand times
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around winter fires
and on hot summer evenings.
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When the creature,
whom the newspapers
quickly named
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"The Fouke Monster,"
was first seen,
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he didn't seem to make
any special effort
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to hide from people.
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At least, Fred Crabtree,
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a farmer who hunted a lot,
had that opinion.
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FRED: He just didn't look like
anything I'd ever seen.
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I thought at first,
it might be some
kind of a wild man.
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I couldn't tell
under all that hair
just what it was.
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I changed the shells
in my shotgun
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from my squirrel shot
to my buck shot.
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-More for my protection
than anything else.
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If I'd have had my rifle,
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I believe I could have
knocked him down easy.
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But I doubt if I would have.
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'Cause I kept thinking
there's just a chance
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he might be a man.
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And if I had shot that thing,
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and it turned out to be a man,
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I'd have had to live with that for the rest of my life.
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JIM: Although he was
never sure,
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Fred got the impression
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the creature had been
washing his feet
in the icy water.
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A few months later,
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James Crabtree
was squirrel hunting.
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Only a short distance
from the spot
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where Fred Crabtree
had seen it.
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JAMES: I've spent
a lot of my life
in these woods,
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and there was something
strange about that evening
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that I couldn't put
my finger on it.
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It was just a feeling I had.
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There didn't seem
to be as many birds
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and little small animals
out as usual.
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In fact, they seemed
mighty scarce.
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It stepped right out
in plain sight.
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Right out there
in front of me.
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And he was...
It was some kind of thing
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that I've never
come across before.
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Well, he stared at me
for a little while
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and just slipped
out of sight.
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I never saw him again.
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JIM: Neither Fred Crabtree,
nor his uncle James
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told anyone about
their experience for years.
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They figured nobody
would believe them.
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He always travels
the creeks.
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That was one of
the first things
we figured out.
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This little branch
feeds into Boggy Creek.
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The Searcy family
lives here.
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Mary Beth Searcy
is a teenage student.
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Right now,
her older married sister
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and her baby are visiting.
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Her father's working
in another town,
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and her younger brother
is spending the night
with a friend.
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So, this evening,
just the two girls,
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their mother and the baby
will be alone in this house.
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They have no phone
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and the nearest neighbor
is a mile or so
across the woods.
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LOUISE SEARCY: Mary Beth?
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Mary Beth, would you
please hang something
over the window?
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There's a draft on the baby.
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Yeah. Okay.
Just a minute.
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Come here, kitty.
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Come here, kitty.
Come here.
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-Come, kitty.
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LOUISE: Mary Beth,
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would you please
hurry up!
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This draft's gonna
give the baby a cold.
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Okay! Okay!
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Mary Beth, what's the
matter with you?
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What happened?
Tell me. Answer me...
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JIM: It was a long
night of terror.
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In a few minutes,
Mary Beth was revived,
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and the three women,
shaking in fear,
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freezing at every sound
in the darkness,
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waited out the long
hours of blackness.
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The baby slept peacefully
through it all.
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Next morning,
they would discover
their dead kitten
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completely unmarked.
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Apparently, she had simply
been scared to death.
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The beauty of the Bottoms
under soft moonlight
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is transformed into
dark and menacing danger.
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And the shadows of the night
trigger your imagination
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into being places,
where possibly,
the creature is lurking.
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Because you know
he's out there somewhere.
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If, like this
13-year-old boy,
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you've grown up as
a woodsman and hunter,
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you never miss
an opportunity to
get yourself a deer.
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Yes, there's
no doubt about it,
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the dogs are
hot on the trail
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chasing the deer
in this direction.
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JIM: Later, they found
two-inch saplings
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broken down by the creature
in his pain and fury.
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They saw crushed underbrush
and blood stains,
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which in the excitement,
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no one thought to
gather a sample of.
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But they did not
find the creature.
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The terrifying stories
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of face to face encounters
with the creature
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triggered the Fouke
community into action.
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A big hunt was organized
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with some of
the best hunting dogs
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in Arkansas
and Texas involved.
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They even brought in
some famous dogs
from Tennessee.
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I got to go along.
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And I still vividly recall
how I was trembling
with excitement.
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We'd heard that earlier,
some other dogs
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had refused to
trail the creature,
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cowering in fear
and running back
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at the first whiff of his
sour pig-pen smell.
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But we were confident
our dogs would
get the job done.
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MAN: Hey, Earl, where did
that ol' boy go that
brought them dogs in here.
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JIM: While several groups
hunted on foot,
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others scouted designated
areas on horseback.
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While we made our way
along the dirt road
he had been crossing,
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the men on horseback
swept across the woodlands
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along the creek areas.
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JIM: About this time,
our dogs struck his trail
where he'd crossed the road.
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MAN 1: Go get him.
MAN 2: Spot, go get him!
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They found his trail.
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Go get him! Atta boy!
Trail him now. Get him.
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JIM: You've never seen
a more embarrassed
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and angry group
of dog owners.
247
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Neither one of these
famous hunting dogs
248
00:29:40,770 --> 00:29:43,120
would trail the
creature's scent.
249
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They whined,
tucked their tails,
250
00:29:45,130 --> 00:29:47,820
and came running back
obviously scared.
251
00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:50,780
I was sure disappointed.
252
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:19,290
JIM: Despite the failure
of the dogs to trail
the creature,
253
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several groups of
hunters kept going
far into the night.
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Later, we got word
255
00:30:26,430 --> 00:30:28,390
that one hunting party
had got the creature
256
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to scream angrily back
at a wounded rabbit call,
257
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,180
but moved deeper
into the forest
258
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when they tried
to get closer.
259
00:31:09,860 --> 00:31:12,910
Not too many of
the hunters were
interested in plunging
260
00:31:12,950 --> 00:31:15,390
into thick woods
in pitch darkness
261
00:31:15,430 --> 00:31:17,040
knowing he was out there.
262
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,920
Often I've tried to imagine
how the creature must feel.
263
00:31:24,970 --> 00:31:29,060
Since his very appearance
and the sounds he makes
frightened us,
264
00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:33,280
our immediate reaction
was to try to kill him.
265
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,980
I suppose if
a strange-looking creature
266
00:31:36,020 --> 00:31:38,200
from another world
showed up,
267
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:39,810
he'd get the same reception.
268
00:31:40,550 --> 00:31:42,330
Actually, at first,
269
00:31:42,370 --> 00:31:45,070
the creature didn't
try to harm anybody,
270
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,420
but now, after being
hunted and hurt,
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he suddenly disappeared.
272
00:31:50,250 --> 00:31:52,340
So, far as we know,
273
00:31:52,380 --> 00:31:54,650
he wasn't seen again
for eight years.
274
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,950
Where did he go?
275
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Well, we believe
he simply headed back
276
00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:02,920
deeper and deeper
into the Bottoms,
277
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beyond the reach of men.
278
00:32:05,050 --> 00:32:07,530
Only the alligator and wolf,
279
00:32:07,570 --> 00:32:09,710
crane and possum,
280
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and a thousand other
wild creatures
281
00:32:12,620 --> 00:32:15,970
heard his occasional,
lonely cries
282
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ringing out over
his watery domain.
