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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.
252
00:29:59,356 --> 00:30:01,313
I was sure disappointed.
253
00:30:26,703 --> 00:30:29,790
Despite the failure of the dogs
to trail the creature,
254
00:30:29,834 --> 00:30:32,617
several groups of hunters kept
going far into the night.
255
00:30:35,574 --> 00:30:36,877
Later, we got word
256
00:30:36,921 --> 00:30:38,877
that one hunting party
had got the creature
257
00:30:38,921 --> 00:30:42,400
to scream angrily back
at a wounded rabbit call,
258
00:30:42,443 --> 00:30:44,661
but moved deeper into the forest
259
00:30:44,703 --> 00:30:46,574
when they tried to get closer.
260
00:31:20,313 --> 00:31:23,356
Not too many of the hunters
were interested in plunging
261
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,834
into thick woods in pitch darkness
262
00:31:25,877 --> 00:31:27,487
knowing he was out there.
263
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,356
Often I've tried to imagine
how the creature must feel.
264
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:39,487
Since his very appearance and
the sounds he makes frightened us,
265
00:31:39,530 --> 00:31:43,703
our immediate reaction
was to try to kill him.
266
00:31:43,747 --> 00:31:46,400
I suppose if a strange-looking creature
267
00:31:46,443 --> 00:31:48,617
from another world showed up,
268
00:31:48,661 --> 00:31:50,225
he'd get the same reception.
269
00:31:50,964 --> 00:31:52,747
Actually, at first,
270
00:31:52,790 --> 00:31:55,487
the creature didn't
try to harm anybody,
271
00:31:55,530 --> 00:31:58,834
but now,
after being hunted and hurt,
272
00:31:58,877 --> 00:32:00,617
he suddenly disappeared.
273
00:32:00,661 --> 00:32:02,747
So, far as we know,
274
00:32:02,790 --> 00:32:05,051
he wasn't seen again for eight years.
275
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,356
Where did he go?
276
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,661
Well, we believe he simply
headed back
277
00:32:10,703 --> 00:32:13,313
deeper and deeper into the Bottoms,
278
00:32:13,356 --> 00:32:15,400
beyond the reach of men.
279
00:32:15,443 --> 00:32:17,921
Only the alligator and wolf,
280
00:32:17,964 --> 00:32:20,095
crane and possum,
281
00:32:20,138 --> 00:32:22,964
and a thousand other wild creatures
282
00:32:23,008 --> 00:32:26,356
heard his occasional, lonely cries
283
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,051
ringing out over his watery domain.
284
00:33:23,661 --> 00:33:25,661
The seasons passed,
285
00:33:27,051 --> 00:33:29,661
summers into falls,
286
00:33:29,703 --> 00:33:32,530
winters into springs.
287
00:33:32,574 --> 00:33:36,313
And somewhere in the remote
wilderness of the Bottoms,
288
00:33:38,051 --> 00:33:40,051
the creature spent his days.
289
00:35:26,834 --> 00:35:30,138
Now, none of us Fouke Boys
would admit it,
290
00:35:30,182 --> 00:35:31,703
but for a long time,
291
00:35:31,747 --> 00:35:33,530
knowing the creature might be around
292
00:35:33,574 --> 00:35:37,182
had put a damper on our pack
trips back into the wilderness.
293
00:35:37,225 --> 00:35:40,182
But as time passed,
and stories and conversation
294
00:35:40,225 --> 00:35:42,834
about the Fouke Monster died down,
295
00:35:42,877 --> 00:35:45,138
teenage boys again began to
go off
296
00:35:45,182 --> 00:35:47,877
on long camping trips in the Bottoms.
297
00:35:47,921 --> 00:35:49,834
Travis Crabtree is the kind
of fearless,
298
00:35:49,877 --> 00:35:52,313
outdoor kid that would have
gone anyway,
299
00:35:52,356 --> 00:35:54,877
even knowing the creature
was around.
300
00:35:54,921 --> 00:35:56,661
There's nothing Travis likes better
301
00:35:56,703 --> 00:35:58,487
than to spend the weekend camping
302
00:35:58,530 --> 00:36:00,138
on one of the hilltop islands
303
00:36:00,182 --> 00:36:03,008
created by high water deep in
the Bottom land.
304
00:38:35,617 --> 00:38:37,313
When he's down in the Bottoms,
305
00:38:37,356 --> 00:38:38,921
Travis always stops off
306
00:38:38,964 --> 00:38:41,834
for a visit and a cup of coffee
with Herb Jones.
307
00:38:41,877 --> 00:38:45,747
Herb Jones is a man who likes
a lot of privacy.
308
00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:49,313
He's been living alone in these
Bottoms for the past 20 years.
309
00:39:12,964 --> 00:39:14,008
Hey, Herb!
310
00:39:22,747 --> 00:39:24,138
Well, Travis.
311
00:39:32,095 --> 00:39:35,400
Travis always enjoys
these visits with Herb,
312
00:39:35,443 --> 00:39:39,182
and never fails to bring him
tobacco and other supplies.
313
00:39:39,225 --> 00:39:41,313
Herb can spin yarns for hours
314
00:39:41,356 --> 00:39:42,921
about his experiences
315
00:39:42,964 --> 00:39:45,747
with the wild creatures
of the Bottomland.
316
00:39:45,790 --> 00:39:47,703
Herb tells Travis to be on
the look out
317
00:39:47,747 --> 00:39:51,008
for a big ol' wild boar
with double curled tusks
318
00:39:51,051 --> 00:39:52,834
he spotted a day or two earlier.
319
00:39:52,877 --> 00:39:55,400
Herb limps because he once
accidentally shot
320
00:39:55,443 --> 00:39:58,095
part of his foot away
in a boating accident.
321
00:39:58,138 --> 00:39:59,661
Although he was all alone,
322
00:39:59,703 --> 00:40:01,834
he made it out of the Bottoms
to a doctor.
323
00:40:09,269 --> 00:40:13,008
I've been living down here
by myself for a long time.
324
00:40:14,138 --> 00:40:16,356
About 14-miles by boat
325
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,487
from my place to the nearest road,
326
00:40:19,530 --> 00:40:21,834
then it's a pretty good
walk to town.
