A Night in Fouke, A True Story by The Primateer and J. Options

[MountainLady]

Cool Bill!

Glad you made it to the forums and hope you have a great day!

[billgreen2005bigfoot]

hi mountainlady thanks for replying back to me again. i hope you have a nice day also. please keep in touch bill green its nice to meet you also on this great forums. it kinda reminds me of a bigfoot conferance here.

[Teresa]

I had a friend get lost with a friend of his in the Mercer Bayou bottoms area last year in November all night, and they had an encounter that frightened them so bad it made both grown men cry.  They will tell you they don't know what it was because they were too frightened to turn on a flashlight.  He said "I didn't want to see what it was that pushed that stump over because it wasn't a hog."  Whatever it was approached from their left with a horrible rotten meat/sewer type odor, (they said it wasn't the odor usually associated with hogs) it then pushed a large stump over just 20 feet from where they were crouched in their makeshift shelter from the thunderstorm earlier, and the smell lingered in front of them for about 20 minutes, then made its way to the right of them and wafted away. They said they could hear the stump cracking as it was being pushed over.  My friend said he heard an "awful bellow dying cow type, vocalization "to their left earlier where the odor was coming from  One of their dogs a rhodesian ridgeback which had been fighting with hogs earlier, sat quietly in the makeshift shelter, and growled lowly subdued, ,said he could feel its hackles were raised in the dark, and it was staring intently moving its head watching whatever "it" was, and it was looking upward, and the other dog a chocolate lab, had spooked and ran away while the odor was approaching.  He said he had a death grip on the ridgeback's collar because if that dog ran away he was afraid he and his friend would "lose their minds with terror".  He  told me he was afraid for his life.  When daylight came the next morning where they could see their surroundings, he said a very large tall stump was pushed over 20 feet from them, there were no tracks due to deep leaves that had fallen, and they were about 30 feet from a creek.  He said the stump had not been pushed over by hogs because he didn't hear any sounds that hogs make when they are rooting around. There were coyotes in the area as well as hogs earlier in the night that they heard, however, when whatever it was came through all wildlife sounds ceased.  He said it was like "everything had fled the area".  I don't think that was anyone in a suit.  The man I know isn't from this area and had never heard of the Fouke monster.  He's from Kentucky and up until this encounter quite at home in the woods.  This happened, I believe the night before Thanksgiving day, last year.  The police had been called because they had not come out of the bottoms before dark and a search was initiated by law enforcement but given up when a severe thunderstorm moved into the area.  Law enforcement confirmed that my friend's pick-up truck was indeed parked where he said he was going to leave it.  My friend is my neice's fiancee and I believe him.  He was still quite shaken while he was telling me what happened the next day on Thanksgiving.

Squatch,

There is no doubt in my mind your future nephew-in-law is shaken. That sort of experience would shake anybody. What I always have a hard time getting past, is the notion that somebody could be so scared they don't want to know what is terrifying them. This is pure "titillation". Some people thrive on it, including bigfoot investigators that I have been in the woods with. You can watch them jump over any sound and will ponder every bent twig, while warily looking over their shoulder.

Have you ever watched a scary movie and turned the volume off? Without the background music or sound effects, there is little titallation. So I always suggest, turn the lights on. What we see, we are usually less afraid of than what we imagine.

Whatever it was approached from their left with a horrible rotten meat/sewer type odor, (they said it wasn't the odor usually associated with hogs) it then pushed a large stump over just 20 feet from where they were crouched in their makeshift shelter from the thunderstorm earlier, and the smell lingered in front of them for about 20 minutes, then made its way to the right of them and wafted away.

I have tried to imagine me being able to track a smell as it passed in front of me in complete dark. With any sort of breeze, it would seem impossible. I can imagine a smell becoming stronger, and then weaker, but I can't, for the life of me, picture tracking a direction with the sense of smell. Call me crazy, but that has made me dumbfounded.