283
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,460
♪ This is where
the story plays
284
00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:29,250
♪ A world on which
we seldom gaze
285
00:32:29,290 --> 00:32:32,550
♪ A page from the book
of yesterdays
286
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,560
♪ Birds and beast
and wind and water
287
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,860
♪ Here beneath
the bright blue sky
288
00:32:38,910 --> 00:32:41,740
♪ No man's smoke
blinds the eagle's eye
289
00:32:41,780 --> 00:32:45,220
♪ And things that crawl
or swim or fly
290
00:32:45,260 --> 00:32:47,920
♪ Feed and breed
and live and die ♪
291
00:33:13,330 --> 00:33:15,340
JIM: The seasons passed,
292
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summers into falls,
293
00:33:19,380 --> 00:33:22,210
winters into springs.
294
00:33:22,260 --> 00:33:26,000
And somewhere in
the remote wilderness
of the Bottoms,
295
00:33:27,740 --> 00:33:29,740
the creature spent his days.
296
00:33:45,450 --> 00:33:48,670
♪ Here the Sulphur River flows
297
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,330
♪ Rising when
the storm cloud blows
298
00:33:51,370 --> 00:33:54,720
♪ And this is where
the creature goes
299
00:33:54,770 --> 00:33:57,810
♪ Safe within
the world he knows
300
00:33:57,860 --> 00:34:00,860
♪ Perhaps he dimly wonders
301
00:34:00,900 --> 00:34:04,210
♪ "Why there is no other
such as I
302
00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:07,340
♪ "To touch
to love before I die ♪
303
00:34:07,390 --> 00:34:11,220
♪ "To listen
to my lonely cry?" ♪
304
00:35:16,630 --> 00:35:19,940
JIM: Now, none of us
Fouke boys would admit it,
305
00:35:19,980 --> 00:35:21,510
but for a long time,
306
00:35:21,550 --> 00:35:23,330
knowing the creature
might be around
307
00:35:23,380 --> 00:35:26,990
had put a damper
on our pack trips
back into the wilderness.
308
00:35:27,030 --> 00:35:29,990
But as time passed,
and stories and conversation
309
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,650
about the Fouke monster
died down,
310
00:35:32,690 --> 00:35:34,950
teenage boys again
began to go off
311
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,700
on long camping trips
in the Bottoms.
312
00:35:37,740 --> 00:35:39,650
Travis Crabtree
is the kind of fearless,
313
00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:42,140
outdoor kid that
would have gone anyway,
314
00:35:42,180 --> 00:35:44,700
even knowing the creature
was around.
315
00:35:44,750 --> 00:35:46,490
There's nothing
Travis likes better
316
00:35:46,530 --> 00:35:48,320
than to spend
the weekend camping
317
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:49,970
on one of
the hilltop islands
318
00:35:50,010 --> 00:35:52,840
created by high water
deep in the Bottom land.
319
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,160
♪ Hey, Travis Crabtree
320
00:36:08,860 --> 00:36:11,250
♪ Wait a minute for me
321
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,040
♪ Let's go back in the Bottoms
322
00:36:17,610 --> 00:36:20,560
♪ Back where the fish
are biting
323
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,700
♪ Where all
the world's inviting
324
00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:31,400
♪ And nobody sees
the flowers bloom but me
325
00:36:39,020 --> 00:36:42,150
♪ Hey, Travis Crabtree
326
00:36:43,540 --> 00:36:45,890
♪ Do you see what I see
327
00:36:47,770 --> 00:36:50,990
♪ On the gentle
winds of morning
328
00:36:52,290 --> 00:36:55,380
♪ A million birds are singing
329
00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:00,390
♪ Like the bells
of heaven ringing
330
00:37:00,430 --> 00:37:05,740
♪ And nobody sees
the flowers bloom but me
331
00:37:08,220 --> 00:37:10,920
♪ Drop me on a patch of land
332
00:37:12,310 --> 00:37:15,360
♪ Never stepped upon by man
333
00:37:16,930 --> 00:37:19,840
♪ Where the crystal water
flows deep
334
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:24,280
♪ But the falcon flies high
across the yellow-eyed sky
335
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,110
♪ Lord, ain't it great
to be free
336
00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:32,330
♪ Hey, Travis Crabtree
337
00:37:33,990 --> 00:37:36,470
♪ It's the right life for me
338
00:37:38,380 --> 00:37:43,300
♪ Rollin' alone in the Bottoms
339
00:37:43,340 --> 00:37:46,350
♪ While the birds
and bees are crying
340
00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:51,390
♪ Because the sun is dying
341
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:57,140
♪ And nobody sees
the flowers bloom but me
342
00:37:58,750 --> 00:38:04,410
♪ And nobody sees
the flowers bloom but me
343
00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:12,200
♪ And nobody sees
the flowers bloom but me ♪
344
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,300
JIM: When he's down
in the Bottoms,
345
00:38:27,340 --> 00:38:28,910
Travis always stops off
346
00:38:28,950 --> 00:38:31,830
for a visit and
a cup of coffee
with Herb Jones.
347
00:38:31,870 --> 00:38:35,740
Herb Jones is a man
who likes a lot of privacy.
348
00:38:35,790 --> 00:38:39,310
He's been living alone
in these Bottoms
for the past 20 years.
349
00:39:02,990 --> 00:39:04,030
Hey, Herb!
350
00:39:12,780 --> 00:39:14,170
Well, Travis.
351
00:39:22,140 --> 00:39:25,450
JIM: Travis always enjoys
these visits with Herb,
352
00:39:25,490 --> 00:39:29,230
and never fails
to bring him tobacco
and other supplies.
353
00:39:29,270 --> 00:39:31,360
Herb can spin yarns
for hours
354
00:39:31,410 --> 00:39:32,970
about his experiences
355
00:39:33,020 --> 00:39:35,800
with the wild creatures
of the Bottomland.
356
00:39:35,850 --> 00:39:37,760
Herb tells Travis
to be on the look out
357
00:39:37,810 --> 00:39:41,070
for a big ol' wild boar
with double curled tusks
358
00:39:41,110 --> 00:39:42,900
he spotted a day
or two earlier.
359
00:39:42,940 --> 00:39:45,470
Herb limps because
he once accidentally shot
360
00:39:45,510 --> 00:39:48,160
part of his foot away
in a boating accident.
361
00:39:48,210 --> 00:39:49,730
Although he was all alone,
362
00:39:49,770 --> 00:39:51,910
he made it out of
the Bottoms to a doctor.
363
00:39:59,350 --> 00:40:03,090
I've been living down here
by myself for a long time.
364
00:40:04,220 --> 00:40:06,440
About 14-miles by boat
365
00:40:06,490 --> 00:40:09,580
from my place
to the nearest road,
366
00:40:09,620 --> 00:40:11,930
then it's a pretty good
walk to town.
367
00:40:12,620 --> 00:40:15,280
Them Crabtree boys,
368
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,280
especially that Travis,
369
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:18,980
always drop by
to see me
370
00:40:19,020 --> 00:40:20,500
when they come
hunting and fishing.
371
00:40:21,890 --> 00:40:24,370
They always brung me
tobacco and sugar
372
00:40:24,420 --> 00:40:26,160
and stuff like that.
373
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:30,160
Even a bottle of wine
every once in a while.
374
00:40:30,210 --> 00:40:33,730
Did you notice
my bottle tree
on the way in?