327
00:40:22,530 --> 00:40:25,182
Them Crabtree boys,
328
00:40:25,225 --> 00:40:27,182
especially that Travis,
329
00:40:27,225 --> 00:40:28,877
always drop by to see me
330
00:40:28,921 --> 00:40:30,400
when they come hunting and fishing.
331
00:40:31,790 --> 00:40:34,269
They always brung me tobacco
and sugar
332
00:40:34,313 --> 00:40:36,051
and stuff like that.
333
00:40:36,095 --> 00:40:40,051
Even a bottle of wine
every once in a while.
334
00:40:40,095 --> 00:40:43,617
Did you notice my bottle tree
on the way in?
335
00:40:43,661 --> 00:40:48,921
I use them bottles as hooks
on my trout lines.
336
00:40:48,964 --> 00:40:53,051
I catch some mighty big catfish
and buffalo on them lines.
337
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:59,225
And an old crane flies over
every day.
338
00:40:59,877 --> 00:41:01,443
Looks at my place.
339
00:41:02,661 --> 00:41:04,747
I don't know what he's
looking for.
340
00:41:06,790 --> 00:41:10,617
Once you get to know these Bottoms,
341
00:41:10,661 --> 00:41:12,834
you never lack for something
to do.
342
00:41:12,877 --> 00:41:18,182
People always ask me
why I stay down here.
343
00:41:18,225 --> 00:41:22,008
I tell them I stay 'cause
I like it better here
344
00:41:22,051 --> 00:41:24,661
than I would anywhere else.
345
00:41:24,703 --> 00:41:28,138
Looks like they could figure
that out for themselves.
346
00:41:28,182 --> 00:41:31,008
And another thing,
347
00:41:32,138 --> 00:41:35,051
people always ask me
348
00:41:35,095 --> 00:41:37,487
have I seen the Fouke Monster.
349
00:41:38,313 --> 00:41:40,313
Let me tell you something,
350
00:41:40,356 --> 00:41:42,877
there ain't no such thing.
351
00:41:42,921 --> 00:41:44,790
I've been living here in
these Bottoms
352
00:41:44,834 --> 00:41:48,313
for better than 20 years.
353
00:41:48,356 --> 00:41:51,790
I ain't never seen nor heard
no monster.
354
00:41:58,095 --> 00:41:59,530
What was that?
355
00:41:59,574 --> 00:42:01,661
I don't know,
but let's get out of here.
356
00:42:26,051 --> 00:42:28,095
The creature was back.
357
00:42:28,138 --> 00:42:30,487
Once again, the lure of civilization
358
00:42:30,530 --> 00:42:32,051
had brought him out of the wilderness.
359
00:43:01,356 --> 00:43:04,051
Soon, newspaper headlines
would herald,
360
00:43:04,095 --> 00:43:06,443
"The Return of the Fouke Monster."
361
00:43:06,487 --> 00:43:09,138
And people would get together
around Fouke to relate
362
00:43:09,182 --> 00:43:12,487
the latest rumors on the creature.
363
00:43:12,530 --> 00:43:14,661
Every dead animal found in
the forest
364
00:43:14,703 --> 00:43:15,877
was blamed upon him.
365
00:43:16,877 --> 00:43:19,051
This dog and others found dead,
366
00:43:19,095 --> 00:43:21,182
might well be his victims.
367
00:43:21,225 --> 00:43:23,443
Excitement in the community
reached a new peak
368
00:43:23,487 --> 00:43:25,661
when a farmer named O.H. Kennedy
369
00:43:25,703 --> 00:43:28,400
discovered these strange
three-toed footsteps
370
00:43:28,443 --> 00:43:30,530
in Willie Smith's bean field.
371
00:43:30,574 --> 00:43:33,356
Radio, newspaper and
television coverage
372
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,225
resulted in nation-wide publicity.
373
00:43:36,269 --> 00:43:39,095
Must not be over four inches wide.
374
00:43:39,138 --> 00:43:40,617
Mr. Kennedy,
375
00:43:40,661 --> 00:43:43,747
you say you found these
tracks late Sunday.
376
00:43:43,790 --> 00:43:46,051
Now, was that late yesterday afternoon?
377
00:43:46,095 --> 00:43:48,574
Yes, Sir.
Just about sundown.
378
00:43:48,617 --> 00:43:51,008
My wife and I went out for a ride,
379
00:43:51,051 --> 00:43:53,225
she's been feeling poorly lately.
380
00:43:53,269 --> 00:43:55,790
And we decided to stop by
the bean field
381
00:43:55,834 --> 00:43:58,661
to see if the ground
was too wet to plow.
382
00:43:58,703 --> 00:44:00,661
We called Willie Smith right away.
383
00:44:00,703 --> 00:44:02,877
Mr. Kennedy, do you think
384
00:44:02,921 --> 00:44:05,269
this creature could be a Sasquatch?
385
00:44:05,313 --> 00:44:08,138
A... A Sasquatch?
386
00:44:08,182 --> 00:44:10,574
I don't believe I know
what that is, Sir.
387
00:44:10,617 --> 00:44:12,356
Well, the Sasquatch was
388
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,703
the Indians' word for a
legendary giant tribe
389
00:44:14,747 --> 00:44:16,530
of very shy people.
390
00:44:16,574 --> 00:44:18,703
They live mostly in the woods
391
00:44:18,747 --> 00:44:20,443
up in the Pacific Northwest.
392
00:44:20,487 --> 00:44:23,530
Well, I didn't see anybody.
393
00:44:23,574 --> 00:44:25,400
All I've seen, Sir, is these tracks.
394
00:44:25,443 --> 00:44:27,269
Well, now, doesn't the Sasquatch
395
00:44:27,313 --> 00:44:29,269
have a normal five toes?
396
00:44:29,313 --> 00:44:32,051
This thing here has only
three toes.
397
00:44:32,095 --> 00:44:34,661
Yes, and the adult Sasquatch
footprint is bigger, too.
398
00:44:34,703 --> 00:44:36,703
It's 18 inches long on the average.
399
00:44:36,747 --> 00:44:38,400
Could these be gorilla tracks?
