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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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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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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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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 men folk
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hey, Earl, where did that ol' boy
go that brought them dogs in here.
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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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About this time, our dogs struck his
trail where he'd crossed the road.
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Go get him.
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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You've never seen a more embarrassed
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and angry group of dog owners.
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Neither one of these
famous hunting dogs
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would trail the creature's scent.
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They whined, tucked their tails,
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and came running back
obviously scared.
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I was sure disappointed.
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Despite the failure of the dogs
to trail the creature,
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several groups of hunters kept
going far into the night.
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Later, we got word
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that one hunting party
had got the creature
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to scream angrily back
at a wounded rabbit call,
257
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,660
but moved deeper into the forest
258
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when they tried to get closer.
259
00:31:08,310 --> 00:31:11,350
Not too many of the hunters
were interested in plunging
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00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,830
into thick woods in pitch darkness
261
00:31:13,870 --> 00:31:15,480
knowing he was out there.
262
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,350
Often I've tried to imagine
how the creature must feel.
263
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:27,480
Since his very appearance and
the sounds he makes frightened us,
264
00:31:27,530 --> 00:31:31,700
our immediate reaction
was to try to kill him.
265
00:31:31,740 --> 00:31:34,400
I suppose if a strange-looking creature
266
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,610
from another world showed up,
267
00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:38,220
he'd get the same reception.
268
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,740
Actually, at first,
269
00:31:40,790 --> 00:31:43,480
the creature didn't
try to harm anybody,
270
00:31:43,530 --> 00:31:46,830
but now,
after being hunted and hurt,
271
00:31:46,870 --> 00:31:48,610
he suddenly disappeared.
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00:31:48,660 --> 00:31:50,740
So, far as we know,
273
00:31:50,790 --> 00:31:53,050
he wasn't seen again for eight years.
274
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,350
Where did he go?
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00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,660
Well, we believe he simply
headed back
276
00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:01,310
deeper and deeper into the Bottoms,
277
00:32:01,350 --> 00:32:03,400
beyond the reach of men.
278
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,920
Only the alligator and wolf,
279
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,090
crane and possum,
280
00:32:08,130 --> 00:32:10,960
and a thousand other wild creatures
281
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,350
heard his occasional, lonely cries
282
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,050
ringing out over his watery domain.
283
00:33:11,660 --> 00:33:13,660
The seasons passed,
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summers into falls,
285
00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:20,530
winters into springs.
286
00:33:20,570 --> 00:33:24,310
And somewhere in the remote
wilderness of the Bottoms,
287
00:33:26,050 --> 00:33:28,050
the creature spent his days.
288
00:35:14,830 --> 00:35:18,130
Now, none of us Fouke Boys
would admit it,
289
00:35:18,180 --> 00:35:19,700
but for a long time,
290
00:35:19,740 --> 00:35:21,530
knowing the creature might be around
291
00:35:21,570 --> 00:35:25,180
had put a damper on our pack
trips back into the wilderness.
292
00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:28,180
But as time passed,
and stories and conversation
293
00:35:28,220 --> 00:35:30,830
about the Fouke Monster died down,
294
00:35:30,870 --> 00:35:33,130
teenage boys again began to
go off
295
00:35:33,180 --> 00:35:35,870
on long camping trips in the Bottoms.
296
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,830
Travis Crabtree is the kind
of fearless,
297
00:35:37,870 --> 00:35:40,310
outdoor kid that would have
gone anyway,
298
00:35:40,350 --> 00:35:42,870
even knowing the creature
was around.
299
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,660
There's nothing Travis likes better
300
00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:46,480
than to spend the weekend camping
301
00:35:46,530 --> 00:35:48,130
on one of the hilltop islands
302
00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:51,000
created by high water deep in
the Bottom land.
303
00:38:23,610 --> 00:38:25,310
When he's down in the Bottoms,
304
00:38:25,350 --> 00:38:26,920
Travis always stops off
305
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,830
for a visit and a cup of coffee
with Herb Jones.
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00:38:29,870 --> 00:38:33,740
Herb Jones is a man who likes
a lot of privacy.
307
00:38:33,790 --> 00:38:37,310
He's been living alone in these
Bottoms for the past 20 years.
308
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,000
Hey, Herb!
309
00:39:10,740 --> 00:39:12,130
Well, Travis.
310
00:39:20,090 --> 00:39:23,400
Travis always enjoys
these visits with Herb,
311
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:27,180
and never fails to bring him
tobacco and other supplies.
312
00:39:27,220 --> 00:39:29,310
Herb can spin yarns for hours
313
00:39:29,350 --> 00:39:30,920
about his experiences
314
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,740
with the wild creatures
of the Bottomland.
315
00:39:33,790 --> 00:39:35,700
Herb tells Travis to be on
the look out
316
00:39:35,740 --> 00:39:39,000
for a big ol' wild boar
with double curled tusks
317
00:39:39,050 --> 00:39:40,830
he spotted a day or two earlier.
318
00:39:40,870 --> 00:39:43,400
Herb limps because he once
accidentally shot
319
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,090
part of his foot away
in a boating accident.
320
00:39:46,130 --> 00:39:47,660
Although he was all alone,
321
00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:49,830
he made it out of the Bottoms
to a doctor.
322
00:39:57,260 --> 00:40:01,000
I've been living down here
by myself for a long time.
323
00:40:02,130 --> 00:40:04,350
About 14-miles by boat
324
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,480
from my place to the nearest road,
325
00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:09,830
then it's a pretty good
walk to town.
326
00:40:10,530 --> 00:40:13,180
Them Crabtree boys,
327
00:40:13,220 --> 00:40:15,180
especially that Travis,
328
00:40:15,220 --> 00:40:16,870
always drop by to see me
329
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:18,400
when they come hunting and fishing.