375
00:40:33,770 --> 00:40:39,040
I use them bottles
as hooks on my trout lines.
376
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:43,170
I catch some mighty
big catfish and buffalo
on them lines.
377
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:49,350
And an old crane
flies over every day.
378
00:40:50,010 --> 00:40:51,570
Looks at my place.
379
00:40:52,790 --> 00:40:54,880
I don't know
what he's looking for.
380
00:40:56,930 --> 00:41:00,760
Once you get to know
these Bottoms,
381
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,980
you never lack
for something to do.
382
00:41:03,020 --> 00:41:08,330
People always ask me
why I stay down here.
383
00:41:08,370 --> 00:41:12,160
I tell them I stay 'cause
I like it better here
384
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,820
than I would anywhere else.
385
00:41:14,860 --> 00:41:18,300
Looks like they could
figure that out
for themselves.
386
00:41:18,340 --> 00:41:21,170
And another thing,
387
00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:25,220
people always ask me
388
00:41:25,260 --> 00:41:27,650
have I seen
the Fouke monster.
389
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,480
Let me tell you something,
390
00:41:30,530 --> 00:41:33,050
there ain't no such thing.
391
00:41:33,090 --> 00:41:34,970
I've been living here
in these Bottoms
392
00:41:35,010 --> 00:41:38,490
for better than 20 years.
393
00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:41,970
I ain't never seen
nor heard no monster.
394
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:49,720
What was that?
395
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,850
I don't know,
but let's get out of here.
396
00:42:16,270 --> 00:42:18,310
JIM: The creature was back.
397
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:20,710
Once again,
the lure of civilization
398
00:42:20,750 --> 00:42:22,270
had brought him
out of the wilderness.
399
00:42:51,610 --> 00:42:54,310
JIM: Soon, newspaper
headlines would herald,
400
00:42:54,350 --> 00:42:56,700
"The Return of
the Fouke Monster."
401
00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:59,400
And people would
get together around
Fouke to relate
402
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,750
the latest rumors
on the creature.
403
00:43:02,790 --> 00:43:04,930
Every dead animal
found in the forest
404
00:43:04,970 --> 00:43:06,140
was blamed upon him.
405
00:43:07,140 --> 00:43:09,320
This dog and others found dead,
406
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,450
might well be his victims.
407
00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:13,720
Excitement in the community
reached a new peak
408
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:15,940
when a farmer
named O.H. Kennedy
409
00:43:15,980 --> 00:43:18,680
discovered these strange
three-toed footsteps
410
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:20,810
in Willie Smith's bean field.
411
00:43:20,850 --> 00:43:23,640
Radio, newspaper
and television coverage
412
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,510
resulted in
nation-wide publicity.
413
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,380
...must not be over
four inches wide.
414
00:43:29,430 --> 00:43:30,910
MAN 1: Mr. Kennedy,
415
00:43:30,950 --> 00:43:34,040
you say you found
these tracks late Sunday.
416
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:36,350
Now, was that
late yesterday afternoon?
417
00:43:36,390 --> 00:43:38,870
KENNEDY: Yes, sir.
Just about sundown.
418
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,310
My wife and I went out
for a ride,
419
00:43:41,350 --> 00:43:43,530
she's been feeling
poorly lately.
420
00:43:43,570 --> 00:43:46,100
And we decided to stop by
the bean field
421
00:43:46,140 --> 00:43:48,970
to see if the ground
was too wet to plow.
422
00:43:49,010 --> 00:43:50,970
We called Willie Smith
right away.
423
00:43:51,010 --> 00:43:53,190
MAN 1: Mr. Kennedy,
do you think
424
00:43:53,230 --> 00:43:55,580
this creature could
be a sasquatch?
425
00:43:55,630 --> 00:43:58,460
KENNEDY: A... A sasquatch?
426
00:43:58,500 --> 00:44:00,890
I don't believe I know
what that is, sir.
427
00:44:00,940 --> 00:44:02,680
MAN 1: Well, the sasquatch was
428
00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:05,030
the Indians' word
for a legendary giant tribe
429
00:44:05,070 --> 00:44:06,860
of very shy people.
430
00:44:06,900 --> 00:44:09,030
They live mostly in the woods
431
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:10,770
up in the Pacific Northwest.
432
00:44:10,820 --> 00:44:13,860
KENNEDY: Well,
I didn't see anybody.
433
00:44:13,910 --> 00:44:15,740
All I've seen, sir,
is these tracks.
434
00:44:15,780 --> 00:44:17,610
MAN 1: Well, now,
doesn't the sasquatch
435
00:44:17,650 --> 00:44:19,610
have a normal five toes?
436
00:44:19,650 --> 00:44:22,390
This thing here
has only three toes.
437
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,010
MAN 2: Yes, and the adult
sasquatch footprint
is bigger, too.
438
00:44:25,050 --> 00:44:27,050
It's 18 inches long
on the average.
439
00:44:27,090 --> 00:44:28,750
MAN 3: Could these be
gorilla tracks?
440
00:44:28,790 --> 00:44:30,620
MAN 1: No, I don't think
it's a gorilla.
441
00:44:30,660 --> 00:44:32,490
A gorilla has five toes,
442
00:44:32,530 --> 00:44:35,620
and very seldom moves upright
on two legs for very long.
443
00:44:35,670 --> 00:44:37,630
This thing, it had to
drop down on all fours
444
00:44:37,670 --> 00:44:38,800
to travel this far.
445
00:44:40,060 --> 00:44:42,410
MAN 2: What about
an orangutan?
446
00:44:42,460 --> 00:44:44,980
This is the same thing
people around here
447
00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:47,940
reported seeing
over the past few years.
448
00:44:47,980 --> 00:44:49,860
He's reddish-brown,
449
00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:52,510
that's the same color
as an orangutan.
450
00:44:52,550 --> 00:44:55,640
MAN 1: Well, I don't think
this could be orangutan.
451
00:44:55,690 --> 00:44:57,300
The number of the toes
are wrong.
452
00:44:58,870 --> 00:45:00,610
MAN 3: Now, excuse me,
Mr. Kennedy,
453
00:45:00,650 --> 00:45:03,650
you spend a lot of time
working in this field, right?
454
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:05,350
Did you ever see
tracks like this
455
00:45:05,390 --> 00:45:06,960
when you were here before?
456
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,050
KENNEDY: No, sir.
Can't say that I have.
457
00:45:10,090 --> 00:45:13,400
There's a lot of fresh animal
tracks around this field
all the time.
458
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:15,320
Deer, wolf, bobcat,
459
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:17,750
and all kinds of
other tracks.
460
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,800
But I've never seen
anything like these before.
461
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:23,320
MAN 1: Well, Mr. Kennedy,
did you ever hear anything
462
00:45:23,370 --> 00:45:25,110
out of the ordinary
down here?
463
00:45:25,810 --> 00:45:27,370
KENNEDY: Well,
464
00:45:27,420 --> 00:45:29,720
I've heard some pretty peculiar things down here,
465
00:45:29,770 --> 00:45:33,160
but I've never seen anything
unusual like this before.
466
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,730
JIM: I wonder
what moves the creature
467
00:45:35,770 --> 00:45:38,030
to pick a particular patch
of woods
468
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:40,780
and return to it
again and again.