400
00:44:38,443 --> 00:44:40,269
No, I don't think it's a gorilla.
401
00:44:40,313 --> 00:44:42,138
A gorilla has five toes,
402
00:44:42,182 --> 00:44:45,269
and very seldom moves upright
on two legs for very long.
403
00:44:45,313 --> 00:44:47,269
This thing, it had to
drop down on all fours
404
00:44:47,313 --> 00:44:48,443
to travel this far.
405
00:44:49,703 --> 00:44:52,051
What about an orangutan?
406
00:44:52,095 --> 00:44:54,617
This is the same thing
people around here
407
00:44:54,661 --> 00:44:57,574
reported seeing over the past
few years.
408
00:44:57,617 --> 00:44:59,487
He's reddish-brown,
409
00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:02,138
that's the same color
as an orangutan.
410
00:45:02,182 --> 00:45:05,269
Well, I don't think
this could be orangutan.
411
00:45:05,313 --> 00:45:06,921
The number of the toes are wrong.
412
00:45:08,487 --> 00:45:10,225
Now, excuse me, Mr. Kennedy,
413
00:45:10,269 --> 00:45:13,269
you spend a lot of time
working in this field, right?
414
00:45:13,313 --> 00:45:14,964
Did you ever see tracks like this
415
00:45:15,008 --> 00:45:16,574
when you were here before?
416
00:45:16,617 --> 00:45:19,661
No, Sir.
Can't say that I have.
417
00:45:19,703 --> 00:45:23,008
There's a lot of fresh animal tracks
around this field all the time.
418
00:45:23,051 --> 00:45:24,921
Deer, wolf, bobcat,
419
00:45:24,964 --> 00:45:27,356
and all kinds of other tracks.
420
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,400
But I've never seen anything
like these before.
421
00:45:29,443 --> 00:45:32,921
Well, Mr. Kennedy,
did you ever hear anything
422
00:45:32,964 --> 00:45:34,703
out of the ordinary down here?
423
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:36,964
Well,
424
00:45:37,008 --> 00:45:39,313
I've heard some pretty
peculiar things down here,
425
00:45:39,356 --> 00:45:42,747
but I've never seen anything
unusual like this before.
426
00:45:42,790 --> 00:45:45,313
I wonder what moves the creature
427
00:45:45,356 --> 00:45:47,617
to pick a particular patch of woods
428
00:45:47,661 --> 00:45:50,356
and return to it again and again.
429
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,747
These woods next to the bean field
430
00:45:52,790 --> 00:45:54,964
must be one of his favorite haunts.
431
00:45:58,095 --> 00:46:00,443
More than what I heard,
I guess it was
432
00:46:00,487 --> 00:46:02,703
what I didn't hear that
made it kinda spooky.
433
00:46:03,747 --> 00:46:05,487
Even when that tractor is running
434
00:46:05,530 --> 00:46:06,877
and you can't hear nothing,
435
00:46:06,921 --> 00:46:10,008
you get a funny feeling that
436
00:46:10,051 --> 00:46:11,313
something's wrong.
437
00:46:12,574 --> 00:46:15,269
Then, I think, wasn't sure,
438
00:46:15,313 --> 00:46:18,617
but I think I'd hear a low growl,
a hoot, a grunt or something
439
00:46:18,661 --> 00:46:20,790
from back at the trees.
440
00:46:20,834 --> 00:46:23,530
And you know that someone out
there is watching you.
441
00:46:23,574 --> 00:46:25,964
I tell you, there's some
kind of animal
442
00:46:26,008 --> 00:46:27,921
hanging around this field,
all right.
443
00:46:28,617 --> 00:46:29,877
And he's no animal
444
00:46:29,921 --> 00:46:31,443
from this part of the country.
445
00:46:33,443 --> 00:46:36,356
He always travels Boggy Creek.
446
00:47:48,877 --> 00:47:50,834
That's Bessie Smith's children
447
00:47:50,877 --> 00:47:53,225
playing at the edge of
the woods over there,
448
00:47:53,269 --> 00:47:55,313
where Kennedy heard the creature.
449
00:47:57,313 --> 00:47:59,138
Grandpa! Grandpa!
450
00:47:59,182 --> 00:48:01,790
Grandpa! Grandpa!
451
00:48:01,834 --> 00:48:03,703
Be quiet.
You're gonna wake up your grandpa.
452
00:48:03,747 --> 00:48:05,877
I saw him, I saw that monster.
453
00:48:05,921 --> 00:48:07,790
You're getting filthy down there...
454
00:48:07,834 --> 00:48:09,747
Grandpa! Grandpa!
We saw the monster.
455
00:48:09,790 --> 00:48:12,747
Be quiet!
You're gonna wake up your grandpa.
456
00:48:12,790 --> 00:48:14,703
If you don't be quiet,
you'll get a switch.
457
00:48:14,747 --> 00:48:17,530
Well, Mom, will you come down
and see it if I show you?
458
00:48:17,574 --> 00:48:18,747
Show me what?
459
00:48:18,790 --> 00:48:20,703
Show you...
The Fouke Monster.
460
00:48:20,747 --> 00:48:22,574
Oh, you know there isn't
anything there.
461
00:48:22,617 --> 00:48:24,530
Yes, there is!
462
00:48:24,574 --> 00:48:26,487
Come on, hurry. He might go.
463
00:49:03,182 --> 00:49:05,269
He's over there.
464
00:49:17,964 --> 00:49:19,530
Let's go back home!
465
00:49:19,574 --> 00:49:20,921
Come on!
466
00:49:22,008 --> 00:49:24,182
Where now? Where did you see it?
467
00:49:24,225 --> 00:49:25,921
It was right over there.
468
00:49:25,964 --> 00:49:27,095
Right over there.
469
00:49:27,138 --> 00:49:28,964
See, there isn't anything
over there.
470
00:49:29,008 --> 00:49:30,790
Well, there was.
He was.
471
00:49:30,834 --> 00:49:31,921
He was.
472
00:49:31,964 --> 00:49:33,182
That's where we saw him last.
473
00:49:43,138 --> 00:49:45,313
Run! Go! Run!