330
00:40:19,790 --> 00:40:22,260
They always brung me tobacco
and sugar
331
00:40:22,310 --> 00:40:24,050
and stuff like that.
332
00:40:24,090 --> 00:40:28,050
Even a bottle of wine
every once in a while.
333
00:40:28,090 --> 00:40:31,610
Did you notice my bottle tree
on the way in?
334
00:40:31,660 --> 00:40:36,920
I use them bottles as hooks
on my trout lines.
335
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:41,050
I catch some mighty big catfish
and buffalo on them lines.
336
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:47,220
And an old crane flies over
every day.
337
00:40:47,870 --> 00:40:49,440
Looks at my place.
338
00:40:50,660 --> 00:40:52,740
I don't know what he's
looking for.
339
00:40:54,790 --> 00:40:58,610
Once you get to know these Bottoms,
340
00:40:58,660 --> 00:41:00,830
you never lack for something
to do.
341
00:41:00,870 --> 00:41:06,180
People always ask me
why I stay down here.
342
00:41:06,220 --> 00:41:10,000
I tell them I stay 'cause
I like it better here
343
00:41:10,050 --> 00:41:12,660
than I would anywhere else.
344
00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:16,130
Looks like they could figure
that out for themselves.
345
00:41:16,180 --> 00:41:19,000
And another thing,
346
00:41:20,130 --> 00:41:23,050
people always ask me
347
00:41:23,090 --> 00:41:25,480
have I seen the Fouke Monster.
348
00:41:26,310 --> 00:41:28,310
Let me tell you something,
349
00:41:28,350 --> 00:41:30,870
there ain't no such thing.
350
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:32,790
I've been living here in
these Bottoms
351
00:41:32,830 --> 00:41:36,310
for better than 20 years.
352
00:41:36,350 --> 00:41:39,790
I ain't never seen nor heard
no monster.
353
00:41:46,090 --> 00:41:47,530
What was that?
354
00:41:47,570 --> 00:41:49,660
I don't know,
but let's get out of here.
355
00:42:14,050 --> 00:42:16,090
The creature was back.
356
00:42:16,130 --> 00:42:18,480
Once again, the lure of civilization
357
00:42:18,530 --> 00:42:20,050
had brought him out of the wilderness.
358
00:42:49,350 --> 00:42:52,050
Soon, newspaper headlines
would herald,
359
00:42:52,090 --> 00:42:54,440
"The Return of the Fouke Monster."
360
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,130
And people would get together
around Fouke to relate
361
00:42:57,180 --> 00:43:00,480
the latest rumors on the creature.
362
00:43:00,530 --> 00:43:02,660
Every dead animal found in
the forest
363
00:43:02,700 --> 00:43:03,870
was blamed upon him.
364
00:43:04,870 --> 00:43:07,050
This dog and others found dead,
365
00:43:07,090 --> 00:43:09,180
might well be his victims.
366
00:43:09,220 --> 00:43:11,440
Excitement in the community
reached a new peak
367
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,660
when a farmer named O.H. Kennedy
368
00:43:13,700 --> 00:43:16,400
discovered these strange
three-toed footsteps
369
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,530
in Willie Smith's bean field.
370
00:43:18,570 --> 00:43:21,350
Radio, newspaper and
television coverage
371
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,220
resulted in nation-wide publicity.
372
00:43:24,260 --> 00:43:27,090
Must not be over four inches wide.
373
00:43:27,130 --> 00:43:28,610
Mr. Kennedy,
374
00:43:28,660 --> 00:43:31,740
you say you found these
tracks late Sunday.
375
00:43:31,790 --> 00:43:34,050
Now, was that late yesterday afternoon?
376
00:43:34,090 --> 00:43:36,570
Yes, Sir.
Just about sundown.
377
00:43:36,610 --> 00:43:39,000
My wife and I went out for a ride,
378
00:43:39,050 --> 00:43:41,220
she's been feeling poorly lately.
379
00:43:41,260 --> 00:43:43,790
And we decided to stop by
the bean field
380
00:43:43,830 --> 00:43:46,660
to see if the ground
was too wet to plow.
381
00:43:46,700 --> 00:43:48,660
We called Willie Smith right away.
382
00:43:48,700 --> 00:43:50,870
Mr. Kennedy, do you think
383
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,260
this creature could be a Sasquatch?
384
00:43:53,310 --> 00:43:56,130
A... A Sasquatch?
385
00:43:56,180 --> 00:43:58,570
I don't believe I know
what that is, Sir.
386
00:43:58,610 --> 00:44:00,350
Well, the Sasquatch was
387
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,700
the Indians' word for a
legendary giant tribe
388
00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:04,530
of very shy people.
389
00:44:04,570 --> 00:44:06,700
They live mostly in the woods
390
00:44:06,740 --> 00:44:08,440
up in the Pacific Northwest.
391
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:11,530
Well, I didn't see anybody.
392
00:44:11,570 --> 00:44:13,400
All I've seen, Sir, is these tracks.
393
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:15,260
Well, now, doesn't the Sasquatch
394
00:44:15,310 --> 00:44:17,260
have a normal five toes?
395
00:44:17,310 --> 00:44:20,050
This thing here has only
three toes.
396
00:44:20,090 --> 00:44:22,660
Yes, and the adult Sasquatch
footprint is bigger, too.
397
00:44:22,700 --> 00:44:24,700
It's 18 inches long on the average.
398
00:44:24,740 --> 00:44:26,400
Could these be gorilla tracks?
399
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,260
No, I don't think it's a gorilla.
400
00:44:28,310 --> 00:44:30,130
A gorilla has five toes,
401
00:44:30,180 --> 00:44:33,260
and very seldom moves upright
on two legs for very long.
