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www.playships.eu 2 00:04:00,703 --> 00:04:03,487 What do you boys think about going turkey hunting this year? 3 00:04:06,138 --> 00:04:08,703 Think you ought to go... Mr. Willie, my momma 4 00:04:08,747 --> 00:04:12,313 wanted me to ask you would you come down to our house? 5 00:04:13,487 --> 00:04:15,269 There's some kind of wild man 6 00:04:15,313 --> 00:04:16,877 down there in the woods by the creek. 7 00:04:17,703 --> 00:04:19,356 Now, Boy, 8 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,245 I want you to go back down there and tell your momma 9 00:04:21,269 --> 00:04:23,921 there ain't a thing in the world to be afraid of. 10 00:04:23,964 --> 00:04:26,095 I'll come down there tomorrow and check it out. 11 00:04:29,313 --> 00:04:30,313 Go ahead. 12 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,790 Yes, sir. 13 00:04:36,487 --> 00:04:37,530 Thank you, Sir. 14 00:04:39,487 --> 00:04:40,921 You know that's the third time 15 00:04:40,964 --> 00:04:42,921 that ol' lady's sent that kid up here to tell me 16 00:04:42,964 --> 00:04:45,269 there's a big ol' hairy monster down in my field. 17 00:04:45,313 --> 00:04:47,754 I guess I'll have to get down there tomorrow and see about it. 18 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,617 I was seven-years-old when I first heard him scream. 19 00:05:58,661 --> 00:06:02,095 It scared me then, and it scares me now. 20 00:07:54,095 --> 00:07:56,095 This is Fouke, Arkansas. 21 00:07:56,703 --> 00:07:58,703 I grew up here. 22 00:07:58,747 --> 00:08:02,574 The population was about 350 when I was a boy. 23 00:08:03,269 --> 00:08:04,530 It still is. 24 00:08:06,008 --> 00:08:09,790 Fouke is way down in the southwest corner 25 00:08:09,834 --> 00:08:13,356 where Arkansas joins Texas and Louisiana. 26 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,051 If you've ever driven from Shreveport to Texarkana, 27 00:08:17,095 --> 00:08:19,138 you'll pass right through Fouke. 28 00:08:19,182 --> 00:08:21,008 Even if you don't remember seeing it. 29 00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:25,182 Aside from homes, 30 00:08:25,225 --> 00:08:27,703 Fouke has several stores, 31 00:08:27,747 --> 00:08:29,443 a couple of gas stations, 32 00:08:29,487 --> 00:08:31,617 a post office and school, 33 00:08:31,661 --> 00:08:33,834 garage and motel, 34 00:08:33,877 --> 00:08:36,877 and two cafes for the men folk to stop by 35 00:08:36,921 --> 00:08:39,269 for coffee and conversation 36 00:08:39,313 --> 00:08:42,356 on the fish they've caught, or the duck, quail, squirrel, 37 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,790 or deer they've hunted. 38 00:08:44,834 --> 00:08:48,400 Fishing and hunting take up a lot of almost everybody's time. 39 00:08:49,790 --> 00:08:53,138 Maybe Smokey Crabtree, who lives way back down 40 00:08:53,182 --> 00:08:55,356 on the edge of the Bottoms will tell about 41 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,574 a mink or beaver he or his son Travis caught. 42 00:09:15,530 --> 00:09:18,443 Smokey raises beef cattle and traps part time 43 00:09:18,487 --> 00:09:20,617 and works as a pipeline welder 44 00:09:20,661 --> 00:09:22,443 when the good jobs come along. 45 00:09:27,008 --> 00:09:30,356 Travis walks and paddles for miles every morning, 46 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,313 running his trap lines before school starts. 47 00:09:44,095 --> 00:09:46,138 Most of the people who live around Fouke 48 00:09:46,182 --> 00:09:49,530 are farmers or ranchers. 49 00:09:49,574 --> 00:09:51,747 This country is rich and fertile 50 00:09:51,790 --> 00:09:53,964 with plenty of grass and water. 