474
00:49:45,356 --> 00:49:46,790
Go! Run!
475
00:49:46,834 --> 00:49:50,313
Run!
476
00:50:06,138 --> 00:50:09,225
That's Charlie Walraven
coming down the road.
477
00:50:09,269 --> 00:50:12,617
This road runs along the
north side of the woods.
478
00:50:12,661 --> 00:50:14,269
It was long about dark.
479
00:50:14,313 --> 00:50:17,008
I was heading into town that evening.
480
00:50:17,051 --> 00:50:19,182
When I seen this thing coming
out across the road
481
00:50:19,225 --> 00:50:20,921
in front of my car.
482
00:50:23,356 --> 00:50:25,574
I just couldn't even believe
what I was watching.
483
00:50:30,574 --> 00:50:32,400
You know, I reckon there's a
lot of folks
484
00:50:32,443 --> 00:50:33,877
that don't believe anything
485
00:50:33,921 --> 00:50:36,574
until they see it for themselves.
486
00:50:36,617 --> 00:50:38,225
Of course, if they're like me,
487
00:50:38,269 --> 00:50:39,877
they'd be wishing they hadn't seen
488
00:50:39,921 --> 00:50:41,095
what they did.
489
00:50:42,356 --> 00:50:44,008
You know, that thing's gonna
490
00:50:44,051 --> 00:50:45,617
up and kill somebody
one of these days,
491
00:50:45,661 --> 00:50:47,487
sure as the world.
492
00:50:47,530 --> 00:50:50,008
On a bright,
moonlight night like this one,
493
00:50:50,051 --> 00:50:51,921
you'd figure he'd stay out of sight.
494
00:50:51,964 --> 00:50:53,921
But nothing seems to worry him
495
00:50:53,964 --> 00:50:56,182
when the urge to prowl
comes over him.
496
00:50:57,443 --> 00:50:59,051
It could've been a fatal mistake
497
00:50:59,095 --> 00:51:00,225
if the man who lives here
498
00:51:00,269 --> 00:51:01,790
had been home tonight.
499
00:51:01,834 --> 00:51:03,964
He has a high-powered rifle handy,
500
00:51:04,008 --> 00:51:05,443
and knows how to use it.
501
00:51:05,487 --> 00:51:07,138
His daughter, Nancy,
502
00:51:07,182 --> 00:51:08,834
has invited two girlfriends over
503
00:51:08,877 --> 00:51:10,747
for a bunking party.
504
00:51:10,790 --> 00:51:13,703
No, our team's much better
than Arkansas High.
505
00:51:13,747 --> 00:51:15,487
You know that.
Arkansas High had a win.
506
00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:17,138
I know, but they're defensive.
507
00:51:17,182 --> 00:51:20,313
Yeah, look at their offense.
508
00:51:20,356 --> 00:51:22,182
Nancy, I like the way
they cut your hair.
509
00:51:22,225 --> 00:51:23,790
I think it's cute.
510
00:51:23,834 --> 00:51:25,790
Well, Frank liked it long.
511
00:51:25,834 --> 00:51:27,661
He's been sulking all week.
512
00:51:27,703 --> 00:51:29,356
Now, don't pay any attention
to him,
513
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:31,443
he doesn't know anything about it.
514
00:51:34,269 --> 00:51:35,530
Did y'all hear something?
515
00:51:37,790 --> 00:51:38,921
That's the wind.
516
00:51:57,747 --> 00:52:00,574
I can't see anything.
Do you?
517
00:52:00,617 --> 00:52:02,921
No, I don't see anything.
518
00:52:02,964 --> 00:52:04,443
Then it must've been the wind.
519
00:52:06,790 --> 00:52:08,138
I hope.
520
00:52:09,356 --> 00:52:10,747
Let's all have a Coke.
521
00:52:10,790 --> 00:52:11,964
Do you all want one?
522
00:52:12,008 --> 00:52:13,964
Yeah, get me one.
Yeah.
523
00:52:30,574 --> 00:52:32,313
Nancy, there's somebody moving around
524
00:52:32,356 --> 00:52:33,443
outside this trailer.
525
00:52:37,095 --> 00:52:39,790
Do you... Do you think
it could be some of the guys?
526
00:52:39,834 --> 00:52:42,400
If it is, I'll kill 'em.
527
00:52:42,443 --> 00:52:44,703
I can't believe it's them.
528
00:52:44,747 --> 00:52:47,095
They went to that game in Texarkana.
529
00:52:49,747 --> 00:52:50,747
Listen.
530
00:52:54,487 --> 00:52:56,313
I hear something breathing.
531
00:53:15,313 --> 00:53:16,747
I can hear it, too.
532
00:53:24,530 --> 00:53:26,051
Get the gun! Get the gun!
533
00:53:32,008 --> 00:53:33,269
Where are the shells?
534
00:53:33,313 --> 00:53:34,443
Where are the shells?
535
00:53:43,008 --> 00:53:44,138
Go away!
536
00:53:56,790 --> 00:53:58,313
Go away!
537
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,703
Shh. Shh. Hey, shh. Shh.
538
00:54:04,747 --> 00:54:06,313
I don't hear it anymore.
539
00:54:07,269 --> 00:54:09,138
I don't either.
540
00:54:09,182 --> 00:54:10,921
Be still, I'm gonna look out.
541
00:54:10,964 --> 00:54:12,182
No.
542
00:54:31,225 --> 00:54:33,661
Next morning when her parents returned,
543
00:54:33,703 --> 00:54:37,356
they would find the girls still
half hysterical with shock.
544
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,574
Before the creature
finally wandered off,
545
00:54:39,617 --> 00:54:41,225
he smashed flower pots
546
00:54:41,269 --> 00:54:43,225
and over turned everything in sight.
547
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:46,313
These radical changes
548
00:54:46,356 --> 00:54:48,356
in his usually cautious behavior
549
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:51,443
may be caused by lonely frustration,
550
00:54:51,487 --> 00:54:54,703
for he apparently is the only
one of his kind.
551
00:54:54,747 --> 00:54:57,877
Normally, he never comes out
of the woods before dusk,
552
00:54:57,921 --> 00:55:00,095
and then moves very cautiously,
553
00:55:00,138 --> 00:55:01,703
staying within quick return
554
00:55:01,747 --> 00:55:03,443
to the shelter of the trees.