469
00:45:40,820 --> 00:45:43,170
These woods next
to the bean field
470
00:45:43,210 --> 00:45:45,390
must be one of his
favorite haunts.
471
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:50,870
KENNEDY: More than what
I heard, I guess it was
472
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,140
what I didn't hear that
made it kinda spooky.
473
00:45:54,180 --> 00:45:55,920
Even when that tractor
is running
474
00:45:55,970 --> 00:45:57,310
and you can't hear nothing,
475
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:00,450
you get a funny feeling that
476
00:46:00,490 --> 00:46:01,750
something's wrong.
477
00:46:03,020 --> 00:46:05,710
Then, I think, wasn't sure,
478
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,070
but I think I'd hear
a low growl, a hoot,
a grunt or something
479
00:46:09,110 --> 00:46:11,240
from back at the trees.
480
00:46:11,290 --> 00:46:13,980
And you know that
someone out there
is watching you.
481
00:46:14,030 --> 00:46:16,420
I tell you, there's some
kind of animal
482
00:46:16,460 --> 00:46:18,380
hanging around this field,
all right.
483
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:20,340
And he's no animal
484
00:46:20,380 --> 00:46:21,900
from this part
of the country.
485
00:46:23,910 --> 00:46:26,820
JIM: He always
travels Boggy Creek.
486
00:47:39,420 --> 00:47:41,380
JIM: That's Bessie
Smith's children
487
00:47:41,420 --> 00:47:43,770
playing at the edge of
the woods over there,
488
00:47:43,810 --> 00:47:45,860
where Kennedy
heard the creature.
489
00:47:47,860 --> 00:47:49,690
GIRL: Grandpa! Grandpa!
490
00:47:49,730 --> 00:47:52,340
Grandpa! Grandpa!
491
00:47:52,390 --> 00:47:54,260
Be quiet. You're gonna
wake up your grandpa.
492
00:47:54,300 --> 00:47:56,430
I saw him,
I saw that monster.
493
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,350
You're getting filthy
down there...
494
00:47:58,390 --> 00:48:00,310
Grandpa! Grandpa!
We saw the monster.
495
00:48:00,350 --> 00:48:03,310
Be quiet! You're gonna
wake up your grandpa.
496
00:48:03,350 --> 00:48:05,270
If you don't be quiet,
you'll get a switch.
497
00:48:05,310 --> 00:48:08,100
Well, Mom, will you come down
and see it if I show you?
498
00:48:08,140 --> 00:48:09,320
Show me what?
499
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,270
-Show you...
-The Fouke monster.
500
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,150
Oh, you know there isn't
anything there.
501
00:48:13,190 --> 00:48:15,100
Yes, there is!
502
00:48:15,150 --> 00:48:17,060
Come on, hurry. He might go.
503
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:55,880
GIRL: He's over there.
504
00:49:08,590 --> 00:49:10,160
WOMAN: Let's go back home!
505
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:11,550
Come on!
506
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:14,820
Where now? Where did you see it?
507
00:49:14,860 --> 00:49:16,560
It was right over there.
508
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:17,730
Right over there.
509
00:49:17,780 --> 00:49:19,600
See, there isn't anything
over there.
510
00:49:19,650 --> 00:49:21,430
GIRL 1: Well, there was.
BOY: He was.
511
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:22,560
He was.
512
00:49:22,610 --> 00:49:23,830
That's where
we saw him last.
513
00:49:33,790 --> 00:49:35,970
Run! Go! Run!
514
00:49:36,010 --> 00:49:37,450
Go! Run!
515
00:49:37,490 --> 00:49:40,970
-Run!
516
00:49:56,810 --> 00:49:59,900
JIM: That's Charlie Walraven
coming down the road.
517
00:49:59,950 --> 00:50:03,300
This road runs along
the north side of the woods.
518
00:50:03,340 --> 00:50:04,950
CHARLIE WALRAVEN:
It was long about dark.
519
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,700
I was heading into
town that evening.
520
00:50:07,740 --> 00:50:09,870
When I seen this thing coming
out across the road
521
00:50:09,910 --> 00:50:11,610
in front of my car.
522
00:50:14,050 --> 00:50:16,270
I just couldn't even
believe what I was watching.
523
00:50:21,270 --> 00:50:23,100
You know, I reckon
there's a lot of folks
524
00:50:23,150 --> 00:50:24,580
that don't believe anything
525
00:50:24,630 --> 00:50:27,280
until they see it
for themselves.
526
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:28,930
Of course,
if they're like me,
527
00:50:28,980 --> 00:50:30,590
they'd be wishing
they hadn't seen
528
00:50:30,630 --> 00:50:31,810
what they did.
529
00:50:33,070 --> 00:50:34,720
You know, that thing's gonna
530
00:50:34,770 --> 00:50:36,330
up and kill somebody
one of these days,
531
00:50:36,380 --> 00:50:38,200
sure as the world.
532
00:50:38,250 --> 00:50:40,730
JIM: On a bright, moonlight night like this one,
533
00:50:40,770 --> 00:50:42,640
you'd figure he'd
stay out of sight.
534
00:50:42,690 --> 00:50:44,650
But nothing seems
to worry him
535
00:50:44,690 --> 00:50:46,910
when the urge to prowl
comes over him.
536
00:50:48,170 --> 00:50:49,780
It could've been
a fatal mistake
537
00:50:49,820 --> 00:50:50,960
if the man who lives here
538
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,520
had been home tonight.
539
00:50:52,570 --> 00:50:54,700
He has a high-powered
rifle handy,
540
00:50:54,740 --> 00:50:56,180
and knows how to use it.
541
00:50:56,220 --> 00:50:57,880
His daughter, Nancy,
542
00:50:57,920 --> 00:50:59,570
has invited
two girlfriends over
543
00:50:59,620 --> 00:51:01,490
for a bunking party.
544
00:51:01,530 --> 00:51:04,450
No, our team's
much better than Arkansas High.
545
00:51:04,490 --> 00:51:06,230
-You know that.
-Arkansas High had a win.
546
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:07,890
NANCY: I know,
but they're defensive.
547
00:51:07,930 --> 00:51:11,060
GIRL 1: Yeah,
look at their offense.
548
00:51:11,110 --> 00:51:12,930
GIRL 2: Nancy, I like the way
they cut your hair.
549
00:51:12,980 --> 00:51:14,540
I think it's cute.
550
00:51:14,590 --> 00:51:16,550
NANCY: Well,
Frank liked it long.
551
00:51:16,590 --> 00:51:18,420
He's been sulking
all week.
552
00:51:18,460 --> 00:51:20,120
GIRL 2: Now, don't pay
any attention to him,
553
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,200
he doesn't know
anything about it.
554
00:51:25,030 --> 00:51:26,300
Did y'all hear something?
555
00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:29,690
That's the wind.
556
00:51:48,540 --> 00:51:51,360
I can't see anything.
Do you?
557
00:51:51,410 --> 00:51:53,710
No, I don't see anything.
558
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:55,240
Then it must've
been the wind.
559
00:51:57,590 --> 00:51:58,940
I hope.
560
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:01,550
Let's all have a Coke.
561
00:52:01,590 --> 00:52:02,770
Do you all want one?
562
00:52:02,810 --> 00:52:04,770
-Yeah, get me one.
-Yeah.
