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THIS CREATURE, ON MAY 2nd,

ACTUALLY INVADED THEIR HOUSE, SCARED THEM, CAME ON THE PORCH.

AND IT BECAME A MAJOR FOCAL POINT FOR A LOT OF THE STUDY,

WAS THIS AGGRESSIVE ASPECT OF THIS CREATURE.

SOMETHING GRABBED HIM AND SLUNG HIM TO THE GROUND,

AND HE WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK AS A RESULT.

EVEN IN THE WORLD TODAY,

THERE ARE LOTS OF ANIMALS, NO DOUBT,

THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DISCOVERED YET.

IN 1997,

THERE WERE NO FEWER THAN 40 FOUKE MONSTER REPORTS.

OF ALL OF THE CREATURES

THAT ARE OFTEN CLUMPED TOGETHER AS BIGFOOT,

THE FOUKE MONSTER IS THE MOST DANGEROUS.

THERE ARE CREATURES SCIENCE REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE.

BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY MAKES US QUESTION WHAT IS REAL.

BACK AWAY FROM THE GIRL!

ENTER A REALM WHERE FACT MEETS FICTION...

IT'S REAL! I SAW IT!

...SCIENCE MEETS LEGEND...

SHOOT IT! AAH!

OKAY, HOLD UP.

LET ME JUST GET HER IN THE-- DAMN IT! WHOO!

YOU GOT TO GIVE ME MORE WARNING THAN THAT!

OH, COME ON, NOW, TINKER BELL.

I HURT YOUR FEELINGS AGAIN? I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE UP. LET'S GO. GIVE ME THOSE.

NOW, YOU DO REMEMBER YOU GOT TO HIT THE TARGET, RIGHT? I'LL SHOW YOU.

MAN! AH. DAMN IT!

NOW HE'S TRYING TO OVERCOMPENSATE.

COME ON, MATTHEW. YOU'RE UP.

JUST KEEP YOUR SIGHTS ON THE BULL'S-EYE.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

IN THE FALL OF 2007,

JUNIOR EXECUTIVE MATTHEW BARTON

TRAVELED TO RURAL FOUKE, ARKANSAS,

IN AN EFFORT TO ENDEAR HIMSELF TO THE FAMILY

OF HIS NEW FIANCéE, ABBY.

HIS FUTURE BROTHERS-IN-LAW, LEVI AND CORBIN KNOX,

OFFERED TO INITIATE MATTHEW

INTO THE FAMILY TRADITION OF DEER HUNTING.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD EVER HELD A GUN.

OH, MY GOD.

TOGETHER, THE HUNTERS VENTURED

DEEP INTO THE BOTTOMLANDS,

BUT WHEN THEIR PRESENCE AWOKE

SOMETHING HIDDEN IN THE REMOTE WILDERNESS,

THE REAL HUNT BEGAN.

CALM DOWN, NOW.

I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED TO GET TO THAT TREE STAND.

BUT KEEP IT DOWN. WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE THEM AWAY.

BEST TREE STAND THAT I MADE. IT'S A BEAUTY.

NOW, LOOK, GUYS, I JUST WANT TO SAY, THOUGH, SERIOUSLY,

I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH

I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ME OUT ON THIS TRIP.

I MEAN, IT REALLY MEANS A LOT, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW

I'M GONNA TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF ABBY.

ALL RIGHT, MATTHEW, THAT'S-- THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD, MAN,

BUT HOW I JUDGE SOMEBODY

IS HOW THEY HANDLE THEMSELF OUT HERE, OKAY?

EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST-- YOU KNOW, IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE.

FAIR ENOUGH.

TRY NOT TO SCREW UP TOO BAD.

THANKS, MAN.

THE MOST PROMINENT ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOUKE MONSTER

OCCURRED IN MAY OF 1971.

THE FORD FAMILY SAID

THAT THIS CREATURE ACTUALLY INVADED THEIR HOUSE.

SOMETHING LITERALLY REACHED THROUGH THE SCREEN WINDOW

AND TRIED TO GRAPPLE AT HER, AND WHEN SHE CALLED OUT,

HER HUSBAND AND HIS FRIEND HAD JUST RETURNED HOME FROM HUNTING,

AND THEY SCARED THE CREATURE OFF.