51 00:09:54,008 --> 00:09:57,574 Our land is veined with a great network of 52 00:09:57,617 --> 00:10:00,617 branches, creeks, river and lakes. 53 00:10:00,661 --> 00:10:03,530 Fouke is a right pleasant place to live... 54 00:10:05,574 --> 00:10:07,747 Until the sun goes down. 55 00:10:28,225 --> 00:10:29,703 That day in the store, 56 00:10:29,747 --> 00:10:31,419 Willie Smith didn't believe me when I told him 57 00:10:31,443 --> 00:10:34,269 about a wild, hairy creature in the woods. 58 00:10:35,661 --> 00:10:37,095 He believes me now. 59 00:10:42,313 --> 00:10:44,225 And he ran on East, 60 00:10:44,269 --> 00:10:45,747 jumped over the fence. 61 00:10:45,790 --> 00:10:47,921 It just seemed like he just, sort of, pushed it down 62 00:10:47,964 --> 00:10:49,574 with his left hand, just stepped over. 63 00:10:49,617 --> 00:10:52,443 It was wounded and was holding that right chest. 64 00:10:52,487 --> 00:10:54,356 It had that right hand on his chest 65 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,051 all the time that it was in sight. 66 00:10:56,095 --> 00:10:58,574 Maybe if it hadn't been hurt pretty badly, 67 00:10:58,617 --> 00:11:01,834 why, it might have ran on all four legs, I don't know. 68 00:11:01,877 --> 00:11:03,182 But it wasn't. 69 00:11:03,225 --> 00:11:06,313 It was running on two legs at all times. 70 00:11:06,356 --> 00:11:09,051 That was about all I saw of this thing. 71 00:11:11,313 --> 00:11:12,679 Something came through here last night 72 00:11:12,703 --> 00:11:15,051 and killed my two prized shoats. 73 00:11:15,095 --> 00:11:16,376 Found one of them lying right here 74 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,225 deep gashes, 75 00:11:18,269 --> 00:11:20,443 cuts and his tongue was hanging out. 76 00:11:20,487 --> 00:11:22,356 Looked like something had strangled him. 77 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,182 I keep them off down here by the creek in this pen. 78 00:11:26,225 --> 00:11:28,747 And whatever it was, got in the pen, 79 00:11:28,790 --> 00:11:31,964 lifted both them 200-pound hogs over the fence. 80 00:11:32,008 --> 00:11:34,834 I couldn't find no place where they'd been dragged under. 81 00:11:34,877 --> 00:11:37,703 I couldn't find no tracks, so I figured whatever it was, 82 00:11:37,747 --> 00:11:41,356 came and left travelling up and down that creek. 83 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,661 Not knowing what had killed them hogs, 84 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:45,051 I just threw them away. 85 00:11:45,095 --> 00:11:47,182 I carried them way off out there in the bushes 86 00:11:47,225 --> 00:11:49,617 so the smell wouldn't get back up to the house. 87 00:11:50,790 --> 00:11:52,095 Next day, 88 00:11:52,138 --> 00:11:53,400 I got up and looked out there 89 00:11:53,443 --> 00:11:55,008 and thought it kind of funny 90 00:11:55,051 --> 00:11:58,356 not seeing any buzzards circling or anything. 91 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,008 So, came down here and both hogs were gone. 92 00:12:03,051 --> 00:12:06,182 That thing, whatever it was, must've come back, 93 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:09,530 and the grass wasn't even disturbed, where the hogs was. 94 00:12:09,574 --> 00:12:13,356 What kind of thing can pick up 200-pound hogs 95 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,877 and walk off with them. 96 00:12:21,617 --> 00:12:24,574 I doubt if you could find a lonelier, 97 00:12:24,617 --> 00:12:26,574 spookier place in this country 98 00:12:26,617 --> 00:12:28,661 than down around Boggy Creek. 