I have been lost overnight in the woods and am aware how our imagination starts to take over. I would suggest that you advise this young fellow to "turn the light on" in the future.

warmly,

Mick

No Problem Mick. Guess that's one of those situations where you'd just had to been there.

[billgreen2005bigfoot]

hi arsquatch good evening those very interesting sightings of sasquatch you just posted here. do you have videofootages or photos of sasquatch creatures from your state. please keep me updated on those sightings. bill green

[billgreen2005bigfoot]

hi everyone good evening is there any expeditions going to happen in fouke,ar to look for fouke sasquatch evidence etc. also my BIRTHDAY IS TOMMARROW. i will 36 and not a day older hehe. bill green please keep in touch ok..

[billgreen2005bigfoot]

Here's a lighter photo, although it's a little out of focus.

hi everyone good morning has anyone here heard from smokey crabtree lately has he written any new books etc about the fouke monster. bill green

[GrandCherokee]

Great account Primateer!

Great report ArSquatch!

Damned creepy country....

[billgreen2005bigfoot]

hi grand i agree the photos that ive seen of boggy creek makes it look realy SPOOKY... so any resent sightings near there of the fouke sasquatch or its footprints. p.s. does anyone have a stuffed animal doll of the fouke monster i want one please..... thanks bill green

[billgreen2005bigfoot]

hi everyone good evening has anyone talked to smokey crabtree lately. i like going to his websites. bill green

[Rob008]

A friend of mine grew up in Fouke and he related the story about the Fouke Monster was told to keep blacks from moving in. He also said that is a balck family moved in some good ole boys would dress up in a gorilla suit and pay them a nightly visit. This worked briefly because the family started arming themselves. I can only imagine some redneck getting shot in the butt with some rock salt. prejudism can be painful

[Teresa]

I've heard that too Rob. It must work pretty well, there are virtually no African Americans in Fouke. Prejudice is unfortunately alive and well in small southern towns.

I don't think the monkey suit can rule out all of the sightings however.

[foukeflyer]

On Oct 22nd, I made some aerial reconnaissance photos of Boggy Creek and the Sulphur River area that are very interesting. I'm a new user and tried to start a new topic, but the system wouldn't let me. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could do this?

Also, does anyone know how to post a pic.


Thanks,

Foukeflyer

This post has been edited by foukeflyer: Nov 7 2006, 09:13 PM

[billgreen2005big...]

On Oct 22nd, I made some aerial reconnaissance photos of Boggy Creek and the Sulphur River area that are very interesting. I'm a new user and tried to start a new topic, but the system wouldn't let me. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could do this?

Also, does anyone know how to post a pic.


Thanks,

Foukeflyer

hey foukeflyer welcome to the bff you will like it here. yes im sure someone here can post your photos of boggy creek etc. informative reply as well. bill :bf: or contact the moderaters here as well. its realy great to hear about boggy creek.

[Mike U.]

One cannot help but question the intelligence and/or the mental state of someone who would dress up in a gorilla suit and go wood's walking during hunting season. :doh:
My God! If he did that here in the Ocala National Forest during hunting season, I doubt he would last 100 yards into the woods without ending up in the back of some good ol' boy's pick-up.

Hopefully he'll come to his senses before he removes himself from the gene pool :new_stun: and ends up a "Darwin Award" winner.

[colstonewall1]

MK, that's an interesting story.

I was born just a few miles from there in Atlanta, Texas (just across the state line) and spent many summers and Christmases nearby in Bloomburg, Texarkana and Atlanta.

The horrible smell that you encountered was more than likely the god-awful smell from the nearby paper mill. The smell is normally quite bad, and can be smelled from miles away on a variety of roads and highways depending on how the wind is blowing.

The Sulphur River bottom, all the way deep into Texas over to Hunt County and Fannin County, is an area that has generated many, many sightings through the years. Also, that 17,000 acre Sulphur River Wildlife Management Area near Fouke is prime habitat for these creatures.