555
00:55:03,487 --> 00:55:05,964
But tonight, he's on the rampage.
556
00:55:22,138 --> 00:55:23,747
It wasn't the first time the
creature had
557
00:55:23,790 --> 00:55:25,051
prowled in the vicinity
558
00:55:25,095 --> 00:55:27,225
of Howard Walraven's mobile home,
559
00:55:27,269 --> 00:55:29,487
which is located only
a couple of hundred yards
560
00:55:29,530 --> 00:55:32,487
from where Boggy Creek
flows across Highway 71.
561
00:55:34,617 --> 00:55:36,487
We heard him lots of nights.
562
00:55:36,530 --> 00:55:38,051
Sometimes, it sounded like
563
00:55:38,095 --> 00:55:39,790
he was right outside of the window,
564
00:55:39,834 --> 00:55:41,182
it was so loud.
565
00:55:41,225 --> 00:55:44,443
And I had my two good dogs
566
00:55:44,487 --> 00:55:46,703
tied up right there behind
the house.
567
00:55:46,747 --> 00:55:48,574
And they'd always get excited
568
00:55:48,617 --> 00:55:50,376
and scared, you know,
whenever he'd come around,
569
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:51,747
we heard him,
570
00:55:51,790 --> 00:55:54,834
but, heck, I never figured
he'd attack them.
571
00:55:54,877 --> 00:55:57,661
It just looked to me
like he grabbed my dog
572
00:55:57,703 --> 00:55:59,964
and ripped the hide
right off his back.
573
00:56:00,008 --> 00:56:01,703
Now let me tell you something.
574
00:56:01,747 --> 00:56:04,356
He killed the finest dog
that I ever had.
575
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,095
But I'm gonna get him
one of these days
576
00:56:06,138 --> 00:56:07,877
and that's gonna be all she wrote.
577
00:56:13,008 --> 00:56:15,921
Sometimes, the creature sticks
to one patch of woods
578
00:56:15,964 --> 00:56:17,443
for a long time.
579
00:56:17,487 --> 00:56:19,790
Then, impulsively works his way
580
00:56:19,834 --> 00:56:21,182
far up the creeks
581
00:56:21,225 --> 00:56:22,834
before being heard from again.
582
00:56:24,487 --> 00:56:26,487
The creeks...
583
00:56:26,530 --> 00:56:29,487
He always travels the creeks.
584
00:56:29,530 --> 00:56:31,487
When he next showed up,
585
00:56:31,530 --> 00:56:33,487
it was several miles upstream.
586
00:56:36,356 --> 00:56:39,400
In the spring, this house was
rented to two young couples
587
00:56:39,443 --> 00:56:41,747
who moved in together to save money.
588
00:57:15,269 --> 00:57:16,964
They were Charles Turner,
589
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:19,487
his wife, Anne,
590
00:57:20,313 --> 00:57:22,095
and Don Ford,
591
00:57:22,138 --> 00:57:24,356
who was Anne Turner's brother.
592
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,400
And Don's wife, Sue.
593
00:57:27,574 --> 00:57:30,225
Each couple had a small child.
594
00:57:30,269 --> 00:57:32,182
Don and Charles had just been hired
595
00:57:32,225 --> 00:57:34,487
by a big cattle ranch in the
Fouke area.
596
00:57:35,617 --> 00:57:37,225
Since both men would be required
597
00:57:37,269 --> 00:57:38,530
to work late at night,
598
00:57:38,574 --> 00:57:40,574
the girls would be company to
each other.
599
00:57:46,182 --> 00:57:47,443
Thank you. Thank you.
600
00:57:48,574 --> 00:57:50,747
The two families moved in on Monday.
601
00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:52,703
Thursday night,
602
00:57:52,747 --> 00:57:54,400
the first of a series
603
00:57:54,443 --> 00:57:56,703
of hair-raising incidents occurred.
604
00:59:25,443 --> 00:59:26,790
What's the matter?
605
00:59:33,661 --> 00:59:35,487
Did you hear that?
Yeah.
606
01:00:08,703 --> 01:00:10,877
That chair...
Put that chair under the door.
607
01:00:58,574 --> 01:01:00,269
Who do you suppose that was?
608
01:01:00,834 --> 01:01:02,574
I don't know.
609
01:01:02,617 --> 01:01:04,661
Let's take the kids and go to
the landlord's.
610
01:01:56,834 --> 01:01:58,313
I had a pretty good look around
611
01:01:58,356 --> 01:01:59,703
and I couldn't find a thing.
612
01:01:59,747 --> 01:02:02,051
Are you sure you don't want
to go back to my place
613
01:02:02,095 --> 01:02:03,356
till the men get here?
614
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:05,269
No, no. That's okay
615
01:02:05,313 --> 01:02:07,356
if you checked and you're sure
there's nothing here,
616
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:08,790
then we'll be okay, I think.
617
01:02:08,834 --> 01:02:10,400
I couldn't find a thing.
618
01:02:10,443 --> 01:02:12,877
But I'll come back in a little
while and check on you.
619
01:02:12,921 --> 01:02:14,530
Okay, listen, Mister,
620
01:02:14,574 --> 01:02:16,703
we sure do thank you
and we appreciate it
621
01:02:16,747 --> 01:02:18,921
so much...
Well, you're welcome.
622
01:02:18,964 --> 01:02:20,877
I'll wait here till
you get in the house.
623
01:02:20,921 --> 01:02:22,443
Okay. Buh-bye.
624
01:02:22,487 --> 01:02:23,487
Bye.
625
01:02:38,443 --> 01:02:40,095
The next day, Friday,
626
01:02:40,138 --> 01:02:42,138
the Fords and Turners had visitors.
627
01:02:42,182 --> 01:02:44,574
Don Ford's younger brother, Bobby Ford,
628
01:02:44,617 --> 01:02:46,703
and a cousin, 12-year-old Corky Hill,
629
01:02:46,747 --> 01:02:48,356
arrived for the weekend.