BUT WITHIN AN HOUR LATER,

HER HUSBAND WAS STANDING ON THE PORCH

WITH HIS BACK TO THE YARD,

AND SOMETHING GRABBED HIM AND PULLED HIM OFF THE PORCH

AND SLUNG HIM TO THE GROUND.

IT SEEMS TO BE A SWAMP MONSTER OR A SKUNK APE-TYPE CREATURE,

ANYWHERE FROM 5 FEET TO 7 FEET,

THAT IS HUMAN-LOOKING BUT COVERED WITH HAIR.

THERE WAS ALSO REPORTS OF PEOPLE

WHO WOULD CAMP OUT OR SEE THE CREATURE,

AND IT USUALLY WAS IN AN AGGRESSIVE SITUATION.

AND IT BECAME A MAJOR FOCAL POINT FOR A LOT OF THE STUDY,

WHERE IT WOULD ATTACK ANY KIND OF HABITATION

WHERE THERE WERE HUMANS.

MAN. IT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS UP HERE.

ISN'T IT?

EVERYTHING YOU PROMISED.

SEE THAT TREE DOWN THERE? UH-HUH.

WHERE WE SAW THAT 12-POINT BUCK

WE WERE TELLING YOU ABOUT LAST WEEK.

ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, RIGHT DOWN THERE.

THINK MAYBE IT'LL COME BACK?

DON'T KNOW. GOT TO WAIT AND SEE-- SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

ISN'T THAT WILD?

WHAT IS THAT?

WHAT?

IS THAT A BEAR?

WHERE?

I CAN'T REALLY MAKE OUT WHAT IT IS.

IT'S SOMETHING BIG, THOUGH.

ARE WE SURE THAT'S NOT A PERSON?

DAMN IT! LEVI!

YOU GOT TO WARN US WHEN YOU'RE GONNA FIRE OFF YOUR WEAPON!

I THINK I GOT HIM.

DAMN.

COME ON. LET'S GO.

CRAZY-ASS SON OF A...

SEE ANYTHING?

I'M NOT SEEING ANY TRACKS.

IT'S GOT TO BE HERE. MAN, I KNOW I HIT SOMETHING.

I NEVER MISS-- YOU KNOW THAT.

MATT, DO YOU SEE ANYTHING?

NOTHING.

OHH! SOMETHING STINKS!

WHAT IS THAT? WHAT THE HELL? MATTHEW, IS THAT YOU?

NO. GUYS, GUYS, WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT YOU GOT?

I DON'T KNOW. WHAT IS IT?

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

THAT AIN'T DEER-- I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.

IS THAT A BEAR?

WHAT THE HELL?

WHAT'D YOU HIT?

OHH! OHH. OHH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS,

BUT WE AIN'T GONNA CATCH NO DEER WITH THAT SMELL AROUND HERE.

LET'S GET TO THE STAND.

I LOST MY APPETITE.

THE FOUKE MONSTER BASICALLY SEEMS TO FIT

INTO THE MOLD OF THE BIGFOOT--

THAT IS, A FURRY CREATURE, LONG ARMS,

SHUFFLING GAIT, EXCEPT THAT IT'S SAID TO BE APELIKE.

APES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE REMARKABLY INTELLIGENT,

BOTH IN THE WILD AND ALSO IN CAPTIVE SITUATIONS.

A RECENT DISCOVERY WAS

THAT SOME CHIMPANZEE FEMALES WOULD FASHION SPEARS

AND, IN FACT, HONE THEM WITH THEIR TEETH

BEFORE USING THEM.

THEY HAVE INTELLECTS THAT ARE, IN MANY WAYS,

GREATER THAN THAT OF A HUMAN CHILD, AND IT RAISES

ALL SORTS OF INTERESTING EVOLUTIONARY QUESTIONS.

IT RAISES ETHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE TREAT THEM.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THEY'RE NOT TAME.

THEY DON'T HAVE A TRADITION

OF BEING ADAPTED

AND THE THING THAT'S MORE SURPRISING

IS THAT THEY CAN BEHAVE SO WELL FOR PERIODS OF TIME.

THIS CREATURE SEEMS TO BE

ABOUT TERRITORY, ABOUT VIOLENCE, ABOUT AGGRESSION,

AND NOT SO MUCH ABOUT A LOT OF THE PRIMATE TENDENCIES

THAT WE SEE FROM SOME OTHER AREAS.