The area probably does have its share of pranks and hoaxes. No doubt many areas are like that.

That being said, the coonhunter who Alton Higgins and I interviewed for hours would be quick to tell you that what he encountered in Mercer Bayou was not somebody's teenage kid in a brown monkey suit. Deep in the swamps, in the water, amidst the armed hunters, dogs and gators, is not exactly the place for someone to be walking around in a clumsy, furry monkey suit.

There are quite a few witnesses who would express the same views as the coonhunter regarding what they saw.

I guess what I'm saying is that we ALWAYS have to be on guard against hoaxes, no matter where the incident took place. And as we know, just because somebody says they wore the suit, or the wooden trackmakers, or is the father of all bigfoots, doesn't mean necessarily mean that they're to be trusted.

Anyway, thanks for sharing with us, MK.

I would love to hear your story/interview with the coon hunter, T.T. Please

[Choctaw]

I had a friend get lost with a friend of his in the Mercer Bayou bottoms area last year in November all night, and they had an encounter that frightened them so bad it made both grown men cry. They will tell you they don't know what it was because they were too frightened to turn on a flashlight. He said "I didn't want to see what it was that pushed that stump over because it wasn't a hog." Whatever it was approached from their left with a horrible rotten meat/sewer type odor, (they said it wasn't the odor usually associated with hogs) it then pushed a large stump over just 20 feet from where they were crouched in their makeshift shelter from the thunderstorm earlier, and the smell lingered in front of them for about 20 minutes, then made its way to the right of them and wafted away. They said they could hear the stump cracking as it was being pushed over. My friend said he heard an "awful bellow dying cow type, vocalization " to their left earlier where the odor was coming from One of their dogs a rhodesian ridgeback which had been fighting with hogs earlier, sat quietly in the makeshift shelter, and growled lowly subdued, ,said he could feel its hackles were raised in the dark, and it was staring intently moving its head watching whatever "it" was, and it was looking upward, and the other dog a chocolate lab, had spooked and ran away while the odor was approaching. He said he had a death grip on the ridgeback's collar because if that dog ran away he was afraid he and his friend would "lose their minds with terror". He told me he was afraid for his life. When daylight came the next morning where they could see their surroundings, he said a very large tall stump was pushed over 20 feet from them, there were no tracks due to deep leaves that had fallen, and they were about 30 feet from a creek. He said the stump had not been pushed over by hogs because he didn't hear any sounds that hogs make when they are rooting around. There were coyotes in the area as well as hogs earlier in the night that they heard, however, when whatever it was came through all wildlife sounds ceased. He said it was like "everything had fled the area". I don't think that was anyone in a suit. The man I know isn't from this area and had never heard of the Fouke monster. He's from Kentucky and up until this encounter quite at home in the woods. This happened, I believe the night before Thanksgiving day, last year. The police had been called because they had not come out of the bottoms before dark and a search was initiated by law enforcement but given up when a severe thunderstorm moved into the area. Law enforcement confirmed that my friend's pick-up truck was indeed parked where he said he was going to leave it. My friend is my neice's fiancee and I believe him. He was still quite shaken while he was telling me what happened the next day on Thanksgiving.

The phrase "awful bellow dying cow type" does it for me. I have not heard this description on any of the many sites and posts that I have read through about Bigfoot.

I have heard the dying cow vocalization twice. Both times were when hunting in the Sam Houston National Forrest in Texas. The first time was last October. I was bow hunting and had stalked along about half mile off the nearest road. The forrest in that area was so thick with regrowth pines for about two hundred yards in either direction that you could hardly see through them. The forrest beyond the pines was a tangle of older hard woods with an under growth of vines and scrub brush. At about three that afternoon I decided to sit down on the edge of a trail to take a break. I had been still still hunting all day to that point that I was getting tired. When I sat down the sound started in from about two hundred yards to my front in the edge of the undergrowth. I tried to make out exactly where it was coming from and what was making it. It sound like a cow being killed, and made the hair stand up on my neck. Although, it sounded like a cow; it also didn't sound like a cow, if that makes sense. The bellowing went on for about 3 minutes and I got up and proceeded in that direction. I never saw anything, but ended up leaving while there was still daylight.