630
01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:50,747
They'd heard about the great
fishing around Fouke
631
01:02:50,790 --> 01:02:52,790
and were anxious to wet a hook.
632
01:02:52,834 --> 01:02:54,661
Y'all be back before dark.
633
01:02:54,703 --> 01:02:56,834
Yeah, yeah.
We're gonna bring back some supper.
634
01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:14,703
Bobby.
635
01:04:14,747 --> 01:04:16,964
Who told you the fishing
was good here?
636
01:04:18,487 --> 01:04:20,574
They're here.
Just have patience.
637
01:04:57,877 --> 01:04:59,400
Bobby, come here. Come here!
638
01:05:01,182 --> 01:05:02,747
What do you want?
639
01:05:02,790 --> 01:05:04,313
Just come here. Come here!
640
01:05:21,747 --> 01:05:24,313
Boy, look at the size of
that guy's footprint!
641
01:05:25,138 --> 01:05:26,617
That ain't no footprint.
642
01:05:29,269 --> 01:05:30,313
That's funny.
643
01:05:30,356 --> 01:05:31,790
What's so funny about that?
644
01:05:31,834 --> 01:05:33,617
He's only got three toes!
645
01:05:43,008 --> 01:05:44,400
Well, it's getting kinda late,
646
01:05:44,443 --> 01:05:45,921
and the fish aren't biting anyway,
647
01:05:45,964 --> 01:05:47,225
so I think we oughta go.
648
01:05:49,138 --> 01:05:50,921
Sure is spooky down here.
649
01:06:04,269 --> 01:06:07,356
I still say, that's the biggest
foot that I've ever seen.
650
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:08,487
No.
651
01:08:18,095 --> 01:08:20,313
Shh. I think I hear something.
652
01:08:45,051 --> 01:08:46,051
Go get Annie and Sue.
653
01:08:51,313 --> 01:08:52,794
Get up, get up.
Bobby heard something.
654
01:08:56,834 --> 01:08:58,703
Oh, my gosh.
It's back.
655
01:09:00,269 --> 01:09:02,443
Shh. I heard something.
656
01:09:09,051 --> 01:09:10,225
Is that him back?
657
01:09:10,269 --> 01:09:11,400
It's gotta be.
658
01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:19,921
Corky, go get the kids.
659
01:09:41,051 --> 01:09:42,790
I seen him!
He's coming around the porch!
660
01:09:45,313 --> 01:09:46,754
Bobby, put that chair under
the door.
661
01:10:24,617 --> 01:10:26,138
I think I heard a car.
662
01:10:29,921 --> 01:10:32,313
Phew! It's Don and Charles.
663
01:10:34,225 --> 01:10:37,487
Hey, Don. Hey, Don.
Listen, listen. I swear...
664
01:10:37,530 --> 01:10:39,964
You wouldn't believe what happened.
665
01:10:40,008 --> 01:10:41,574
You wouldn't believe what happened.
666
01:10:41,617 --> 01:10:43,095
I've never seen nothing like this.
667
01:10:43,138 --> 01:10:45,201
All right. Hold it. Hold it.
You wouldn't believe it.
668
01:10:45,225 --> 01:10:46,834
You wouldn't believe what happened.
669
01:10:46,877 --> 01:10:48,921
I just can't believe what happened.
670
01:10:48,964 --> 01:10:50,443
I just can't...
I'm sorry, I ain't...
671
01:10:50,487 --> 01:10:52,269
Calm down.
Everybody's talking at once.
672
01:10:52,313 --> 01:10:53,790
That's right.
I saw it.
673
01:10:54,790 --> 01:10:56,356
All right, just calm down.
674
01:10:56,400 --> 01:10:58,182
He's been around this house.
675
01:10:58,225 --> 01:10:59,703
We can't all talk at one time.
676
01:10:59,747 --> 01:11:01,027
I told you there was something funny
677
01:11:01,051 --> 01:11:02,530
about that footprint I found.
678
01:11:02,574 --> 01:11:03,834
I just told you there was.
679
01:11:03,877 --> 01:11:06,703
Charles, this is the second
time in two nights
680
01:11:06,747 --> 01:11:09,138
that someone has been
around this house.
681
01:11:09,182 --> 01:11:12,008
I think you oughta get
some protection, man.
682
01:11:12,051 --> 01:11:14,027
Think we oughta go to the
landlord's to get the gun?
683
01:11:14,051 --> 01:11:15,400
That'd be a great idea.
684
01:11:15,443 --> 01:11:17,182
Why don't you go down and get
the gun
685
01:11:17,225 --> 01:11:19,530
I'll stay here with them...
Be careful.
686
01:11:19,574 --> 01:11:22,225
And everything will be a
little quieter.
687
01:11:22,269 --> 01:11:23,790
Okay, I'm going to go with you.
688
01:11:23,834 --> 01:11:27,051
We're have a gun here
so y'all don't be scared.
689
01:11:27,703 --> 01:11:28,703
Go on in the house.
690
01:12:05,269 --> 01:12:08,138
No way. No.
691
01:12:08,182 --> 01:12:10,051
I'm just glad Charles
and Don are home.
692
01:12:10,095 --> 01:12:11,356
Yeah, me too.
693
01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:13,182
Listen, Corky,
you gotta get some sleep
694
01:12:13,225 --> 01:12:14,313
and so do you.
695
01:12:14,356 --> 01:12:16,138
I'm gonna go on the bed.
696
01:12:16,182 --> 01:12:17,790
Okay.
697
01:12:21,661 --> 01:12:23,356
What happened?
What happened?
698
01:12:23,400 --> 01:12:25,138
I saw him!
699
01:12:25,182 --> 01:12:27,661
I swear, I ain't ever seen
nothing like it in my life.
700
01:12:27,703 --> 01:12:30,138
He just came through there.
I saw him.
701
01:12:30,182 --> 01:12:32,095
He was long and hairy.
702
01:12:32,138 --> 01:12:35,356
It was like a bear or something.
Hold it, hold it, hold it.
703
01:12:35,400 --> 01:12:37,400
Hold it. Don, go get the light
704
01:12:37,443 --> 01:12:38,921
and we'll go see what this
thing is.
705
01:12:41,225 --> 01:12:42,530
All right, once more.