563
00:52:21,390 --> 00:52:23,140
Nancy, there's somebody
moving around
564
00:52:23,180 --> 00:52:24,270
outside this trailer.
565
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:30,620
Do you... Do you think
it could be some of the guys?
566
00:52:30,660 --> 00:52:33,230
If it is, I'll kill 'em.
567
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:35,540
I can't believe it's them.
568
00:52:35,580 --> 00:52:37,930
They went to that game
in Texarkana.
569
00:52:40,590 --> 00:52:41,590
Listen.
570
00:52:45,330 --> 00:52:47,160
I hear something breathing.
571
00:53:06,180 --> 00:53:07,610
I can hear it, too.
572
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:16,930
Get the gun! Get the gun!
573
00:53:22,890 --> 00:53:24,150
Where are the shells?
574
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:25,330
Where are the shells?
575
00:53:33,900 --> 00:53:35,030
Go away!
576
00:53:47,700 --> 00:53:49,220
Go away!
577
00:53:53,310 --> 00:53:55,620
Shh. Shh. Hey, shh. Shh.
578
00:53:55,660 --> 00:53:57,230
I don't hear it anymore.
579
00:53:58,190 --> 00:54:00,060
I don't either.
580
00:54:00,100 --> 00:54:01,840
Be still, I'm gonna look out.
581
00:54:01,890 --> 00:54:03,100
No.
582
00:54:22,170 --> 00:54:24,600
JIM: Next morning
when her parents returned,
583
00:54:24,650 --> 00:54:28,300
they would find the girls
still half hysterical
with shock.
584
00:54:28,350 --> 00:54:30,520
Before the creature
finally wandered off,
585
00:54:30,570 --> 00:54:32,180
he smashed flower pots
586
00:54:32,220 --> 00:54:34,180
and overturned
everything in sight.
587
00:54:35,350 --> 00:54:37,270
These radical changes
588
00:54:37,310 --> 00:54:39,310
in his usually
cautious behavior
589
00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:42,400
may be caused
by lonely frustration,
590
00:54:42,450 --> 00:54:45,670
for he apparently is
the only one of his kind.
591
00:54:45,710 --> 00:54:48,850
Normally, he never comes out
of the woods before dusk,
592
00:54:48,890 --> 00:54:51,070
and then moves
very cautiously,
593
00:54:51,110 --> 00:54:52,680
staying within quick return
594
00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:54,420
to the shelter of the trees.
595
00:54:54,460 --> 00:54:56,940
But tonight,
he's on the rampage.
596
00:55:13,130 --> 00:55:14,740
JIM: It wasn't the first time
the creature had
597
00:55:14,780 --> 00:55:16,050
prowled in the vicinity
598
00:55:16,090 --> 00:55:18,220
of Howard Walraven's
mobile home,
599
00:55:18,270 --> 00:55:20,490
which is located only
a couple of hundred yards
600
00:55:20,530 --> 00:55:23,490
from where Boggy Creek
flows across Highway 71.
601
00:55:25,620 --> 00:55:27,490
HOWARD: We heard him
lots of nights.
602
00:55:27,540 --> 00:55:29,060
Sometimes, it sounded like
603
00:55:29,100 --> 00:55:30,800
he was right outside
of the window,
604
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:32,190
it was so loud.
605
00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:35,460
And I had my two good dogs
606
00:55:35,500 --> 00:55:37,720
tied up right there
behind the house.
607
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:39,590
And they'd always get excited
608
00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:41,380
and scared, you know,
whenever he'd come around,
609
00:55:41,420 --> 00:55:42,770
we heard him,
610
00:55:42,810 --> 00:55:45,860
but, heck, I never figured
he'd attack them.
611
00:55:45,900 --> 00:55:48,690
It just looked to me
like he grabbed my dog
612
00:55:48,730 --> 00:55:50,990
and ripped the hide
right off his back.
613
00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:52,740
Now let me tell you something.
614
00:55:52,780 --> 00:55:55,390
He killed the finest dog
that I ever had.
615
00:55:55,430 --> 00:55:57,130
But I'm gonna get him
one of these days
616
00:55:57,170 --> 00:55:58,920
and that's gonna be
all she wrote.
617
00:56:04,050 --> 00:56:06,970
JIM: Sometimes,
the creature sticks
to one patch of woods
618
00:56:07,010 --> 00:56:08,490
for a long time.
619
00:56:08,530 --> 00:56:10,840
Then, impulsively
works his way
620
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:12,230
far up the creeks
621
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:13,890
before being heard from again.
622
00:56:15,540 --> 00:56:17,540
The creeks...
623
00:56:17,590 --> 00:56:20,550
He always travels
the creeks.
624
00:56:20,590 --> 00:56:22,550
When he next showed up,
625
00:56:22,590 --> 00:56:24,550
it was several miles upstream.
626
00:56:27,420 --> 00:56:30,470
In the spring, this house was rented to two young couples
627
00:56:30,510 --> 00:56:32,820
who moved in together
to save money.
628
00:57:06,370 --> 00:57:08,070
They were Charles Turner,
629
00:57:09,510 --> 00:57:10,600
his wife, Anne,
630
00:57:11,420 --> 00:57:13,210
and Don Ford,
631
00:57:13,250 --> 00:57:15,470
who was Anne Turner's brother.
632
00:57:15,510 --> 00:57:17,520
And Don's wife, Sue.
633
00:57:18,690 --> 00:57:21,350
Each couple had a small child.
634
00:57:21,390 --> 00:57:23,300
Don and Charles had just
been hired
635
00:57:23,350 --> 00:57:25,610
by a big cattle ranch
in the Fouke area.
636
00:57:26,740 --> 00:57:28,350
Since both men
would be required
637
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:29,660
to work late at night,
638
00:57:29,700 --> 00:57:31,700
the girls would be
company to each other.
639
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:38,580
Thank you. Thank you.
640
00:57:39,710 --> 00:57:41,890
The two families
moved in on Monday.
641
00:57:42,540 --> 00:57:43,850
Thursday night,
642
00:57:43,890 --> 00:57:45,540
the first of a series
643
00:57:45,590 --> 00:57:47,850
of hair-raising
incidents occurred.
644
00:59:15,020 --> 00:59:16,640
Shh!
645
00:59:16,680 --> 00:59:18,030
What's the matter?
646
00:59:18,070 --> 00:59:19,200
Shh.
647
00:59:24,900 --> 00:59:26,730
-Did you hear that?
-Yeah.
648
00:59:59,980 --> 01:00:02,160
That chair... Put that chair
under the door.
649
01:00:49,900 --> 01:00:51,600
Who do you suppose
that was?
650
01:00:52,170 --> 01:00:53,910
I don't know.
651
01:00:53,950 --> 01:00:56,000
Let's take the kids
and go to the landlord's.
652
01:01:48,220 --> 01:01:49,700
I had a pretty good look around
653
01:01:49,740 --> 01:01:51,090
and I couldn't find a thing.
654
01:01:51,140 --> 01:01:53,440
Are you sure you don't
want to go back to my place
655
01:01:53,490 --> 01:01:54,750
till the men get here?
656
01:01:54,790 --> 01:01:56,660
No, no. That's okay
657
01:01:56,710 --> 01:01:58,750
if you checked and you're sure
there's nothing here,
658
01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:00,190
then we'll be okay, I think.