402
00:44:33,310 --> 00:44:35,260
This thing, it had to
drop down on all fours
403
00:44:35,310 --> 00:44:36,440
to travel this far.
404
00:44:37,700 --> 00:44:40,050
What about an orangutan?
405
00:44:40,090 --> 00:44:42,610
This is the same thing
people around here
406
00:44:42,660 --> 00:44:45,570
reported seeing over the past
few years.
407
00:44:45,610 --> 00:44:47,480
He's reddish-brown,
408
00:44:47,530 --> 00:44:50,130
that's the same color
as an orangutan.
409
00:44:50,180 --> 00:44:53,260
Well, I don't think
this could be orangutan.
410
00:44:53,310 --> 00:44:54,920
The number of the toes are wrong.
411
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,220
Now, excuse me, Mr. Kennedy,
412
00:44:58,260 --> 00:45:01,260
you spend a lot of time
working in this field, right?
413
00:45:01,310 --> 00:45:02,960
Did you ever see tracks like this
414
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:04,570
when you were here before?
415
00:45:04,610 --> 00:45:07,660
No, Sir.
Can't say that I have.
416
00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:11,000
There's a lot of fresh animal tracks
around this field all the time.
417
00:45:11,050 --> 00:45:12,920
Deer, wolf, bobcat,
418
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,350
and all kinds of other tracks.
419
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:17,400
But I've never seen anything
like these before.
420
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,920
Well, Mr. Kennedy,
did you ever hear anything
421
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,700
out of the ordinary down here?
422
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:24,960
Well,
423
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,310
I've heard some pretty
peculiar things down here,
424
00:45:27,350 --> 00:45:30,740
but I've never seen anything
unusual like this before.
425
00:45:30,790 --> 00:45:33,310
I wonder what moves the creature
426
00:45:33,350 --> 00:45:35,610
to pick a particular patch of woods
427
00:45:35,660 --> 00:45:38,350
and return to it again and again.
428
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,740
These woods next to the bean field
429
00:45:40,790 --> 00:45:42,960
must be one of his favorite haunts.
430
00:45:46,090 --> 00:45:48,440
More than what I heard,
I guess it was
431
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,700
what I didn't hear that
made it kinda spooky.
432
00:45:51,740 --> 00:45:53,480
Even when that tractor is running
433
00:45:53,530 --> 00:45:54,870
and you can't hear nothing,
434
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:58,000
you get a funny feeling that
435
00:45:58,050 --> 00:45:59,310
something's wrong.
436
00:46:00,570 --> 00:46:03,260
Then, I think, wasn't sure,
437
00:46:03,310 --> 00:46:06,610
but I think I'd hear a low growl,
a hoot, a grunt or something
438
00:46:06,660 --> 00:46:08,790
from back at the trees.
439
00:46:08,830 --> 00:46:11,530
And you know that someone out
there is watching you.
440
00:46:11,570 --> 00:46:13,960
I tell you, there's some
kind of animal
441
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,920
hanging around this field,
all right.
442
00:46:16,610 --> 00:46:17,870
And he's no animal
443
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:19,440
from this part of the country.
444
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,350
He always travels Boggy Creek.
445
00:47:36,870 --> 00:47:38,830
That's Bessie Smith's children
446
00:47:38,870 --> 00:47:41,220
playing at the edge of
the woods over there,
447
00:47:41,260 --> 00:47:43,310
where Kennedy heard the creature.
448
00:47:45,310 --> 00:47:47,130
Grandpa! Grandpa!
449
00:47:47,180 --> 00:47:49,790
Grandpa! Grandpa!
450
00:47:49,830 --> 00:47:51,700
Be quiet.
You're gonna wake up your grandpa.
451
00:47:51,740 --> 00:47:53,870
I saw him, I saw that monster.
452
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:55,790
You're getting filthy down there...
453
00:47:55,830 --> 00:47:57,740
Grandpa! Grandpa!
We saw the monster.
454
00:47:57,790 --> 00:48:00,740
Be quiet!
You're gonna wake up your grandpa.
455
00:48:00,790 --> 00:48:02,700
If you don't be quiet,
you'll get a switch.
456
00:48:02,740 --> 00:48:05,530
Well, Mom, will you come down
and see it if I show you?
457
00:48:05,570 --> 00:48:06,740
Show me what?
458
00:48:06,790 --> 00:48:08,700
Show you...
The Fouke Monster.
459
00:48:08,740 --> 00:48:10,570
Oh, you know there isn't
anything there.
460
00:48:10,610 --> 00:48:12,530
Yes, there is!
461
00:48:12,570 --> 00:48:14,480
Come on, hurry. He might go.
462
00:48:51,180 --> 00:48:53,260
He's over there.
463
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:07,530
Let's go back home!
464
00:49:07,570 --> 00:49:08,920
Come on!
465
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,180
Where now? Where did you see it?
466
00:49:12,220 --> 00:49:13,920
It was right over there.
467
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:15,090
Right over there.
468
00:49:15,130 --> 00:49:16,960
See, there isn't anything
over there.
469
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:18,790
Well, there was.
He was.
470
00:49:18,830 --> 00:49:19,920
He was.
471
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:21,180
That's where we saw him last.
472
00:49:31,130 --> 00:49:33,310
Run! Go! Run!
473
00:49:33,350 --> 00:49:34,790
Go! Run!
474
00:49:34,830 --> 00:49:38,310
Run!
475
00:49:54,130 --> 00:49:57,220
That's Charlie Walraven
coming down the road.
476
00:49:57,260 --> 00:50:00,610
This road runs along the
north side of the woods.
477
00:50:00,660 --> 00:50:02,260
It was long about dark.
478
00:50:02,310 --> 00:50:05,000
I was heading into town that evening.