706
01:12:43,661 --> 01:12:45,530
If he's out here,
let's get him now.
707
01:12:46,834 --> 01:12:48,574
I'll look back here, just a minute.
708
01:12:51,617 --> 01:12:53,964
Keep your eyes open.
709
01:12:54,008 --> 01:12:56,703
Say, I ain't scared,
this ain't no thing.
710
01:12:58,877 --> 01:13:00,138
What's that right there?
711
01:13:00,182 --> 01:13:01,617
That right over there?
712
01:13:02,356 --> 01:13:03,834
Is that him right there?
713
01:13:03,877 --> 01:13:05,790
Yeah, that's him.
714
01:13:05,834 --> 01:13:07,235
You better say something out there.
715
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:09,877
You better say something.
Hey, Man.
716
01:13:09,921 --> 01:13:12,225
Gonna shoot. Shoot him.
He's not saying anything.
717
01:13:12,269 --> 01:13:13,921
Shoot him.
Shoot him!
718
01:13:14,661 --> 01:13:16,269
Shoot him!
719
01:13:18,877 --> 01:13:21,313
See, right there.
720
01:13:28,661 --> 01:13:30,400
Get him?
I don't know.
721
01:13:30,443 --> 01:13:33,747
Hey, I think you got him.
I don't see a thing.
722
01:13:33,790 --> 01:13:35,225
Shine your light over here.
723
01:13:36,790 --> 01:13:38,313
I don't see anything.
724
01:13:38,356 --> 01:13:39,574
Nothing out there either.
725
01:13:39,617 --> 01:13:41,225
I think that you got him.
726
01:13:41,269 --> 01:13:43,008
Hey, let's go get the sheriff.
727
01:13:45,574 --> 01:13:47,574
Hey, let us through, will you?
728
01:13:47,617 --> 01:13:49,661
All right, leave the gun
here with me.
729
01:13:50,921 --> 01:13:52,487
Did you shoot him?
730
01:13:52,530 --> 01:13:54,747
We don't know. We don't even
know if we hit it.
731
01:13:54,790 --> 01:13:56,964
He's going after the sheriff.
I'm gonna stay here.
732
01:13:57,008 --> 01:13:59,703
I'm gonna go with him, all right?
Go inside.
733
01:14:00,313 --> 01:14:01,834
Hurry back.
734
01:14:37,008 --> 01:14:38,593
There's something here
outside of the house.
735
01:14:38,617 --> 01:14:39,921
What did it look like?
736
01:14:39,964 --> 01:14:41,400
Well, best I can tell,
737
01:14:41,443 --> 01:14:45,138
the thing was tall and had a lot of hair.
Red eyes.
738
01:14:45,182 --> 01:14:47,487
Find anything, Constable?
Not yet.
739
01:14:47,530 --> 01:14:49,661
This piece been like this
the whole time?
740
01:14:49,703 --> 01:14:50,964
No, Sir, it hasn't.
741
01:14:51,008 --> 01:14:52,356
Have you looked in under there?
742
01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:54,138
No, Sir,
we haven't looked down there.
743
01:14:56,790 --> 01:14:58,921
This is a panther track
and her little cub
744
01:14:58,964 --> 01:15:00,487
with it under this house.
745
01:15:00,530 --> 01:15:02,790
You mean a panther's been
living under the house?
746
01:15:02,834 --> 01:15:04,747
That's what it is.
It's a panther track.
747
01:15:04,790 --> 01:15:07,356
That wasn't any panther
we shot at, Constable.
748
01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:11,225
That's what that track is.
749
01:15:11,269 --> 01:15:14,574
You keep this shotgun and this
light, these shells,
750
01:15:14,617 --> 01:15:16,877
and if you need me, you come ask.
751
01:15:16,921 --> 01:15:18,530
Okay, Sir, we sure will.
752
01:15:18,574 --> 01:15:20,443
I'm gonna drive up the highway
753
01:15:20,487 --> 01:15:22,790
to see if I can see anything.
754
01:15:22,834 --> 01:15:24,225
We'd sure appreciate it.
Yeah.
755
01:15:24,269 --> 01:15:26,443
And I'll pick the gun up
tomorrow sometime.
756
01:15:26,487 --> 01:15:28,051
I sure do thank you for coming by.
757
01:15:28,095 --> 01:15:29,443
You're welcome.
Thank you, Sir.
758
01:15:29,487 --> 01:15:31,530
You're welcome.
If you need me, give me a call.
759
01:15:31,574 --> 01:15:33,356
Okay, we sure will.
760
01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:34,921
We're damn glad you came.
Yeah.
761
01:15:34,964 --> 01:15:36,051
Good night.
Good night.
762
01:15:36,095 --> 01:15:37,703
What kind of place is this?
763
01:15:37,747 --> 01:15:40,574
I mean, we have a panther
living under the house,
764
01:15:40,617 --> 01:15:42,400
somebody trying to break in?
765
01:15:42,443 --> 01:15:44,574
Well, we've got the flashlights,
we've got the guns.
766
01:15:44,617 --> 01:15:45,877
Now let's all go to bed
767
01:15:45,921 --> 01:15:47,400
and get some rest.
I'm with you.
768
01:15:47,443 --> 01:15:49,443
Let's go to bed.
Come on, Annie.
769
01:15:49,487 --> 01:15:51,225
Let's go. Come on, Annie.
770
01:15:51,269 --> 01:15:52,723
I gotta stay here with the thing
coming in through the window?
771
01:15:52,747 --> 01:15:56,356
Don't worry about it.
We got the guns.
772
01:15:56,400 --> 01:15:59,051
I don't wanna stay here
no more with that thing...
773
01:16:00,008 --> 01:16:01,617
I gotta go to the bathroom.
774
01:16:37,921 --> 01:16:39,400
What's the matter?
775
01:16:39,443 --> 01:16:42,182
Back there.
Tried to come through the window.
776
01:16:42,225 --> 01:16:43,356
What's the matter?
777
01:16:43,400 --> 01:16:45,356
Oh, my God!
778
01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:47,356
Right there. Right there.
779
01:16:47,400 --> 01:16:50,225
Tried to come in through the window.