659
01:02:00,230 --> 01:02:01,800
I couldn't find a thing.
660
01:02:01,840 --> 01:02:04,280
But I'll come back
in a little while
and check on you.
661
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:05,930
Okay, listen, mister,
662
01:02:05,980 --> 01:02:08,110
we sure do thank you
and we appreciate it
663
01:02:08,150 --> 01:02:10,330
-so much...
-Well, you're welcome.
664
01:02:10,370 --> 01:02:12,290
I'll wait here till
you get in the house.
665
01:02:12,330 --> 01:02:13,860
Okay. Buh-bye.
666
01:02:13,900 --> 01:02:14,900
Bye.
667
01:02:29,870 --> 01:02:31,530
JIM: The next day, Friday,
668
01:02:31,570 --> 01:02:33,570
the Fords and Turners
had visitors.
669
01:02:33,610 --> 01:02:36,010
Don Ford's younger brother,
Bobby Ford,
670
01:02:36,050 --> 01:02:38,140
and a cousin,
12-year-old Corky Hill,
671
01:02:38,180 --> 01:02:39,790
arrived for the weekend.
672
01:02:39,840 --> 01:02:42,190
They'd heard about the great fishing around Fouke
673
01:02:42,230 --> 01:02:44,230
and were anxious
to wet a hook.
674
01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:46,110
SUE: Y'all be back before dark.
675
01:02:46,150 --> 01:02:48,280
BOBBY: Yeah, yeah.
We're gonna bring back
some supper.
676
01:02:48,320 --> 01:02:49,760
Mmm-hmm.
677
01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:06,230
CORKY: Bobby.
678
01:04:06,270 --> 01:04:08,490
Who told you the fishing
was good here?
679
01:04:10,020 --> 01:04:12,100
They're here.
Just have patience.
680
01:04:49,450 --> 01:04:50,970
Bobby, come here. Come here!
681
01:04:52,750 --> 01:04:54,320
What do you want?
682
01:04:54,360 --> 01:04:55,890
Just come here. Come here!
683
01:05:13,340 --> 01:05:15,910
Boy, look at the size of
that guy's footprint!
684
01:05:16,730 --> 01:05:18,210
That ain't no footprint.
685
01:05:20,870 --> 01:05:21,910
CORKY: That's funny.
686
01:05:21,960 --> 01:05:23,390
BOBBY: What's so funny
about that?
687
01:05:23,440 --> 01:05:25,220
CORKY: He's only got three toes!
688
01:05:34,620 --> 01:05:36,010
Well, it's getting
kinda late,
689
01:05:36,060 --> 01:05:37,540
and the fish
aren't biting anyway,
690
01:05:37,580 --> 01:05:38,840
so I think we oughta go.
691
01:05:40,760 --> 01:05:42,540
CORKY: Sure is spooky
down here.
692
01:05:55,900 --> 01:05:58,990
I still say, that's the biggest
foot that I've ever seen.
693
01:05:59,040 --> 01:06:00,130
No.
694
01:08:09,860 --> 01:08:12,080
Shh. I think I hear something.
695
01:08:36,850 --> 01:08:37,850
Go get Annie and Sue.
696
01:08:43,110 --> 01:08:44,420
Get up, get up.
Bobby heard something.
697
01:08:48,640 --> 01:08:50,510
Oh, my gosh.
It's back.
698
01:08:52,080 --> 01:08:54,260
Shh. I heard something.
699
01:08:58,390 --> 01:08:59,610
Shh!
700
01:09:00,870 --> 01:09:02,050
Is that him back?
701
01:09:02,090 --> 01:09:03,220
It's gotta be.
702
01:09:10,230 --> 01:09:11,750
Corky, go get the kids.
703
01:09:32,900 --> 01:09:34,640
I seen him!
He's coming around the porch!
704
01:09:37,170 --> 01:09:38,520
Bobby, put that chair
under the door.
705
01:10:16,510 --> 01:10:18,030
I think I heard a car.
706
01:10:21,820 --> 01:10:24,220
Phew! It's Don and Charles.
707
01:10:26,130 --> 01:10:29,390
Hey, Don. Hey, Don.
Listen, listen. I swear...
708
01:10:29,440 --> 01:10:31,870
CORKY: You wouldn't
believe what happened.
709
01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:33,490
You wouldn't
believe what happened.
710
01:10:33,530 --> 01:10:35,010
I've never seen
nothing like this.
711
01:10:35,050 --> 01:10:37,100
-All right. Hold it. Hold it.
-You wouldn't believe it.
712
01:10:37,140 --> 01:10:38,750
You wouldn't
believe what happened.
713
01:10:38,790 --> 01:10:40,840
I just can't
believe what happened.
714
01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:42,360
-I just can't...
-BOBBY: I'm sorry, I ain't...
715
01:10:42,410 --> 01:10:44,190
Calm down.
Everybody's talking at once.
716
01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:45,710
CORKY: That's right.
I saw it.
717
01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:48,280
All right, just calm down.
718
01:10:48,330 --> 01:10:50,110
ANNE: He's been around
this house.
719
01:10:50,150 --> 01:10:51,630
CHARLES: We can't all talk
at one time.
720
01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:52,940
I told you there was
something funny
721
01:10:52,980 --> 01:10:54,460
about that footprint I found.
722
01:10:54,510 --> 01:10:55,770
I just told you there was.
723
01:10:55,810 --> 01:10:58,640
Charles, this is the second timein two nights
724
01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:01,080
that someone has been
around this house.
725
01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:03,950
I think you oughta get
some protection, man.
726
01:11:03,990 --> 01:11:05,950
CHARLES: Think we oughta
go to the landlord's
to get the gun?
727
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:07,350
BOBBY: That'd be a great idea.
728
01:11:07,390 --> 01:11:09,130
Why don't you go down
and get the gun
729
01:11:09,170 --> 01:11:11,480
-I'll stay here
with them...
-SUE: Be careful.
730
01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:14,180
...and everything will be
a little quieter.
731
01:11:14,220 --> 01:11:15,740
Okay, I'm going
to go with you.
732
01:11:15,790 --> 01:11:19,010
We're have a gun here
so y'all don't be scared.
733
01:11:19,660 --> 01:11:20,620
Go on in the house.
734
01:11:57,260 --> 01:12:00,140
No way. No.
735
01:12:00,180 --> 01:12:02,050
I'm just glad Charles
and Don are home.
736
01:12:02,100 --> 01:12:03,360
Yeah, me too.
737
01:12:03,400 --> 01:12:05,190
Listen, Corky,
you gotta get some sleep
738
01:12:05,230 --> 01:12:06,320
and so do you.
739
01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:08,140
I'm gonna go on the bed.
740
01:12:08,190 --> 01:12:09,800
Okay.
741
01:12:13,670 --> 01:12:15,370
What happened?
What happened?
742
01:12:15,410 --> 01:12:17,150
I saw him!
743
01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:19,680
I swear, I ain't ever seen
nothing like it in my life.
744
01:12:19,720 --> 01:12:22,160
He just came through there.
I saw him.
745
01:12:22,200 --> 01:12:24,120
He was long and hairy.
746
01:12:24,160 --> 01:12:27,380
-It was like a bear
or something.
-Hold it, hold it, hold it.
