In the early 1970's the media had a field day about a creature known as the Boggy Creek
Monster, aka the southern sasquatch.
The Boggy Creek monster was being reported on in the news because it was accused of attacking
a local family, as well as destroying and stalking livestock.
Media coverage of the incident made the monster recognizable worldwide.
It was given its name by journalist Jim Powell, who was documenting the sightings for the
Texarkana Gazette and the Texarkana Daily News.
The story of the boggy creek monster has inspired several films and books.
For now, the boggy creek monster is just a legend, but what if it weren't?
Today, life's biggest questions ask, what if the boggy creek monster was real?
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To better understand what would happen if the boggy creek monster was real, we are going
to have to learn a little bit about it.
The popularity of the legend has somewhat fizzled out since the 70's, and you may
not have ever heard of the boggy creek monster before, so here's what you need to know.
According to witnesses, the boggy creek monster resembles a Sasquatch-like creature.
It's covered in long dark, scraggly fur.
It's estimated to be between 7 and 10 feet tall and to weight 250 to 300 pounds.
The creature has a huge chest that's 3 feet wide.
Later reports from the 1980s claimed that the creature was much bigger, at least 10
feet tall, with an estimated weight of 800 pounds.
Reports and footprints claim that the beast may only have 3 toes, and it seems to be nocturnal.
And despite what horror films and books might suggest about it, the boggy creek monster
seems to be an animal that roams in solitude, with little reason to lash out or kill humans.
Unless you provoke it, of course.
In terms of the way it moves around, occasionally it has been seen galloping and swinging its
arms, much like a monkey.
Others say they have seen it running.
Some witnesses have reported that the boggy creek monster, frankly, doesn't smell the
greatest.
It smells like a combination between a wet dog and a skunk.
And for good reason.
The boggy creek monster roams around an area that is notoriously swampy.
The region is essentially acre upon acre of unexplored habitat.
Very few people live around there, because of the difficult and boggy terrain.
The town of Fouke only had about 500 inhabitants in the 1970s, and only around 1 thousand in
the outlying areas.
The Boggy Creek monster is also known as the Fouke monster, because it's been seen many
times near Fouke, Arkansas.
Fouke Arkansas is in south-west Arkansas in Miller County, which is right on the border
of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
The legend of the boggy creek monster, or the beast of the boggy creek, states that
it haunts an area of Arkansas from the sulfur river bottoms to the small town of Fouke.
Over many years, countless witnesses have come forward to report sightings of the creature,
as well as sightings of footprints, especially in and around Fouke.
For this reason, the beast of the boggy creek has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
and it's Fouke Arkansas's most well-known inhabitant.
Recorded sightings began in 1971, but local sightings are believed to have gone back more
than a century.
Whispers about a large hairy ape-man stalking the south were heard among the locals as far
back as 1856, but sightings were often mocked and brushed off as nonsense.
There were also sightings from the 1940s that were recorded in the area of Jonesville.
At the time, the creature was known as the Jonesville monster.
These sightings were not reported to authorities or news outlets.
Essentially, reports linked to the boggy creek monster have been around since the area had
human inhabitants.
Then once the 1970s hit, A couple who had just moved to Fouke, bobby, and Elizabeth
Ford, told the media that a creature attacked their new home late at night on may 2nd 1971.
Elizabeth told the media that she thought she heard some sort of animal moving around
outside in the nights prior.
Then on the night of May 2nd, a hand reached through a screen window while Elizabeth was
sleeping on a couch.
Her husband and brother Don then chased it away and fired several shots at it, but after
the encounter, they suffered from mild shock.
Apparently, Bobby was attacked by the creature and was subsequently went to the hospital
to be treated for injuries and shock.
That was when bobby's doctor notified the local media, who went to the ford house.
No traces of blood were found, but 3 toed footprints were found near the house, and
there were scratches and damage to the porch.
After the initial sighting and media frenzy, the little rock Arkansas radio station KAAY
posted a $1,900 bounty on the creature, so attempts were made to track it down and catch
it.
The local police got involved because locals were scared and concerned.
They answered every call that could have led them to the boggy creek monster.
Still, Dogs were unable to follow its scent, and the monster was never captured.
Then, about 3 weeks later that month, on May 23, 1971, 3 people said that they saw an ape-like
creature walking across Highway 71.
This time, the creature was spotted by people well known in the community, rather than the
fords who had just moved to Fouke.
A few days later on June 3rd, there was another sighting and then another later in June, when
3 toed Footprints were also found in a soybean field.
Most sightings were made by locals as well as tourists who had traveled to Arkansas to
find the monster.
Respected citizens have reported seeing the boggy creek monster even up until modern day.
Most recently, in November 2017 a truck driver traveling south of Fouke saw a large hairy
animal moving around upright on two legs in a section of forest that was clearcut.
Earlier that year, a man and wife, driving by boggy creek saw a tall, human-like figure
standing by the treeline.
Noting that it could not have been human, the wife shouted 'what is that'? but her
husband could not look back fast enough to see the monster.
So what are the chances that the boggy creek monster actually exists?
Well, there have been track and claw marks discovered that are believed to belong to
the boggy creek monster.
There was a set of footprints discovered where foot that made them had to be 17 inches long
and 7 inches wide.
That being said, following the initial FORD sighting, DR frank Eschenbach of southern
Arkansas university said that there was a 99 percent chance the tracks were a hoax.
He said that the prints could not have belonged to a species of ape, because the creature
had 3 toes.
All primates have 5 toes.
Furthermore, the region where the sightings took place has no history of nighttime primates.
There were a substantial amount of fake sightings reported; each time the person was fined 59
dollars.
Unless the boggy creek monster is a species of animal we know nothing about, it's probably
not real.
But hang on just a second, this video is not about whether or not the boggy creek monster
its real, it's about what would happen if it were real.
Let's explore.
If the boggy creek monster was real, all the inhabitants of Arkansas and the surrounding
areas would equip themselves with everything they needed to scare away, or potentially
kill the monster.
Every property would be lined with huge, electric or barbed wire fences.
Farming and livestock fields would be closed off, as the boggy creek monster is known to
hunt livestock and attack local dogs.
If there really were an elusive sasquatch-like creature roaming around Arkansas, there would
no doubt be attempts to track it down and capture it.
Scientists would want to capture it for the sake of study.
The discovery of a previously unheard of species of primate would be groundbreaking.
Many questions would need answers.
Like how did the boggy creek monster come to live in the southern united states?
What does it eat?
Can it communicate and also are there any others like it?
It could legitimize other legends about sasquatch-like creatures like Bigfoot and the abominable
snowman.
If the beast of boggy creek really existed, does that mean the other giant ape-like urban
legends is too?
At the same time though, hunters would travel from across the world to try and kill the
boggy creek monster and have it stuffed.
All of this media coverage would spark reality shows surrounding the beast of the boggy creek.
The media frenzy and terrorized locals would catch the attention of the US government.
Unlike the 1970s, technology has advanced substantially.
It would be simple for the US government to send an army with heat sensors to try to track
down the boggy creek monster.
Once the creature was captured, activist would protest and demand its release.
The boggy creek monster had never hurt anyone deliberately, after all, it only seemed to
attack livestock and occasionally dogs, and when it attacked bobby ford it was being shot
at.
But its unlikely the government would listen.
The beast of the boggy creek would be locked up, away from the public eye, so it could
be poked at and studied, and maybe even cloned.
The boggy creek monster has inspired several films, most notably the 1972 indie horror
hit, The legend of the boggy creek, grossing 20 million dollars the US at the box office.
What do you think would happen if the boggy creek monster was real?
Let us know in the comment section.
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