For centuries, a remote town in southern Arkansas has harbored a huge secret. This secret became well-known to many when the cult classic film The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) made its way to theaters. The small town of Fouke, Arkansas, located 30 minutes outside of Texarkana, Arkansas, has supposedly been haunted by this mysterious monster since the early 1800’s. 

With hundreds of sightings being reported since its first appearance, many people have worked to compile an ideal picture of what the monster looks like. 

Many witnesses have reported the monster’s human and primate-like bipedal nature, standing at anywhere from seven to ten-feet-tall. It is described to have brown or black fur covering it completely, with red eyes, and long arms that tend to swing at its sides. A common thing that many people have discussed is a horrid stench that seems to follow the bigfoot-like monster, resembling an even worse wet dog smell.

The Boggy Creek Monster first made headlines in May of 1971, when locals Bobby and Elizabeth Ford’s home was allegedly attacked by it. What was thought to have been a large bear reached its arm through a window in the house, and it was eventually chased off. Before it left though, Bobby and Elizabeth’s brother, Don, fired multiple rounds at it. The creature seemed to be un-phased by this, though, and only footprints and damage from the beast were left behind. It has been reported that bullets barely penetrate the animal, leaving no blood to track it. Then, on May 23 of the same year, D.C. Woods Jr., Wilma Woods, and R. H. Sedgass watched a primate-like animal walk in front of them across U.S. Highway 71. There have been multiple sightings since the first two, with national attention coming from the film The Legend of Boggy Creek.