THE HUNTERS REACH THEIR TREE-STAND PERCH,

BUT AFTER HOURS OF WAITING WITH NO SIGN OF DEER,

THEY BECAME RESTLESS, EVEN MISCHIEVOUS.

WHAT YOU SAY WE TAKE OUR FRIEND MATTHEW HERE

ON A LITTLE SNIPE HUNT?

THAT'S TRUE. THERE ARE A LOT OF SNIPE AROUND HERE.

MATTHEW, UH, YOU EVER-- YOU EVER CAUGHT SNIPE BEFORE?

NO.

NOW, SNIPE HUNTING IS VERY COMPLICATED, ALL RIGHT?

SO I WANT YOU TO LISTEN-- CORBIN?

ALL RIGHT. LISTEN UP, MATTHEW.

YOU'RE GONNA REMAIN STATIONARY WHILE WE GO OFF INTO THE WOODS

AND WE FLUSH THESE WILY SNIPE TOWARDS YOU.

SO, THE SECOND ONE GETS NEAR YOU,

YOU GOT TO WHACK IT WITH THAT STICK.

WHACK IT LIKE THIS AND BAG HIM.

YOU GUYS ARE HAVING ME ON.

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE I'M HAVING YOU ON?

THAT'S SERIOUS. SNIPE.

WE'LL BE UP HERE. OKAY.

SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE.

OH, WAIT ONE SEC.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

ALMOST FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF SNIPE HUNTING.

CAN YOU CLUCK LIKE A CHICKEN? I'M SERIOUS.

YEAH, OKAY. YEAH, I CAN DO IT.

IF YOU WANT A SNIPE COMING TOWARDS YOU,

YOU GOT TO CLUCK LIKE A CHICKEN, SO LET'S HEAR IT.

ALL RIGHT, KEEP IT UP.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE UP THERE. DON'T FORGET TO CLUCK.

NOPE.

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

WATCH NOW AS THE SEASONED SNIPE HUNTER

STALKS HIS PREY.

HE'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD. I MEAN, LOOK AT HIM.

HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB, I GOT TO SAY.

OH, MAN.

HOLY SMOKES! WHAT THE HELL'S THAT?

WATCH NOW AS THE SEASONED SNIPE HUNTER

STALKS HIS PREY.

HE'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD. I MEAN, LOOK AT HIM.

HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB, I GOT TO SAY.

OH, MAN.

HOLY SMOKES! WHAT THE HELL'S THAT?

COME ON. WE GOT TO GET DOWN THERE.

MATTHEW!

MATTHEW!

OH, MY GOD!

WHAT WAS THAT THING?! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THING?!

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

OH, MY GOD! I NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE THAT.

MATTHEW!

LEVI-- LEVI, ABBY'S GONNA KILL US IF WE DON'T FIND HIM.

LET ME THINK. GET OUT OF MY FREAKING FACE!

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

WHAT?

IT'S NOTHING-- NO BIRDS, NO--

NO CHIRPING, NO NOTHING.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

ALL RIGHT, NOW, LOOK,

WE GOT TO FIND HIM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

LET'S GO.

THE LARGEST APES EVER TO EXIST

ARE CALLED GIGANTOPITHECUS.

THEY WERE FOUND IN INDIA, PAKISTAN, CHINA, AND VIETNAM.

WE KNOW ABOUT GIGANTOPITHECUS FROM MOLAR TEETH

THAT WERE FOUND IN CHINA BACK IN THE 1920s,

AND WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT ITS ANATOMY OVERALL,

EXCEPT WE CAN EXTRAPOLATE ITS SIZE

FROM THOSE HUGE MOLAR TEETH.

PEOPLE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THEY WERE

ABOUT 600 TO 700 POUNDS, UP TO 1,000 POUNDS,

AND THAT THEY WERE ABOUT 9 FEET TALL.

MOST OF THE FOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR THE GREAT APES

GOES BACK 10 MILLION, 15 MILLION,

20 MILLION YEARS AGO,

BUT THE FOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR GIGANTOPITHECUS

DATE TO ONLY PERHAPS THE LAST FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS.