99 00:12:34,225 --> 00:12:38,530 It twists and winds its way across the Fouke countryside, 100 00:12:38,574 --> 00:12:40,703 widening and narrowing, 101 00:12:40,747 --> 00:12:43,138 sheltering within its thickly wooded banks 102 00:12:43,182 --> 00:12:45,530 a multitude of creatures 103 00:12:45,574 --> 00:12:50,790 that run, fly, swim, creep and crawl. 104 00:12:50,834 --> 00:12:54,313 Eventually, Boggy empties into Days Creek 105 00:12:54,356 --> 00:12:56,574 and flows onward into the Sulphur River. 106 00:12:57,703 --> 00:12:59,487 Heavy rainfall half the year 107 00:12:59,530 --> 00:13:01,877 causes our creeks and rivers to flood 108 00:13:01,921 --> 00:13:04,356 and spread over wide sections 109 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,703 of densely thicketed and forested bottomland. 110 00:13:10,834 --> 00:13:12,964 In the Sulphur River Bottoms, 111 00:13:13,008 --> 00:13:17,269 the water spreads out for miles across the bottomland. 112 00:13:17,313 --> 00:13:20,747 A lot of which is so densely thicketed 113 00:13:20,790 --> 00:13:24,138 that only a few hunters and trappers have the skill 114 00:13:24,182 --> 00:13:28,617 to make their way deep into this wild, swampy country. 115 00:13:31,790 --> 00:13:33,400 A lot of people believe 116 00:13:33,443 --> 00:13:36,617 the creature prowls back in here most of the time. 117 00:13:36,661 --> 00:13:38,703 But every now and then, 118 00:13:38,747 --> 00:13:42,138 drawn to civilization like a moth to flame, 119 00:13:43,008 --> 00:13:44,834 he creeps out about dusk. 120 00:13:50,964 --> 00:13:54,400 These nighttime visits have set off waves of terror 121 00:13:54,443 --> 00:13:57,921 around Fouke for over 15 years. 122 00:13:57,964 --> 00:14:00,487 What in the world is this creature? 123 00:14:00,530 --> 00:14:03,487 "Where did he come from, and what does he eat?" 124 00:14:03,530 --> 00:14:07,443 Are questions I've heard discussed a thousand times 125 00:14:07,487 --> 00:14:11,661 around winter fires and on hot summer evenings. 126 00:14:11,703 --> 00:14:14,877 When the creature, whom the newspapers quickly named. 127 00:14:14,921 --> 00:14:17,877 "The Fouke Monster," was first seen, 128 00:14:17,921 --> 00:14:20,051 he didn't seem to make any special effort 129 00:14:20,095 --> 00:14:22,095 to hide from people. 130 00:14:22,138 --> 00:14:24,269 At least, Fred Crabtree, 131 00:14:24,313 --> 00:14:27,095 a farmer who hunted a lot, had that opinion. 132 00:14:51,790 --> 00:14:54,617 He just didn't look like anything I'd ever seen. 133 00:14:56,313 --> 00:14:59,790 I thought at first, it might be some kind of a wild man. 134 00:14:59,834 --> 00:15:03,269 I couldn't tell under all that hair just what it was. 135 00:15:03,313 --> 00:15:06,269 I changed the shells in my shotgun 136 00:15:06,313 --> 00:15:09,269 from my squirrel shot to my buck shot. 137 00:15:11,313 --> 00:15:13,877 More for my protection than anything else. 138 00:15:14,703 --> 00:15:16,964 If I'd have had my rifle, 139 00:15:17,008 --> 00:15:19,443 I believe I could have knocked him down easy. 140 00:15:19,487 --> 00:15:21,790 But I doubt if I would have. 141 00:15:21,834 --> 00:15:24,790 'Cause I kept thinking there's just a chance 142 00:15:24,834 --> 00:15:26,703 he might be a man. 143 00:15:26,747 --> 00:15:28,138 And if I had shot that thing, 144 00:15:28,182 --> 00:15:30,138 and it turned out to be a man, 145 00:15:30,182 --> 00:15:32,574 I'd have had to live with that for the rest of my life. 146 00:15:35,182 --> 00:15:37,269 Although he was never sure, 147 00:15:37,313 --> 00:15:39,008 Fred got the impression 148 00:15:39,051 --> 00:15:42,008 the creature had been washing his feet in the icy water. 149 00:15:45,661 --> 00:15:47,443 A few months later, 150 00:15:47,487 --> 00:15:50,225 James Crabtree was squirrel hunting. 