747
01:12:27,430 --> 01:12:29,430
Hold it. Don, go get the light
748
01:12:29,470 --> 01:12:30,950
and we'll go see
what this thing is.
749
01:12:33,260 --> 01:12:34,560
All right, once more.
750
01:12:35,690 --> 01:12:37,570
If he's out here,
let's get him now.
751
01:12:38,870 --> 01:12:40,610
I'll look back here,
just a minute.
752
01:12:43,660 --> 01:12:46,010
-Keep your eyes open.
753
01:12:46,050 --> 01:12:48,750
BOBBY: Say, I ain't scared,
this ain't no thing.
754
01:12:50,930 --> 01:12:52,190
What's that right there?
755
01:12:52,230 --> 01:12:53,670
That right over there?
756
01:12:54,410 --> 01:12:55,890
Is that him right there?
757
01:12:55,930 --> 01:12:57,850
Yeah, that's him.
758
01:12:57,890 --> 01:12:59,280
You better say something
out there.
759
01:13:00,460 --> 01:13:01,940
-You better say something.
-Hey, man.
760
01:13:01,980 --> 01:13:04,290
-Gonna shoot.
-Shoot him.
He's not saying anything.
761
01:13:04,330 --> 01:13:05,990
Shoot him.
Shoot him!
762
01:13:06,730 --> 01:13:08,340
Shoot him!
763
01:13:10,950 --> 01:13:13,380
-See, right there.
764
01:13:20,740 --> 01:13:22,480
-Get him?
-I don't know.
765
01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:25,830
-Hey, I think you got him.
-I don't see a thing.
766
01:13:25,870 --> 01:13:27,310
Shine your light over here.
767
01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:30,400
I don't see anything.
768
01:13:30,440 --> 01:13:31,660
Nothing out there either.
769
01:13:31,710 --> 01:13:33,320
I think that you got him.
770
01:13:33,360 --> 01:13:35,100
Hey, let's go get the sheriff.
771
01:13:37,670 --> 01:13:39,670
Hey, let us through,
will you?
772
01:13:39,710 --> 01:13:41,760
All right, leave the gun
here with me.
773
01:13:43,020 --> 01:13:44,590
Did you shoot him?
774
01:13:44,630 --> 01:13:46,850
We don't know. We don't even
know if we hit it.
775
01:13:46,900 --> 01:13:49,070
He's going after the sheriff.
I'm gonna stay here.
776
01:13:49,120 --> 01:13:51,810
-I'm gonna go with him,
all right?
-Go inside.
777
01:13:52,420 --> 01:13:53,950
Hurry back.
778
01:14:29,160 --> 01:14:30,720
DON: There's something here
outside of the house.
779
01:14:30,770 --> 01:14:32,070
CONSTABLE:
What did it look like?
780
01:14:32,110 --> 01:14:33,550
Well, best I can tell,
781
01:14:33,590 --> 01:14:37,290
the thing was tall
and had a lot of hair.
Red eyes.
782
01:14:37,340 --> 01:14:39,640
-Find anything, Constable?
-Not yet.
783
01:14:39,690 --> 01:14:41,820
This piece been like this
the whole time?
784
01:14:41,860 --> 01:14:43,130
CHARLES:
No, sir, it hasn't.
785
01:14:43,170 --> 01:14:44,520
CONSTABLE:
Have you looked in
under there?
786
01:14:44,560 --> 01:14:46,300
No, sir, we haven't
looked down there.
787
01:14:48,960 --> 01:14:51,090
This is a panther track
and her little cub
788
01:14:51,130 --> 01:14:52,660
with it under this house.
789
01:14:52,700 --> 01:14:54,960
DON: You mean a panther's
been living under the house?
790
01:14:55,010 --> 01:14:56,920
That's what it is.
It's a panther track.
791
01:14:56,970 --> 01:14:59,530
CHARLES:
That wasn't any panther
we shot at, Constable.
792
01:15:00,580 --> 01:15:03,410
That's what that track is.
793
01:15:03,450 --> 01:15:06,760
You keep this shotgun
and this light, these shells,
794
01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:09,060
and if you need me,
you come ask.
795
01:15:09,110 --> 01:15:10,720
Okay, sir, we sure will.
796
01:15:10,760 --> 01:15:12,630
I'm gonna drive
up the highway
797
01:15:12,680 --> 01:15:14,980
to see if I can see anything.
798
01:15:15,030 --> 01:15:16,420
-BOBBY: We'd sure appreciate it.-Yeah.
799
01:15:16,460 --> 01:15:18,640
And I'll pick the gun up
tomorrow sometime.
800
01:15:18,680 --> 01:15:20,250
I sure do thank you
for coming by.
801
01:15:20,290 --> 01:15:21,640
-You're welcome.
-Thank you, sir.
802
01:15:21,690 --> 01:15:23,730
You're welcome. If you need me,
give me a call.
803
01:15:23,780 --> 01:15:25,560
Okay, we sure will.
804
01:15:25,600 --> 01:15:27,130
-We're damn glad you came.
-Yeah.
805
01:15:27,170 --> 01:15:28,260
-Good night.
-OFFICER: Good night.
806
01:15:28,300 --> 01:15:29,910
What kind of place is this?
807
01:15:29,960 --> 01:15:32,780
I mean, we have a panther
living under the house,
808
01:15:32,830 --> 01:15:34,610
somebody trying to break in?
809
01:15:34,660 --> 01:15:36,790
Well, we've got the flashlights,we've got the guns.
810
01:15:36,830 --> 01:15:38,090
Now let's all go to bed
811
01:15:38,140 --> 01:15:39,620
-and get some rest.
-I'm with you.
812
01:15:39,660 --> 01:15:41,660
Let's go to bed.
Come on, Annie.
813
01:15:41,710 --> 01:15:43,450
Let's go. Come on, Annie.
814
01:15:43,490 --> 01:15:44,930
I gotta stay here with
the thing coming in
through the window?
815
01:15:44,970 --> 01:15:48,580
CHARLES: Don't worry about it.
We got the guns.
816
01:15:48,630 --> 01:15:51,280
BOBBY: I don't wanna stay here
no more with that thing...
817
01:15:52,240 --> 01:15:53,850
I gotta go to the bathroom.
818
01:16:30,190 --> 01:16:31,670
What's the matter?
819
01:16:31,710 --> 01:16:34,450
BOBBY: Back there.
Tried to come through
the window.
820
01:16:34,500 --> 01:16:35,630
SUE: What's the matter?
821
01:16:35,670 --> 01:16:37,630
Oh, my God!
822
01:16:37,680 --> 01:16:39,630
Right there. Right there.
823
01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:42,510
Tried to come in through
the window.
824
01:16:42,550 --> 01:16:44,600
Get your gun, Charles.
Let's go.
825
01:17:11,620 --> 01:17:12,620
There he is!
826
01:17:13,710 --> 01:17:15,060
Hold this, Bobby.
827
01:17:16,370 --> 01:17:17,850
-Bobby, take the light.
828
01:17:34,210 --> 01:17:36,170
You got him.
That's it! He fell.
829
01:17:46,350 --> 01:17:48,220
I think you got him, man.
830
01:17:48,270 --> 01:17:49,790
I think I saw him fall
over there.
831
01:17:50,400 --> 01:17:51,490
Let's go see.