479
00:50:05,050 --> 00:50:07,180
When I seen this thing coming
out across the road
480
00:50:07,220 --> 00:50:08,920
in front of my car.
481
00:50:11,350 --> 00:50:13,570
I just couldn't even believe
what I was watching.
482
00:50:18,570 --> 00:50:20,400
You know, I reckon there's a
lot of folks
483
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:21,870
that don't believe anything
484
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:24,570
until they see it for themselves.
485
00:50:24,610 --> 00:50:26,220
Of course, if they're like me,
486
00:50:26,260 --> 00:50:27,870
they'd be wishing they hadn't seen
487
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:29,090
what they did.
488
00:50:30,350 --> 00:50:32,000
You know, that thing's gonna
489
00:50:32,050 --> 00:50:33,610
up and kill somebody
one of these days,
490
00:50:33,660 --> 00:50:35,480
sure as the world.
491
00:50:35,530 --> 00:50:38,000
On a bright,
moonlight night like this one,
492
00:50:38,050 --> 00:50:39,920
you'd figure he'd stay out of sight.
493
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:41,920
But nothing seems to worry him
494
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:44,180
when the urge to prowl
comes over him.
495
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:47,050
It could've been a fatal mistake
496
00:50:47,090 --> 00:50:48,220
if the man who lives here
497
00:50:48,260 --> 00:50:49,790
had been home tonight.
498
00:50:49,830 --> 00:50:51,960
He has a high-powered rifle handy,
499
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,440
and knows how to use it.
500
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:55,130
His daughter, Nancy,
501
00:50:55,180 --> 00:50:56,830
has invited two girlfriends over
502
00:50:56,870 --> 00:50:58,740
for a bunking party.
503
00:50:58,790 --> 00:51:01,700
No, our team's much better
than Arkansas High.
504
00:51:01,740 --> 00:51:03,480
You know that.
Arkansas High had a win.
505
00:51:03,530 --> 00:51:05,130
I know, but they're defensive.
506
00:51:05,180 --> 00:51:08,310
Yeah, look at their offense.
507
00:51:08,350 --> 00:51:10,180
Nancy, I like the way
they cut your hair.
508
00:51:10,220 --> 00:51:11,790
I think it's cute.
509
00:51:11,830 --> 00:51:13,790
Well, Frank liked it long.
510
00:51:13,830 --> 00:51:15,660
He's been sulking all week.
511
00:51:15,700 --> 00:51:17,350
Now, don't pay any attention
to him,
512
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:19,440
he doesn't know anything about it.
513
00:51:22,260 --> 00:51:23,530
Did y'all hear something?
514
00:51:25,790 --> 00:51:26,920
That's the wind.
515
00:51:45,740 --> 00:51:48,570
I can't see anything.
Do you?
516
00:51:48,610 --> 00:51:50,920
No, I don't see anything.
517
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:52,440
Then it must've been the wind.
518
00:51:54,790 --> 00:51:56,130
I hope.
519
00:51:57,350 --> 00:51:58,740
Let's all have a Coke.
520
00:51:58,790 --> 00:51:59,960
Do you all want one?
521
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:01,960
Yeah, get me one.
Yeah.
522
00:52:18,570 --> 00:52:20,310
Nancy, there's somebody moving around
523
00:52:20,350 --> 00:52:21,440
outside this trailer.
524
00:52:25,090 --> 00:52:27,790
Do you... Do you think
it could be some of the guys?
525
00:52:27,830 --> 00:52:30,400
If it is, I'll kill 'em.
526
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:32,700
I can't believe it's them.
527
00:52:32,740 --> 00:52:35,090
They went to that game in Texarkana.
528
00:52:37,740 --> 00:52:38,740
Listen.
529
00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:44,310
I hear something breathing.
530
00:53:03,310 --> 00:53:04,740
I can hear it, too.
531
00:53:12,530 --> 00:53:14,050
Get the gun! Get the gun!
532
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:21,260
Where are the shells?
533
00:53:21,310 --> 00:53:22,440
Where are the shells?
534
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:32,130
Go away!
535
00:53:44,790 --> 00:53:46,310
Go away!
536
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:52,700
Shh. Shh. Hey, shh. Shh.
537
00:53:52,740 --> 00:53:54,310
I don't hear it anymore.
538
00:53:55,260 --> 00:53:57,130
I don't either.
539
00:53:57,180 --> 00:53:58,920
Be still, I'm gonna look out.
540
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:00,180
No.
541
00:54:19,220 --> 00:54:21,660
Next morning when her parents returned,
542
00:54:21,700 --> 00:54:25,350
they would find the girls still
half hysterical with shock.
543
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,570
Before the creature
finally wandered off,
544
00:54:27,610 --> 00:54:29,220
he smashed flower pots
545
00:54:29,260 --> 00:54:31,220
and over turned everything in sight.
546
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,310
These radical changes
547
00:54:34,350 --> 00:54:36,350
in his usually cautious behavior
548
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:39,440
may be caused by lonely frustration,
549
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:42,700
for he apparently is the only
one of his kind.
550
00:54:42,740 --> 00:54:45,870
Normally, he never comes out
of the woods before dusk,
551
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:48,090
and then moves very cautiously,
552
00:54:48,130 --> 00:54:49,700
staying within quick return
553
00:54:49,740 --> 00:54:51,440
to the shelter of the trees.
554
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:53,960
But tonight, he's on the rampage.
555
00:55:10,130 --> 00:55:11,740
It wasn't the first time the
creature had
556
00:55:11,790 --> 00:55:13,050
prowled in the vicinity
557
00:55:13,090 --> 00:55:15,220
of Howard Walraven's mobile home,
558
00:55:15,260 --> 00:55:17,480
which is located only
a couple of hundred yards
559
00:55:17,530 --> 00:55:20,480
from where Boggy Creek
flows across Highway 71.
