Here are some photos of Mercer Bayou which basically runs parallel to the Sulphur River (on the west side). I took these this weekend. The water was much higher than in October when I took the aerial photos. Just fyi, for visitors of this area that do not have a canoe, you can rent one for ~$30/day from Gander Mountain in Texarkana (highly recommended). This was my first time to explore these bayous and I plan to come back in the future.

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Exploring in the morning

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One can explore the shores for tracks fairly easily with a small boat

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Bonus Photo: Firetruck in Fouke

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Nice pics!

u heard em people, fouke taken on 5 inches of rain, the swamp are flooded, so hes coming out

Be sure to check out the Feb 18th "Swamp Stalker" episode of MonsterQuest. It was filmed in Mercer Bayou, the same location as "The Legend of Boggy Creek."

Here are a couple of photos that I took in September.

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hey foukeflyer wow...AWESOME....above new photos of the areas that look like prime sasquatch-fouke monster wildlife habitat. yes please keep us updated ok. great above replys as well. good afternoon. bill green

Wild thought, how cool would it have been to put this out as an authentic and see how long it would take for someone to show up and claim it was them in a suit??????



Pictures are very cool some counties have fly over picture of their area at property records office, we used some during an ivestigation at work.

this thread is getting verry interesting indeedy.. keep it up ok..

Great pictures foukeflyer. Thanks for sharing them.


"He always follows the creeks."

Thanks for the heads up on the show. It is on my calendar now.

hey fouke flyer everyone etc im definetly looking forward to that new segment about the boggy creek creature on monsterquest in 2 weeks A+++. thanks bill

Not to be a jackass, and totaly looking out for you and understanding a good joke....But some that dont read, some that are new, and some that plain just dont check referances and jump to conclusions could start posting that in your name and end up doing your credability harm....might be best to put some sort of explanation with the picture, cause it really looks cool, damn good job....

BTW I was a kid to when that movie came out...it scared me on the level that Jaws did, and I will never forget either...remember the bathroom scene where it came through the window....burned into my collective brain.....

hey foukeflyer whats new good evening. so any new possible sightings,experience,rumers, footprints, or strange sounds lately in boggy creek or surrounding swampslands. ty bill g

I recently decided to fly down the Sulphur River Basin from an area east of Cooper Lake (in Texas) to northeast of Mt Pleasant, Tx to take pictures of the fall foliage and investigate the conditions of the river which eventually feeds into Mercer Bayou -- the location of Boggy Creek. The basin is filled almost entirely with hardwood trees as you will see. The area is an ideal habitat for wild animals.

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This stretch of bottom land that I few over had well over 60,000 acres of contiguous hardwood timber. It was beautiful. Over this particular area, dirt roads were the most prominant. And due to the excessive rainfall, I noticed that one would probably need a 4-wheel drive to navigate. Some were underwater. These "dirt sidewalks" would be perfect for capturing footprints of any type.

I composed a Youtube slideshow of my trip here ....
Proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in Suphur River Basin

And I uploaded to Youtube a few minutes of bumpy video, but you should be able to get a good grasp of the environment.
Suphur River Basin Video

As you can see, this area provides a prime habitat for our target species. But here's the trick -- the Texas Legislature is proposing that a 70,000 acre lake be built so that DFW residents (which includes me) can have more water -- period.

Here's a link to maps of the reservoir ...
Proposed Marvin Nichols Map

Here's a link to an interesting website that has some additional information and photos of the area.
Sulphur River Basin Website about Marvin Nichols

I did see some logging of hardwoods and areas where they have been re-planted a few years back. The trick with the proposed reservoir is that it can cost ~$200 an acrea to properly prepare and re-plant seedlings, so farmers have to make a difficult decision on whether they should make that investment that will take them over 30 years to harvest. To be honest, if I were in their shoes, I doubt I would do it because I would fear the reservoir would be built before the trees were ready to harvest.

If this reservoir concerns you, I encourage you to contact the your senator or house member of the Texas Legislature. If the reservoir is built, all of the hardwood bottom-land that you saw in my photos will be gone.

Hope you find the videos educational.

Foukeflyer

Nice slide shows and video. I see where your father is a tree farmer in earlier posts too, so I guess this will affect the family business also?

It sure seems a shame to waste the ground filtration capabilities of all that bottom land and flood absorption potential not to mention the habitat in general by just filling up the bathtub.

That said, I sure don't know what the water needs are in that area nor do I know who would have access to the water and whether it would generate power, etc. etc.

It is definitely a pathwork quilt of color in the fall and dense enough to support populations of our favorite unknowns.

Thanks for posting this information.

Although our tree farm is not in the Sulphur River Basin, it is nearby and there will be an indirect affect. If the reservoir is built, there will not be the need for as many lumber/plywood mills causing some to close. The longer distance that we have to ship our trees, the less money we will receive. Plus, less mills equal less competition equals lower prices offered. This has happened in south-east Texas where trees sell from about 30-50% less than northeast Texas because there are two companies that pretty much hold a monopoly.

Also, the reservoir will only be used for water -- it will not be used to power electricity.

Thanks for your comments.

Foukeflyer

hey foukeflyer WOW....very informative interesting above reply indeed keep in touch about activity etc.

Awesome pics, as usual.