The second time I heard the sound was about four thirty in the morning before daylight. I was only about a quarter mile from the place I had heard it the first time. It was November and gun season for deer had started. I drove into the area and got out of my truck in the dark. As I was gathering my gear up to take off into the woods, I decided to turn my phone off to keep from being interrupted just in case I did see a deer to stalk. While trying to turn the phone off in the dark, I inadvertently hit a menu that made it go through the available ring tone types. In the still early morning air it sounded like a loud speaker blaring. I was annoyed that I had probably scared every deer within a mile off with the noise. When the damned thing finally finished going through the ring tones, the bellowing cry started up from the woods about two to three hundred yards in front of me. This second time really spooked me. Although, I was hunting with a deer rifle, i decided it was best if I got back in the truck and waited for the sun to come up before I made my way out hunting.

Was it Bigfoot? I don't know. I never saw a thing. There are no cows on the National Forrest, but they are on the surrounding properties, but I have never actually heard and seen a cow making sounds exactly like these.

I will say that these types of events should not be recorded in my opinion. If you don't see what was makin the sound how can you possibly know beyond any reasonable doubt what the animal was that made it? In my opinion there are far to many boogeyman type sightings recorded as it is. Logging these type things destroys credibility of the rest of the sightings. I have read far to many reports that I believe should have been canned as someone possibly just getting spooked in the woods, and believe me I know getting spooked is easy to do once your imagination starts working on that fear of the unknown in your head.

Choctaw

[billgreen2005big...]

hey choctaw omg sorry your loss but those 2 above replys are very informative. but the sasquatch creatures must be prowling boggy creek-sulpher river bottoms becouse the wicked weather & the creatures must be looking for various food resources like deers,hogs & fish etc therefore they will be seen more often now in summer months. thanks bill green

[BigTexan]

hey choctaw omg sorry your loss but those 2 above replys are very informative. but the sasquatch creatures must be prowling boggy creek-sulpher river bottoms becouse the wicked weather & the creatures must be looking for various food resources like deers,hogs & fish etc therefore they will be seen more often now in summer months. thanks bill green

I found these two post informative also. I have heard this same sound twice while in the field researching. I lived on a cattle ranch outside of Boxelder Texas and I am familiar with the sounds that cattle make and these sounds were not made by a cow, calf or bull. Does it mean it was a bigfoot that made the sounds, no not at all. It means that bigfoot may have made the sound. The areas I heard these sounds have a history of bigfoot activity. There is a known great ape that makes a similar sound and that is the Orangutan.

Here is a link to the where the sound can be found. Listen to the longest version.

http://www.orangutan.org.au/sounds.html

[Choctaw]

Big Texan,

Thanks for the link. The orangutan vocalization is similar, but it is not the same sound. The sound I heard has a higher top pitch as each new series begins.

I too spent much of my early childhood around cattle on my grandfathers farm. I have heard them make some strange calls and I wouldn't rule out it being a cow with something wrong with it, but at the I was hearing it I wasn't truly sold on it being a cow. Something just wasn't right with the call.

Choctaw

[billgreen2005big...]

hey foukeflyer teresa ecwool whats new with the wildlife & sasquatch activity in boggy creek & sulpher river bottoms lately please keep us posted with pithy great replys. thanks bill green

[peregrine]

I would love to hear your story/interview with the coon hunter, T.T. Please

Better late than never, I guess. Here's the report.

http://texasbigfoot.com/MillerCoAR1.html

[ddh1969]

Where is this "Monster Mart" everyone has been referring to?