560
00:55:22,610 --> 00:55:24,480
We heard him lots of nights.
561
00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:26,050
Sometimes, it sounded like
562
00:55:26,090 --> 00:55:27,790
he was right outside of the window,
563
00:55:27,830 --> 00:55:29,180
it was so loud.
564
00:55:29,220 --> 00:55:32,440
And I had my two good dogs
565
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:34,700
tied up right there behind
the house.
566
00:55:34,740 --> 00:55:36,570
And they'd always get excited
567
00:55:36,610 --> 00:55:38,370
and scared, you know,
whenever he'd come around,
568
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:39,740
we heard him,
569
00:55:39,790 --> 00:55:42,830
but, heck, I never figured
he'd attack them.
570
00:55:42,870 --> 00:55:45,660
It just looked to me
like he grabbed my dog
571
00:55:45,700 --> 00:55:47,960
and ripped the hide
right off his back.
572
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:49,700
Now let me tell you something.
573
00:55:49,740 --> 00:55:52,350
He killed the finest dog
that I ever had.
574
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:54,090
But I'm gonna get him
one of these days
575
00:55:54,130 --> 00:55:55,870
and that's gonna be all she wrote.
576
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:03,920
Sometimes, the creature sticks
to one patch of woods
577
00:56:03,960 --> 00:56:05,440
for a long time.
578
00:56:05,480 --> 00:56:07,790
Then, impulsively works his way
579
00:56:07,830 --> 00:56:09,180
far up the creeks
580
00:56:09,220 --> 00:56:10,830
before being heard from again.
581
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:14,480
The creeks...
582
00:56:14,530 --> 00:56:17,480
He always travels the creeks.
583
00:56:17,530 --> 00:56:19,480
When he next showed up,
584
00:56:19,530 --> 00:56:21,480
it was several miles upstream.
585
00:56:24,350 --> 00:56:27,400
In the spring, this house was
rented to two young couples
586
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:29,740
who moved in together to save money.
587
00:57:03,260 --> 00:57:04,960
They were Charles Turner,
588
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:07,480
his wife, Anne,
589
00:57:08,310 --> 00:57:10,090
and Don Ford,
590
00:57:10,130 --> 00:57:12,350
who was Anne Turner's brother.
591
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,400
And Don's wife, Sue.
592
00:57:15,570 --> 00:57:18,220
Each couple had a small child.
593
00:57:18,260 --> 00:57:20,180
Don and Charles had just been hired
594
00:57:20,220 --> 00:57:22,480
by a big cattle ranch in the
Fouke area.
595
00:57:23,610 --> 00:57:25,220
Since both men would be required
596
00:57:25,260 --> 00:57:26,530
to work late at night,
597
00:57:26,570 --> 00:57:28,570
the girls would be company to
each other.
598
00:57:34,180 --> 00:57:35,440
Thank you. Thank you.
599
00:57:36,570 --> 00:57:38,740
The two families moved in on Monday.
600
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:40,700
Thursday night,
601
00:57:40,740 --> 00:57:42,400
the first of a series
602
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:44,700
of hair-raising incidents occurred.
603
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:14,790
What's the matter?
604
00:59:21,660 --> 00:59:23,480
Did you hear that?
Yeah.
605
00:59:56,700 --> 00:59:58,870
That chair...
Put that chair under the door.
606
01:00:46,570 --> 01:00:48,260
Who do you suppose that was?
607
01:00:48,830 --> 01:00:50,570
I don't know.
608
01:00:50,610 --> 01:00:52,660
Let's take the kids and go to
the landlord's.
609
01:01:44,830 --> 01:01:46,310
I had a pretty good look around
610
01:01:46,350 --> 01:01:47,700
and I couldn't find a thing.
611
01:01:47,740 --> 01:01:50,050
Are you sure you don't want
to go back to my place
612
01:01:50,090 --> 01:01:51,350
till the men get here?
613
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:53,260
No, no. That's okay
614
01:01:53,310 --> 01:01:55,350
if you checked and you're sure
there's nothing here,
615
01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:56,790
then we'll be okay, I think.
616
01:01:56,830 --> 01:01:58,400
I couldn't find a thing.
617
01:01:58,440 --> 01:02:00,870
But I'll come back in a little
while and check on you.
618
01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:02,530
Okay, listen, Mister,
619
01:02:02,570 --> 01:02:04,700
we sure do thank you
and we appreciate it
620
01:02:04,740 --> 01:02:06,920
so much...
Well, you're welcome.
621
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:08,870
I'll wait here till
you get in the house.
622
01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:10,440
Okay. Buh-bye.
623
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:11,480
Bye.
624
01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:28,090
The next day, Friday,
625
01:02:28,130 --> 01:02:30,130
the Fords and Turners had visitors.
626
01:02:30,180 --> 01:02:32,570
Don Ford's younger brother, Bobby Ford,
627
01:02:32,610 --> 01:02:34,700
and a cousin, 12-year-old Corky Hill,
628
01:02:34,740 --> 01:02:36,350
arrived for the weekend.
629
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:38,740
They'd heard about the great
fishing around Fouke
630
01:02:38,790 --> 01:02:40,790
and were anxious to wet a hook.
631
01:02:40,830 --> 01:02:42,660
Y'all be back before dark.
632
01:02:42,700 --> 01:02:44,830
Yeah, yeah.
We're gonna bring back some supper.
633
01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:02,700
Bobby.
634
01:04:02,740 --> 01:04:04,960
Who told you the fishing
was good here?
635
01:04:06,480 --> 01:04:08,570
They're here.
Just have patience.
636
01:04:45,870 --> 01:04:47,400
Bobby, come here. Come here!
637
01:04:49,180 --> 01:04:50,740
What do you want?