151 00:15:50,269 --> 00:15:51,964 Only a short distance from the spot 152 00:15:52,008 --> 00:15:55,661 where Fred Crabtree had seen it. 153 00:15:55,703 --> 00:15:58,574 I've spent a lot of my life in these woods, 154 00:15:58,617 --> 00:16:01,790 and there was something strange about that evening 155 00:16:01,834 --> 00:16:05,225 that I couldn't put my finger on it. 156 00:16:05,269 --> 00:16:07,574 It was just a feeling I had. 157 00:16:07,617 --> 00:16:10,225 There didn't seem to be as many birds 158 00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:12,400 and little small animals out as usual. 159 00:16:12,443 --> 00:16:15,617 In fact, they seemed mighty scarce. 160 00:16:54,574 --> 00:16:56,400 It stepped right out in plain sight. 161 00:16:56,443 --> 00:16:58,877 Right out there in front of me. 162 00:16:58,921 --> 00:17:00,964 And he was... It was some kind of thing 163 00:17:01,008 --> 00:17:03,703 that I've never come across before. 164 00:17:03,747 --> 00:17:06,356 Well, he stared at me for a little while 165 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,095 and just slipped out of sight. 166 00:17:09,138 --> 00:17:11,703 I never saw him again. 167 00:17:11,747 --> 00:17:14,269 Neither Fred Crabtree, nor his uncle James 168 00:17:14,313 --> 00:17:16,964 told anyone about their experience for years. 169 00:17:17,008 --> 00:17:18,790 They figured nobody would believe them. 170 00:17:23,356 --> 00:17:25,703 He always travels the creeks. 171 00:17:27,617 --> 00:17:30,225 That was one of the first things we figured out. 172 00:17:35,225 --> 00:17:38,661 This little branch feeds into Boggy Creek. 173 00:17:39,921 --> 00:17:41,921 The Searcy Family lives here. 174 00:17:41,964 --> 00:17:45,095 Mary Beth Searcy is a teenage student. 175 00:17:45,138 --> 00:17:47,051 Right now, her older married sister 176 00:17:47,095 --> 00:17:48,530 and her baby are visiting. 177 00:17:48,574 --> 00:17:51,051 Her father's working in another town, 178 00:17:51,095 --> 00:17:54,269 and her younger brother is spending the night with a friend. 179 00:17:54,313 --> 00:17:56,964 So, this evening, just the two girls, 180 00:17:57,008 --> 00:18:00,182 their mother and the baby will be alone in this house. 181 00:18:00,225 --> 00:18:01,964 They have no phone 182 00:18:02,008 --> 00:18:05,095 and the nearest neighbor is a mile or so across the woods. 183 00:20:15,834 --> 00:20:16,877 Mary Beth? 184 00:20:18,877 --> 00:20:21,225 Mary Beth, would you please hang something over the window? 185 00:20:21,269 --> 00:20:22,661 There's a draft on the baby. 186 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,443 Yeah. Okay. Just a minute. 187 00:20:51,921 --> 00:20:53,095 Come here, Kitty. 188 00:20:53,138 --> 00:20:55,008 Come here, Kitty. Come here. 189 00:20:55,051 --> 00:20:57,138 Come, Kitty. 190 00:21:43,574 --> 00:21:44,617 Mary Beth, 191 00:21:44,661 --> 00:21:46,269 would you please hurry up! 192 00:21:46,313 --> 00:21:48,138 This draft's gonna give the baby a cold. 193 00:21:48,182 --> 00:21:50,269 Okay! Okay! 194 00:22:40,790 --> 00:22:42,877 Mary Beth, what's the matter with you? 195 00:22:42,921 --> 00:22:44,877 What happened? Tell me. Answer me... 196 00:22:44,921 --> 00:22:47,530 It was a long night of terror. 197 00:22:47,574 --> 00:22:49,964 In a few minutes, Mary Beth was revived, 198 00:22:50,008 --> 00:22:52,617 and the three women, shaking in fear, 199 00:22:52,661 --> 00:22:56,095 freezing at every sound in the darkness, 200 00:22:56,138 --> 00:22:59,964 waited out the long hours of blackness. 201 00:23:00,008 --> 00:23:03,008 The baby slept peacefully through it all. 202 00:23:03,051 --> 00:23:06,051 Next morning, they would discover their dead kitten 203 00:23:07,747 --> 00:23:10,051 completely unmarked. 204 00:23:10,095 --> 00:23:14,225 Apparently, she had simply been scared to death. 