780
01:16:50,269 --> 01:16:52,313
Get your gun, Charles.
Let's go.
781
01:17:19,313 --> 01:17:20,313
There he is!
782
01:17:21,400 --> 01:17:22,747
Hold this, Bobby.
783
01:17:24,051 --> 01:17:25,530
Bobby, take the light.
784
01:17:41,877 --> 01:17:43,834
You got him.
That's it! He fell.
785
01:17:54,008 --> 01:17:55,877
I think you got him, Man.
786
01:17:55,921 --> 01:17:57,443
I think I saw him fall over there.
787
01:17:58,051 --> 01:17:59,138
Let's go see.
788
01:18:00,138 --> 01:18:01,747
Be careful.
789
01:18:01,790 --> 01:18:05,356
Be careful!
790
01:18:05,400 --> 01:18:07,487
Don't get too far.
Come back!
791
01:18:45,400 --> 01:18:46,834
Somebody come back here!
792
01:18:46,877 --> 01:18:49,182
Bobby, will you go back
and take care of the girls?
793
01:18:49,225 --> 01:18:50,313
Charlie...
794
01:19:04,269 --> 01:19:06,661
Help! Bobby!
795
01:19:30,964 --> 01:19:32,487
When Bobby could not be aroused
796
01:19:32,530 --> 01:19:34,095
from the state of shock he was in,
797
01:19:34,138 --> 01:19:35,703
everyone piled into the car
798
01:19:35,747 --> 01:19:38,008
and raced to Constable
Walraven's house for help.
799
01:19:38,051 --> 01:19:40,095
Walraven took one look at Bobby,
800
01:19:40,138 --> 01:19:41,790
arranged a police escort
801
01:19:41,834 --> 01:19:44,313
and sent them on to the
hospital in Texarkana.
802
01:20:39,443 --> 01:20:43,182
Nurse, what do you think's wrong with him? He
hasn't said a thing in the car on the way here.
803
01:20:43,225 --> 01:20:44,834
Let's check him up.
804
01:20:44,877 --> 01:20:48,356
Doesn't move. Hasn't said a word.
Breathing's kinda funny.
805
01:20:48,400 --> 01:20:50,138
You think he'll be all right?
806
01:20:50,182 --> 01:20:53,703
Let's check.
We'll let you know.
807
01:20:53,747 --> 01:20:57,182
Blood pressure's 60 over 40.
I think we better start an IV.
808
01:20:57,225 --> 01:20:58,487
He's in a state of shock.
809
01:20:59,661 --> 01:21:01,356
Bobby recovered swiftly,
810
01:21:01,400 --> 01:21:03,356
and the Fords and Turners
moved away.
811
01:21:04,313 --> 01:21:06,051
They don't plan on coming back.
812
01:21:11,443 --> 01:21:14,356
What the creature was after
inside the Ford house
813
01:21:14,400 --> 01:21:16,530
is perhaps the biggest
mystery of all.
814
01:21:30,703 --> 01:21:32,225
I was thinking about it today
815
01:21:32,269 --> 01:21:33,574
when I decided to drive out
816
01:21:33,617 --> 01:21:35,269
to our old home place,
817
01:21:35,313 --> 01:21:37,313
now run down and abandoned.
818
01:21:38,182 --> 01:21:39,574
Standing out in this field,
819
01:21:39,617 --> 01:21:41,790
it all comes rushing back.
820
01:21:41,834 --> 01:21:44,661
And an icy tingle starts down
my spine
821
01:21:44,703 --> 01:21:46,008
when I recall that
822
01:21:46,051 --> 01:21:48,964
terrible, lonesome cry.
823
01:22:08,269 --> 01:22:10,138
It was so long ago that
824
01:22:10,182 --> 01:22:13,356
it seems incredible that the
creature is still out there
825
01:22:13,400 --> 01:22:15,964
somewhere right this minute,
826
01:22:16,008 --> 01:22:18,313
maybe even watching me.
827
01:22:25,574 --> 01:22:27,443
Of course, you may not
believe that,
828
01:22:27,487 --> 01:22:30,487
or any of this story.
829
01:22:30,530 --> 01:22:32,834
You may think the whole thing
is a hoax.
830
01:22:32,877 --> 01:22:34,877
And that's your privilege.
831
01:22:38,964 --> 01:22:40,487
But if you're ever driving down
832
01:22:40,530 --> 01:22:42,877
in our country along about sundown,
833
01:22:42,921 --> 01:22:45,051
keep an eye on the dark woods
834
01:22:45,095 --> 01:22:47,356
as you cross the Sulphur River Bottoms,
835
01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:48,964
and you may catch a glimpse
836
01:22:49,008 --> 01:22:51,095
of a huge, hairy creature
837
01:22:51,138 --> 01:22:53,182
watching you from the shadows.
838
01:22:56,400 --> 01:22:58,400
Yes, he's still here.
839
01:22:58,443 --> 01:23:00,617
And you know,
I'd almost like to hear
840
01:23:00,661 --> 01:23:02,400
that terrible cry again
841
01:23:03,225 --> 01:23:04,790
just to be reminded
842
01:23:04,834 --> 01:23:07,921
that there is still a bit of
wilderness left.
843
01:23:07,964 --> 01:23:11,703
And there are still mysteries
that remain unsolved,
844
01:23:11,747 --> 01:23:14,661
and strange, unexplained noises
845
01:23:14,703 --> 01:23:16,095
in the night.
846
01:25:42,574 --> 01:25:45,834
Where he searches, where he goes,
847
01:25:47,138 --> 01:25:49,356
this, of course, nobody knows.
848
01:25:50,617 --> 01:25:54,095
But once you've heard his
lonely cry,
849
01:25:54,138 --> 01:25:56,877
you can guess the reason why.
850
01:25:56,921 --> 01:26:00,225
Whether he's a beast or man,
851
01:26:00,269 --> 01:26:03,356
what drives him wandering
across the land?
852
01:26:04,530 --> 01:26:08,182
His love for others of his clan,
853
01:26:08,225 --> 01:26:11,225
and loneliness, he cannot stand.
853
01:26:12,305 --> 01:27:12,721
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