AND THAT SUGGESTS THAT, MAYBE VERY RECENTLY,

THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY LARGE,

SOMETHING VERY APELIKE LIVING IN CHINA.

AND PERHAPS, BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION

BETWEEN ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA, THE LAND BRIDGE,

THERE MAY HAVE BEEN CREATURES LIKE THAT

LIVING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,

AND SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT MAY BE THE ORIGIN

OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS OF SASQUATCH.

MATTHEW.

WHAT IF HE'S DEAD?

HE'S NOT DEAD.

WHAT-- WHAT WAS THAT THING?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT IF THAT WAS THE CREATURE THAT GOT HIM?

THERE IS NO CREATURE. THERE IS NO CREATURE.

IT'S SOMETHING THEY TELL KIDS AT SCHOOL.

WELL, THEN, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THING?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE,

'CAUSE I AIN'T?

ARE YOU CRAZY? QUIET DOWN.

YOU COULD HAVE SHOT MATTHEW. Shh!

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

COME ON. COME ON.

WHAT IS THAT?

LEVI.

COME ON.

GET OVER HERE. WHAT IS THIS? COME HERE.

OH, GOD. WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT BLOOD?

IT'S HIS SACK.

OH, MY GOD.

WE ARE SO DEAD.

WE'RE ALL RIGHT. LET ME THINK.

WE GOT TO FIND HIM. HE COULD BE BLEEDING TO DEATH.

WHICH-- WHICH WAY SHOULD WE GO?

OH, MY GOD!

SHOOT IT!

OH, MY GOD! AAH! AAH!

THOUGH MILLER COUNTY RESIDENTS

HAD REPORTED SIGHTINGS OF THIS CREATURE

AS FAR BACK AS 1946,

THE BIGGEST ENCOUNTER BY FAR OCCURRED IN 1973,

WHEN THE FILM "THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK"

INTRODUCED THE FOUKE MONSTER TO THE WORLD.

SEE MORE OF THIS TERRIFYING FILM WHEN "LOST TAPES" CONTINUES.

RELEASED IN 1973,

"THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK" CAST A SPOTLIGHT

ON THE SOUTHERN SASQUATCH KNOWN AS THE FOUKE MONSTER.

DIRECTOR CHARLES B. PIERCE

REPORTEDLY BORROWED A MODEST SUM FROM A TRUCKING COMPANY

TO FINANCE THE DRIVE-IN CLASSIC,

WHICH EVENTUALLY GROSSED OVER $20 MILLION,

SPAWNED TWO SEQUELS,

AND INFLUENCED FUTURE HITS LIKE "THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT."

HE SHOT THE FILM ON LOCATION,

FEATURING LOCALS AND ACTUAL EYEWITNESSES TO THE CREATURE.

OH, MY GOD!

SHOOT IT!

OH, MY GOD! AAH! AAH!

OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD!

OH, GOD! GOD!

UGH!

AAH!

AT TIMES, IT'S BEEN THOUGHT

THAT THE FOUKE MONSTER WAS A THING OF THE PAST,

THAT THE LEGENDS HAD RUN THEIR COURSE.

BUT IN 1997,

THERE WERE NO FEWER THAN 40 FOUKE MONSTER REPORTS.

IF IT'S TRUE THAT THE FOUKE MONSTER

IS NOT AN ACTUAL CREATURE BUT A FOLKLORIC CREATURE,

HOW DO WE EXPLAIN ALL THESE SIGHTINGS?

SCIENCE BELIEVES OR GUESSTIMATES, ESTIMATES,

THAT THERE ARE AS MANY AS 10 MILLION SPECIES OF ANIMALS,

ALL TOLD, THAT EVER LIVED UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

AND THE FACT THAT WE ONLY LIVE IN 10% OF THAT LAND--

HOW MANY LIVING CREATURES COULD WE YET ENCOUNTER?

IT'S SURPRISING HOW MANY ANIMALS

THERE ARE IN THE WORLD TODAY

THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ONLY IN THE LAST FEW DECADES.

NOW, THESE ARE ANIMALS THAT USUALLY WEIGH JUST A FEW POUNDS.

THEY'RE NOT ON THE ORDER

OF THESE CRYPTO-MAMMALS, LIKE SASQUATCH.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, EVEN IN THE WORLD TODAY, 21st CENTURY,

THERE ARE LOTS OF ANIMALS, NO DOUBT,

THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DISCOVERED YET.