205 00:23:17,356 --> 00:23:20,225 The beauty of the Bottoms under soft moonlight 206 00:23:20,269 --> 00:23:23,834 is transformed into dark and menacing danger. 207 00:23:23,877 --> 00:23:26,964 And the shadows of the night trigger your imagination 208 00:23:27,008 --> 00:23:31,400 into being places, where possibly, the creature is lurking. 209 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:34,661 Because you know he's out there somewhere. 210 00:24:27,877 --> 00:24:30,661 If, like this 13-year-old boy, 211 00:24:30,703 --> 00:24:33,617 you've grown up as a woodsman and hunter, 212 00:24:33,661 --> 00:24:37,313 you never miss an opportunity to get yourself a deer. 213 00:24:45,008 --> 00:24:46,313 Yes, there's no doubt about it, 214 00:24:46,356 --> 00:24:48,008 the dogs are hot on the trail 215 00:24:48,051 --> 00:24:49,703 chasing the deer in this direction. 216 00:26:40,964 --> 00:26:43,182 Later, they found two-inch saplings 217 00:26:43,225 --> 00:26:46,400 broken down by the creature in his pain and fury. 218 00:26:46,443 --> 00:26:48,877 They saw crushed underbrush and blood stains, 219 00:26:48,921 --> 00:26:50,313 which in the excitement, 220 00:26:50,356 --> 00:26:52,703 no one thought to gather a sample of. 221 00:26:52,747 --> 00:26:55,921 But they did not find the creature. 222 00:26:55,964 --> 00:26:57,487 The terrifying stories 223 00:26:57,530 --> 00:26:59,964 of face to face encounters with the creature 224 00:27:00,008 --> 00:27:02,661 triggered the Fouke community into action. 225 00:27:03,964 --> 00:27:05,964 A big hunt was organized 226 00:27:06,008 --> 00:27:07,400 with some of the best hunting dogs 227 00:27:07,443 --> 00:27:09,747 in Arkansas and Texas involved. 228 00:27:09,790 --> 00:27:12,617 They even brought in some famous dogs from Tennessee. 229 00:27:12,661 --> 00:27:14,530 I got to go along. 230 00:27:14,574 --> 00:27:18,356 And I still vividly recall how I was trembling with excitement. 231 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,269 We'd heard that earlier, some other dogs 232 00:27:20,313 --> 00:27:22,225 had refused to trail the creature, 233 00:27:22,269 --> 00:27:24,225 cowering in fear and running back 234 00:27:24,269 --> 00:27:26,877 at the first whiff of his sour pig-pen smell. 235 00:27:26,921 --> 00:27:30,356 But we were confident our dogs would get the job done. 236 00:27:36,095 --> 00:27:38,790 Hey, Earl, where did that ol' boy go that brought them dogs in here. 237 00:28:15,530 --> 00:28:17,703 While several groups hunted on foot, 238 00:28:17,747 --> 00:28:20,182 others scouted designated areas on horseback. 239 00:28:30,661 --> 00:28:34,051 While we made our way along the dirt road he had been crossing, 240 00:28:34,095 --> 00:28:36,487 the men on horseback swept across the woodlands 241 00:28:36,530 --> 00:28:37,921 along the creek areas. 242 00:29:33,574 --> 00:29:37,138 About this time, our dogs struck his trail where he'd crossed the road. 243 00:29:37,182 --> 00:29:39,964 Go get him. Spot, go get him! 244 00:29:40,008 --> 00:29:41,313 They found his trail. 245 00:29:41,356 --> 00:29:43,790 Go get him! Atta boy! Trail him now. Get him. 246 00:29:43,834 --> 00:29:46,008 You've never seen a more embarrassed 247 00:29:46,051 --> 00:29:48,008 and angry group of dog owners. 248 00:29:48,051 --> 00:29:51,269 Neither one of these famous hunting dogs 249 00:29:51,313 --> 00:29:53,661 would trail the creature's scent. 250 00:29:53,703 --> 00:29:55,617 They whined, tucked their tails, 251 00:29:55,661 --> 00:29:58,356 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 api.OpenSubtitles.org is deprecated, please implement REST API from OpenSubtitles.com 62952

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