832
01:17:52,490 --> 01:17:54,100
Be careful.
833
01:17:54,140 --> 01:17:57,710
-SUE: Be careful!
834
01:17:57,760 --> 01:17:59,840
Don't get too far.
Come back!
835
01:18:37,800 --> 01:18:39,230
WOMAN: Somebody come back here!
836
01:18:39,270 --> 01:18:41,580
Bobby, will you go back
and take care of the girls?
837
01:18:41,620 --> 01:18:42,710
BOBBY: Charlie...
838
01:18:56,680 --> 01:18:59,080
Help! Bobby!
839
01:19:23,410 --> 01:19:24,930
JIM: When Bobby
could not be aroused
840
01:19:24,970 --> 01:19:26,540
from the state of shock
he was in,
841
01:19:26,580 --> 01:19:28,150
everyone piled into the car
842
01:19:28,190 --> 01:19:30,460
and raced to Constable
Walraven's house for help.
843
01:19:30,500 --> 01:19:32,550
Walraven took one look
at Bobby,
844
01:19:32,590 --> 01:19:34,240
arranged a police escort
845
01:19:34,290 --> 01:19:36,770
and sent them on
to the hospital in Texarkana.
846
01:20:31,950 --> 01:20:35,700
Nurse, what do you think's wrongwith him? He hasn't said a thingin the car on the way here.
847
01:20:35,740 --> 01:20:37,350
Let's check him up.
848
01:20:37,390 --> 01:20:40,870
Doesn't move.
Hasn't said a word.
Breathing's kinda funny.
849
01:20:40,920 --> 01:20:42,660
You think he'll be all right?
850
01:20:42,700 --> 01:20:46,230
Let's check.
We'll let you know.
851
01:20:46,270 --> 01:20:49,710
Blood pressure's 60 over 40.
I think we better start
an IV.
852
01:20:49,750 --> 01:20:51,020
He's in a state of shock.
853
01:20:52,190 --> 01:20:53,890
JIM: Bobby recovered swiftly,
854
01:20:53,930 --> 01:20:55,890
and the Fords and Turners
moved away.
855
01:20:56,850 --> 01:20:58,590
They don't plan on coming back.
856
01:21:03,980 --> 01:21:06,900
What the creature was after
inside the Ford house
857
01:21:06,940 --> 01:21:09,080
is perhaps
the biggest mystery of all.
858
01:21:23,260 --> 01:21:24,790
I was thinking about it today
859
01:21:24,830 --> 01:21:26,140
when I decided to drive out
860
01:21:26,180 --> 01:21:27,830
to our old home place,
861
01:21:27,880 --> 01:21:29,880
now run down
and abandoned.
862
01:21:30,750 --> 01:21:32,140
Standing out in this field,
863
01:21:32,190 --> 01:21:34,360
it all comes rushing back.
864
01:21:34,410 --> 01:21:37,240
And an icy tingle
starts down my spine
865
01:21:37,280 --> 01:21:38,580
when I recall that
866
01:21:38,630 --> 01:21:41,540
terrible, lonesome cry.
867
01:22:00,870 --> 01:22:02,740
It was so long ago that
868
01:22:02,780 --> 01:22:05,960
it seems incredible that the creature is still out there
869
01:22:06,000 --> 01:22:08,570
somewhere right this minute,
870
01:22:08,610 --> 01:22:10,920
maybe even watching me.
871
01:22:18,190 --> 01:22:20,060
Of course, you may not
believe that,
872
01:22:20,100 --> 01:22:23,110
or any of this story.
873
01:22:23,150 --> 01:22:25,460
You may think
the whole thing is a hoax.
874
01:22:25,500 --> 01:22:27,500
And that's your privilege.
875
01:22:31,590 --> 01:22:33,120
But if you're ever driving down
876
01:22:33,160 --> 01:22:35,510
in our country
along about sundown,
877
01:22:35,550 --> 01:22:37,690
keep an eye
on the dark woods
878
01:22:37,730 --> 01:22:39,990
as you cross
the Sulphur River Bottoms,
879
01:22:40,040 --> 01:22:41,600
and you may
catch a glimpse
880
01:22:41,650 --> 01:22:43,740
of a huge, hairy creature
881
01:22:43,780 --> 01:22:45,830
watching you from the shadows.
882
01:22:49,050 --> 01:22:51,050
Yes, he's still here.
883
01:22:51,090 --> 01:22:53,270
And you know,
I'd almost like to hear
884
01:22:53,310 --> 01:22:55,050
that terrible cry again
885
01:22:55,880 --> 01:22:57,450
just to be reminded
886
01:22:57,490 --> 01:23:00,580
that there is still a bit of
wilderness left.
887
01:23:00,620 --> 01:23:04,370
and there are still mysteries
that remain unsolved,
888
01:23:04,410 --> 01:23:07,330
and strange, unexplained noises
889
01:23:07,370 --> 01:23:08,760
in the night.
890
01:23:45,410 --> 01:23:48,840
♪ This is where the story plays
891
01:23:48,890 --> 01:23:51,760
♪ The world on which
we seldom gaze
892
01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:54,940
♪ A page from the book
of yesterdays
893
01:23:54,980 --> 01:23:58,070
♪ Birds and beast
and wind and water
894
01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:01,120
♪ Here beneath
the bright blue sky
895
01:24:01,160 --> 01:24:04,380
♪ No man's smoke
blinds the eagle's eye
896
01:24:04,430 --> 01:24:07,520
♪ And things that crawl
or swim or fly
897
01:24:07,560 --> 01:24:10,080
♪ Feed and breed
and live and die
898
01:25:02,700 --> 01:25:06,310
♪ Here the Sulphur River flows
899
01:25:06,360 --> 01:25:10,190
♪ Rising when
the storm cloud blows
900
01:25:10,230 --> 01:25:14,100
♪ And this is where
the creature goes
901
01:25:14,150 --> 01:25:18,330
♪ Safe but in a world
he knows
902
01:25:18,370 --> 01:25:22,160
♪ Perhaps he dimly wonders
903
01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:26,160
♪ "Why is there is no other
such as I
904
01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:29,900
♪ "To touch
to love before I die
905
01:25:29,950 --> 01:25:33,600
♪ "To listen
to my lonely cry?" ♪
906
01:25:35,390 --> 01:25:38,650
MAN: Where he searches,
where he goes,
907
01:25:39,960 --> 01:25:42,180
this, of course, nobody knows.
908
01:25:43,440 --> 01:25:46,920
But once you've heard
his lonely cry,
909
01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:49,700
you can guess the reason why.
910
01:25:49,750 --> 01:25:53,060
Whether he's a beast or man,
911
01:25:53,100 --> 01:25:56,190
what drives him wandering
across the land?
912
01:25:57,360 --> 01:26:01,020
His love for others
of his clan,
913
01:26:01,060 --> 01:26:04,070
and loneliness,
he cannot stand.
914
01:26:05,500 --> 01:26:07,940
♪ Perhaps he dimly wonders
"Why
915
01:26:09,380 --> 01:26:12,810
♪ "is there is no other
such as I
916
01:26:12,860 --> 01:26:16,640
♪ "To touch
to love before I die
917
01:26:16,690 --> 01:26:21,650
♪ "To listen
to my lonely cry?" ♪
68543
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