[BC Cryptid]

Ha ha ha, reminds me of my recent backwoods expedition with the girlfriend. After driving for hours on horrific roads in deep bush, we stumbled across some fishermen who had been living in the woods for months. They gave my g/f the twice over, licked their lips, and invited us to sleep at their place (they had quite the elaborate Taj Mahal going on, done in logs and tarps). My g/f was getting an alert signal on her 'SLIME' radar so we declined, got going and set up our own spot.

They came looking for us later on that evening as well and again invited us over, this time for dinner, but we had just wolfed down some fairly massive steaks and were just getting into a game of cards so we declined.

Needless to say, I slept with my k-bar under my pillow that night.

When I woke up the next morning my truck had a big bolt in the tire. I changed it and we got the HELL out of there.

[Crow Logic]

I have met the Fouke monsters and it is US!

[billgreen2005big...]

wow researchers great lol new above updates about the fouke sasquatch etc very interesting indeed. bill

[foukeflyer]

Where is this "Monster Mart" everyone has been referring to?

It's in the middle of town on Hwy 71. However, it's not called Monster Mart anymore and the painting of the Fouke Monster has been painted over.

[Teresa]

Yep the old Monster Mart isn't named that anymore and the old cut out of the monster is gone. They still have the little fuzzy monster dolls inside though, at least they did last I looked.

I've heard a lot of strange cow calls too but that's all I ever thought they were. Cows at weaning time (when the calves are separated from the cows) will make some of the gawd "awfullest" sounds you ever want to hear. I've heard some bulls make some mighty strange calls too. Can BFs sound like that? If they exist, maybe, who knows? I've also heard some bellows that were way off in the distance not distinct at all and not where I'd ever consider cows to be but cows are pretty mobile critters... it's always possible they got into an area they weren't supposed to be in and were lost and bellowing. I couldn't hear it well enough to say whether it was a cow or not. That's the most likely animal though since there is no shortage of them around here.

We'll never know for sure what happened that night my neice's fiancee got lost. Whatever it was sure scared them. I don't think you can fake fear like that. He actually looked pale. LOL I'm just glad it was him and not me. I'll always wish they'd looked out from that makeshift blind to see what it was that pushed over the tree.

SLIME radar...

This post has been edited by ARsquatch: Aug 4 2007, 10:22 PM

[Teresa]

Oh PS Bill... the mosquitoes are so bad this year from all the rainfall the wildlife is probably a quart low just about now. I feel sorry for anything or anyone that has to tangle with the hordes of mosquitoes we have now. The heat and humidity is pretty bad but the skeeters are unbearable!

[PEPPERSFARMS]

Oh PS Bill... the mosquitoes are so bad this year from all the rainfall the wildlife is probably a quart low just about now. I feel sorry for anything or anyone that has to tangle with the hordes of mosquitoes we have now. The heat and humidity is pretty bad but the skeeters are unbearable!

In GA it has been extremely dry we were like 18 inches behind in rain fall. THEN the rains came and the mosquitoes are making up for lost time. After an outing this weekend I many have to go get a blood trans fusion!!!!

[billgreen2005big...]

hey teresa wow your very welcome for that awesome new above update about the fouke sasquatch pheanomena. please keep those opinions comeing etc about the fouke monster or boggy creek.

[mike2k1]

In GA it has been extremely dry we were like 18 inches behind in rain fall. THEN the rains came and the mosquitoes are making up for lost time. After an outing this weekend I many have to go get a blood trans fusion!!!!

Come down South MP. The mosquitoes in the swamp have Red Cross painted on their sides.

[PEPPERSFARMS]

The only way I’d go in them swamps with those misquotes is with an anti-aircraft gun!!!

[billgreen2005big...]

hey mike & pepperfarms im sure there is still sasquatch activity around boggy creek just maybe people there maybe to timid to report it to anyone right now i guess.