638
01:04:50,790 --> 01:04:52,310
Just come here. Come here!
639
01:05:09,740 --> 01:05:12,310
Boy, look at the size of
that guy's footprint!
640
01:05:13,130 --> 01:05:14,610
That ain't no footprint.
641
01:05:17,260 --> 01:05:18,310
That's funny.
642
01:05:18,350 --> 01:05:19,790
What's so funny about that?
643
01:05:19,830 --> 01:05:21,610
He's only got three toes!
644
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:32,400
Well, it's getting kinda late,
645
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:33,920
and the fish aren't biting anyway,
646
01:05:33,960 --> 01:05:35,220
so I think we oughta go.
647
01:05:37,130 --> 01:05:38,920
Sure is spooky down here.
648
01:05:52,260 --> 01:05:55,350
I still say, that's the biggest
foot that I've ever seen.
649
01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:56,480
No.
650
01:08:06,090 --> 01:08:08,310
Shh. I think I hear something.
651
01:08:33,050 --> 01:08:34,050
Go get Annie and Sue.
652
01:08:39,310 --> 01:08:40,790
Get up, get up.
Bobby heard something.
653
01:08:44,830 --> 01:08:46,700
Oh, my gosh.
It's back.
654
01:08:48,260 --> 01:08:50,440
Shh. I heard something.
655
01:08:57,050 --> 01:08:58,220
Is that him back?
656
01:08:58,260 --> 01:08:59,400
It's gotta be.
657
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:07,920
Corky, go get the kids.
658
01:09:29,050 --> 01:09:30,790
I seen him!
He's coming around the porch!
659
01:09:33,310 --> 01:09:34,750
Bobby, put that chair under
the door.
660
01:10:12,610 --> 01:10:14,130
I think I heard a car.
661
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:20,310
Phew! It's Don and Charles.
662
01:10:22,220 --> 01:10:25,480
Hey, Don. Hey, Don.
Listen, listen. I swear...
663
01:10:25,530 --> 01:10:27,960
You wouldn't believe what happened.
664
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:29,570
You wouldn't believe what happened.
665
01:10:29,610 --> 01:10:31,090
I've never seen nothing like this.
666
01:10:31,130 --> 01:10:33,200
All right. Hold it. Hold it.
You wouldn't believe it.
667
01:10:33,220 --> 01:10:34,830
You wouldn't believe what happened.
668
01:10:34,870 --> 01:10:36,920
I just can't believe what happened.
669
01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:38,440
I just can't...
I'm sorry, I ain't...
670
01:10:38,480 --> 01:10:40,260
Calm down.
Everybody's talking at once.
671
01:10:40,310 --> 01:10:41,790
That's right.
I saw it.
672
01:10:42,790 --> 01:10:44,350
All right, just calm down.
673
01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:46,180
He's been around this house.
674
01:10:46,220 --> 01:10:47,700
We can't all talk at one time.
675
01:10:47,740 --> 01:10:49,020
I told you there was something funny
676
01:10:49,050 --> 01:10:50,530
about that footprint I found.
677
01:10:50,570 --> 01:10:51,830
I just told you there was.
678
01:10:51,870 --> 01:10:54,700
Charles, this is the second
time in two nights
679
01:10:54,740 --> 01:10:57,130
that someone has been
around this house.
680
01:10:57,180 --> 01:11:00,000
I think you oughta get
some protection, man.
681
01:11:00,050 --> 01:11:02,020
Think we oughta go to the
landlord's to get the gun?
682
01:11:02,050 --> 01:11:03,400
That'd be a great idea.
683
01:11:03,440 --> 01:11:05,180
Why don't you go down and get
the gun
684
01:11:05,220 --> 01:11:07,530
I'll stay here with them...
Be careful.
685
01:11:07,570 --> 01:11:10,220
And everything will be a
little quieter.
686
01:11:10,260 --> 01:11:11,790
Okay, I'm going to go with you.
687
01:11:11,830 --> 01:11:15,050
We're have a gun here
so y'all don't be scared.
688
01:11:15,700 --> 01:11:16,700
Go on in the house.
689
01:11:53,260 --> 01:11:56,130
No way. No.
690
01:11:56,180 --> 01:11:58,050
I'm just glad Charles
and Don are home.
691
01:11:58,090 --> 01:11:59,350
Yeah, me too.
692
01:11:59,400 --> 01:12:01,180
Listen, Corky,
you gotta get some sleep
693
01:12:01,220 --> 01:12:02,310
and so do you.
694
01:12:02,350 --> 01:12:04,130
I'm gonna go on the bed.
695
01:12:04,180 --> 01:12:05,790
Okay.
696
01:12:09,660 --> 01:12:11,350
What happened?
What happened?
697
01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:13,130
I saw him!
698
01:12:13,180 --> 01:12:15,660
I swear, I ain't ever seen
nothing like it in my life.
699
01:12:15,700 --> 01:12:18,130
He just came through there.
I saw him.
700
01:12:18,180 --> 01:12:20,090
He was long and hairy.
701
01:12:20,130 --> 01:12:23,350
It was like a bear or something.
Hold it, hold it, hold it.
702
01:12:23,400 --> 01:12:25,400
Hold it. Don, go get the light
703
01:12:25,440 --> 01:12:26,920
and we'll go see what this
thing is.
704
01:12:29,220 --> 01:12:30,530
All right, once more.
705
01:12:31,660 --> 01:12:33,530
If he's out here,
let's get him now.
706
01:12:34,830 --> 01:12:36,570
I'll look back here, just a minute.
707
01:12:39,610 --> 01:12:41,960
Keep your eyes open.
708
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:44,700
Say, I ain't scared,
this ain't no thing.
709
01:12:46,870 --> 01:12:48,130
What's that right there?