AAH!

UGH. AAH.

Shh, shh, shh! GET UP. YOU OKAY?

WHERE'S LEVI? CORBIN, WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?

CREATURE GOT HIM.

OKAY.

HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET AWAY?

THE GUNSHOT-- I THINK IT FREAKED IT OUT, AND I JUST RAN.

I'VE BEEN HIDING OUT HERE EVER SINCE.

WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. IT'S GONNA COME BACK.

LOOK, LOOK, IF WE CAN FIND THE TREE STAND,

WE CAN EITHER WAIT THIS OUT,

OR WE CAN TAKE A SHOT AT IT.

I HONESTLY DON'T THINK WE-- I COULD FIND IT.

WE'D JUST BE SITTING DUCKS OUT THERE IN THE DARK.

LOOK, ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME THE GUN.

GIVE ME THE GUN.

WHAT-- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT? ARE YOU CRAZY?

NO. LOOK.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT ANY EASIER

FOR THIS THING TO FIND US.

WE NEED THAT LIGHT.

NO, WE DON'T.

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING?

NO. IT'S, UH, IT'S ALL CLEAR.

KEEP MOVING.

ARE YOU SURE?

YEAH, STRAIGHT AHEAD, ALL CLEAR. KEEP GOING.

JUST KEEP MOVING.

OHH.

WE'RE FINE. WE'RE FINE.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

IF YOU SEE ANYTHING AT ALL, YOU JUST TELL ME, AND I WILL SHOOT.

FINE. OKAY. JUST KEEP MOVING.

OH, MY GOD.

THERE IT IS AGAIN. DANG IT.

AAH!

IT'S COMING. IT'S GONNA GET US. WE GOT TO GO.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD. IT'S GONNA BE FINE.

LOOK, JUST KEEP THE GUN UP. WE GOT HIM.

OH, MY GOD! OH!

CORBIN! CORBIN! CORBIN!

AAH! CORBIN!

OH, MY GOD! OH!

CORBIN, COME BACK!

CORBIN! CORBIN! CORBIN!

AAH! CORBIN! CORBIN!

GEEZ, CORBIN. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?

I RAN INTO A FRIGGING TREE.

OKAY.

JUST-- YOU ALL RIGHT?

AAH.

UGH.

WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT?

DON'T MOVE.

OH, MY GOD! OH!

LEVI! OH, NO.

LOOK, WE'VE GOT TO GET UP AND GET TO THE TREE STAND, OKAY?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WHERE'S YOUR RIFLE?

I DON'T KNOW. I DROPPED IT SOMEWHERE.

OKAY, OKAY. LET ME LOOK FOR A SECOND.

GOD DAMN IT.

OH, THERE WE GO.

GOT IT. GOT IT. GOT IT. GOT IT. OKAY.

CORBIN, LOOK OUT!

AAH!

MATTHEW! MATTHEW!

OH! OH, GOD!

OH, GOD! MATTHEW!

AH. OH, THANK GOD.

OH, GOD. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. RIGHT.

OH, NO. NO.

COME ON.

HELP ME!

SOMEBODY!

GEEZ!

DAMN IT! COME ON!

GOD!

EARLY NEWS REPORTS INDICATED

THAT DEER HUNTERS

MATTHEW BARTON, LEVI AND CORBIN KNOX

WERE VICTIMS OF A BEAR MAULING

DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE WOUNDS FOUND ON THEIR BODIES.

BUT FOR LOCALS OF FOUKE, ARKANSAS,

THE INCIDENT IS REGARDED AS YET ANOTHER THREAD

IN THE LARGER FABRIC

THAT IS THE LORE OF THE SOUTHERN SASQUATCH.

THIS LEGEND REMAINS VERY MUCH ALIVE,

JUST AS THE MANY OTHERS THAT PERSIST

DESPITE A MYRIAD OF MYSTERIES.

HOW CAN THESE CREATURES CONTINUE TO HIDE

IN THE MIDST OF EVER-INVASIVE CIVILIZATION?

ARE THEY MYTH, OR ARE THEY MONSTERS?

AND DO THEY LIVE AMONG US?

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