710
01:12:48,180 --> 01:12:49,610
That right over there?
711
01:12:50,350 --> 01:12:51,830
Is that him right there?
712
01:12:51,870 --> 01:12:53,790
Yeah, that's him.
713
01:12:53,830 --> 01:12:55,230
You better say something out there.
714
01:12:56,400 --> 01:12:57,870
You better say something.
Hey, Man.
715
01:12:57,920 --> 01:13:00,220
Gonna shoot. Shoot him.
He's not saying anything.
716
01:13:00,260 --> 01:13:01,920
Shoot him.
Shoot him!
717
01:13:02,660 --> 01:13:04,260
Shoot him!
718
01:13:06,870 --> 01:13:09,310
See, right there.
719
01:13:16,660 --> 01:13:18,400
Get him?
I don't know.
720
01:13:18,440 --> 01:13:21,740
Hey, I think you got him.
I don't see a thing.
721
01:13:21,790 --> 01:13:23,220
Shine your light over here.
722
01:13:24,790 --> 01:13:26,310
I don't see anything.
723
01:13:26,350 --> 01:13:27,570
Nothing out there either.
724
01:13:27,610 --> 01:13:29,220
I think that you got him.
725
01:13:29,260 --> 01:13:31,000
Hey, let's go get the sheriff.
726
01:13:33,570 --> 01:13:35,570
Hey, let us through, will you?
727
01:13:35,610 --> 01:13:37,660
All right, leave the gun
here with me.
728
01:13:38,920 --> 01:13:40,480
Did you shoot him?
729
01:13:40,530 --> 01:13:42,740
We don't know. We don't even
know if we hit it.
730
01:13:42,790 --> 01:13:44,960
He's going after the sheriff.
I'm gonna stay here.
731
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:47,700
I'm gonna go with him, all right?
Go inside.
732
01:13:48,310 --> 01:13:49,830
Hurry back.
733
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:26,590
There's something here
outside of the house.
734
01:14:26,610 --> 01:14:27,920
What did it look like?
735
01:14:27,960 --> 01:14:29,400
Well, best I can tell,
736
01:14:29,440 --> 01:14:33,130
the thing was tall and had a lot of hair.
Red eyes.
737
01:14:33,180 --> 01:14:35,480
Find anything, Constable?
Not yet.
738
01:14:35,530 --> 01:14:37,660
This piece been like this
the whole time?
739
01:14:37,700 --> 01:14:38,960
No, Sir, it hasn't.
740
01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:40,350
Have you looked in under there?
741
01:14:40,400 --> 01:14:42,130
No, Sir,
we haven't looked down there.
742
01:14:44,790 --> 01:14:46,920
This is a panther track
and her little cub
743
01:14:46,960 --> 01:14:48,480
with it under this house.
744
01:14:48,530 --> 01:14:50,790
You mean a panther's been
living under the house?
745
01:14:50,830 --> 01:14:52,740
That's what it is.
It's a panther track.
746
01:14:52,790 --> 01:14:55,350
That wasn't any panther
we shot at, Constable.
747
01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:59,220
That's what that track is.
748
01:14:59,260 --> 01:15:02,570
You keep this shotgun and this
light, these shells,
749
01:15:02,610 --> 01:15:04,870
and if you need me, you come ask.
750
01:15:04,920 --> 01:15:06,530
Okay, Sir, we sure will.
751
01:15:06,570 --> 01:15:08,440
I'm gonna drive up the highway
752
01:15:08,480 --> 01:15:10,790
to see if I can see anything.
753
01:15:10,830 --> 01:15:12,220
We'd sure appreciate it.
Yeah.
754
01:15:12,260 --> 01:15:14,440
And I'll pick the gun up
tomorrow sometime.
755
01:15:14,480 --> 01:15:16,050
I sure do thank you for coming by.
756
01:15:16,090 --> 01:15:17,440
You're welcome.
Thank you, Sir.
757
01:15:17,480 --> 01:15:19,530
You're welcome.
If you need me, give me a call.
758
01:15:19,570 --> 01:15:21,350
Okay, we sure will.
759
01:15:21,400 --> 01:15:22,920
We're damn glad you came.
Yeah.
760
01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:24,050
Good night.
Good night.
761
01:15:24,090 --> 01:15:25,700
What kind of place is this?
762
01:15:25,740 --> 01:15:28,570
I mean, we have a panther
living under the house,
763
01:15:28,610 --> 01:15:30,400
somebody trying to break in?
764
01:15:30,440 --> 01:15:32,570
Well, we've got the flashlights,
we've got the guns.
765
01:15:32,610 --> 01:15:33,870
Now let's all go to bed
766
01:15:33,920 --> 01:15:35,400
and get some rest.
I'm with you.
767
01:15:35,440 --> 01:15:37,440
Let's go to bed.
Come on, Annie.
768
01:15:37,480 --> 01:15:39,220
Let's go. Come on, Annie.
769
01:15:39,260 --> 01:15:40,720
I gotta stay here with the thing
coming in through the window?
770
01:15:40,740 --> 01:15:44,350
Don't worry about it.
We got the guns.
771
01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:47,050
I don't wanna stay here
no more with that thing...
772
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:49,610
I gotta go to the bathroom.
773
01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:27,400
What's the matter?
774
01:16:27,440 --> 01:16:30,180
Back there.
Tried to come through the window.
775
01:16:30,220 --> 01:16:31,350
What's the matter?
776
01:16:31,400 --> 01:16:33,350
Oh, my God!
777
01:16:33,400 --> 01:16:35,350
Right there. Right there.
778
01:16:35,400 --> 01:16:38,220
Tried to come in through the window.
779
01:16:38,260 --> 01:16:40,310
Get your gun, Charles.
Let's go.
780
01:17:07,310 --> 01:17:08,310
There he is!
781
01:17:09,400 --> 01:17:10,740
Hold this, Bobby.
782
01:17:12,050 --> 01:17:13,530
Bobby, take the light.
783
01:17:29,870 --> 01:17:31,830
You got him.
That's it! He fell.
784
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:43,870
I think you got him, Man.
785
01:17:43,920 --> 01:17:45,440
I think I saw him fall over there.
786
01:17:46,050 --> 01:17:47,130
Let's go see.
787
01:17:48,130 --> 01:17:49,740
Be careful.
788
01:17:49,790 --> 01:17:53,350
Be careful!
789
01:17:53,400 --> 01:17:55,480
Don't get too far.
Come back!
790
01:18:33,400 --> 01:18:34,830
Somebody come back here!
791
01:18:34,870 --> 01:18:37,180
Bobby, will you go back
and take care of the girls?
792
01:18:37,220 --> 01:18:38,310
Charlie...
793
01:18:52,260 --> 01:18:54,660
Help! Bobby!
794
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:20,480
When Bobby could not be aroused
795
01:19:20,530 --> 01:19:22,090
from the state of shock he was in,
796
01:19:22,130 --> 01:19:23,700
everyone piled into the car
797
01:19:23,740 --> 01:19:26,000
and raced to Constable
Walraven's house for help.
798
01:19:26,050 --> 01:19:28,090
Walraven took one look at Bobby,
799
01:19:28,130 --> 01:19:29,790
arranged a police escort
800
01:19:29,830 --> 01:19:32,310
and sent them on to the
hospital in Texarkana.
801
01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:31,180
Nurse, what do you think's wrong with him? He
hasn't said a thing in the car on the way here.
802
01:20:31,220 --> 01:20:32,830
Let's check him up.
803
01:20:32,870 --> 01:20:36,350
Doesn't move. Hasn't said a word.
Breathing's kinda funny.
804
01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:38,130
You think he'll be all right?
805
01:20:38,180 --> 01:20:41,700
Let's check.
We'll let you know.
806
01:20:41,740 --> 01:20:45,180
Blood pressure's 60 over 40.
I think we better start an IV.
807
01:20:45,220 --> 01:20:46,480
He's in a state of shock.
808
01:20:47,660 --> 01:20:49,350
Bobby recovered swiftly,
809
01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:51,350
and the Fords and Turners
moved away.
810
01:20:52,310 --> 01:20:54,050
They don't plan on coming back.
811
01:20:59,440 --> 01:21:02,350
What the creature was after
inside the Ford house
812
01:21:02,400 --> 01:21:04,530
is perhaps the biggest
mystery of all.
813
01:21:18,700 --> 01:21:20,220
I was thinking about it today
814
01:21:20,260 --> 01:21:21,570
when I decided to drive out
815
01:21:21,610 --> 01:21:23,260
to our old home place,
816
01:21:23,310 --> 01:21:25,310
now run down and abandoned.
817
01:21:26,180 --> 01:21:27,570
Standing out in this field,
818
01:21:27,610 --> 01:21:29,790
it all comes rushing back.
819
01:21:29,830 --> 01:21:32,660
And an icy tingle starts down
my spine
820
01:21:32,700 --> 01:21:34,000
when I recall that
821
01:21:34,050 --> 01:21:36,960
terrible, lonesome cry.
822
01:21:56,260 --> 01:21:58,130
It was so long ago that
823
01:21:58,180 --> 01:22:01,350
it seems incredible that the
creature is still out there
824
01:22:01,400 --> 01:22:03,960
somewhere right this minute,
825
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:06,310
maybe even watching me.
826
01:22:13,570 --> 01:22:15,440
Of course, you may not
believe that,
827
01:22:15,480 --> 01:22:18,480
or any of this story.
828
01:22:18,530 --> 01:22:20,830
You may think the whole thing
is a hoax.
829
01:22:20,870 --> 01:22:22,870
And that's your privilege.
830
01:22:26,960 --> 01:22:28,480
But if you're ever driving down
831
01:22:28,530 --> 01:22:30,870
in our country along about sundown,
832
01:22:30,920 --> 01:22:33,050
keep an eye on the dark woods
833
01:22:33,090 --> 01:22:35,350
as you cross the Sulphur River Bottoms,
834
01:22:35,400 --> 01:22:36,960
and you may catch a glimpse
835
01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:39,090
of a huge, hairy creature
836
01:22:39,130 --> 01:22:41,180
watching you from the shadows.
837
01:22:44,400 --> 01:22:46,400
Yes, he's still here.
838
01:22:46,440 --> 01:22:48,610
And you know,
I'd almost like to hear
839
01:22:48,660 --> 01:22:50,400
that terrible cry again
840
01:22:51,220 --> 01:22:52,790
just to be reminded
841
01:22:52,830 --> 01:22:55,920
that there is still a bit of
wilderness left.
842
01:22:55,960 --> 01:22:59,700
And there are still mysteries
that remain unsolved,
843
01:22:59,740 --> 01:23:02,660
and strange, unexplained noises
844
01:23:02,700 --> 01:23:04,090
in the night.
845
01:25:30,570 --> 01:25:33,830
Where he searches, where he goes,
846
01:25:35,130 --> 01:25:37,350
this, of course, nobody knows.
847
01:25:38,610 --> 01:25:42,090
But once you've heard his
lonely cry,
848
01:25:42,130 --> 01:25:44,870
you can guess the reason why.
849
01:25:44,920 --> 01:25:48,220
Whether he's a beast or man,
850
01:25:48,260 --> 01:25:51,350
what drives him wandering
across the land?
851
01:25:52,530 --> 01:25:56,180
His love for others of his clan,
852
01:25:56,220 --> 01:25:59,220
and loneliness, he cannot stand.
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