I can attest to the absolute realness of the Boggy Creek Monster or Fouke Monster. I grew up visiting there, having a great aunt and uncle, a cousin and her husband and kids, etc. there. We visited often because my great-grandparents lived in Texarkana on the Texas side. I personally have seen footprints (Aunt Ethel actually used to feed them, she had a whole family of them living in the woods behind her house and I helped carry buckets of scraps out for them when I visited). I witnessed the aftermath (complete with foot prints and hair) when one twisted the locks off of my cousin's deep freeze that was on her back porch and stole food, leaving a trail of chaos and freezer paper all the way to the creek- packages of meat with bites taken through freezer paper and all, and viewed personal photos my cousin's husband took when one of the creatures busted out the big plate glass window at a small local store and binged on candy and honey buns- also biting through the wrappers- and it was still in the store when sheriff's deputies arrived but ran off when an officer fired a warning shot into the air.
While most learned of "Bigfoot" from television I learned of what the local natives called the "Musk Ape" at the feet of my great aunts and uncles who grew up in the area. They were natives who grew up in a dirt floored cabin deep in the swamps and the creatures were just a matter of fact for them. I was given warnings before going out to play in the woods and along the creek to be aware of a strong musky smell that announced their presence (thus the name Musk Ape) and that if I saw one to (1) Don't look it in the eyes (2) Back away slowly and carefully and (3) Absolutely do NOT run! I was warned that the males were "mean as hell" and very territorial.
Locals like to tell strangers that the creature was just an invention of moonshiners back in the day to keep people away from their stills, in fact there used to be signs until at least the late 70s warning people away from the swamp that said "Beware of the creature!" and a few others that I don't remember now nailed to trees along the road- my Granny even took pictures of the signs once to show her friends. Regardless of the moonshiner stories the locals know the truth, they just didn't want outsiders poking around and disturbing the small, quiet town. When the movie came out they were bombarded with people wanting to see "the monster" and the locals just wanted them gone.
While most learned of "Bigfoot" from television I learned of what the local natives called the "Musk Ape" at the feet of my great aunts and uncles who grew up in the area. They were natives who grew up in a dirt floored cabin deep in the swamps and the creatures were just a matter of fact for them. I was given warnings before going out to play in the woods and along the creek to be aware of a strong musky smell that announced their presence (thus the name Musk Ape) and that if I saw one to (1) Don't look it in the eyes (2) Back away slowly and carefully and (3) Absolutely do NOT run! I was warned that the males were "mean as hell" and very territorial.
Locals like to tell strangers that the creature was just an invention of moonshiners back in the day to keep people away from their stills, in fact there used to be signs until at least the late 70s warning people away from the swamp that said "Beware of the creature!" and a few others that I don't remember now nailed to trees along the road- my Granny even took pictures of the signs once to show her friends. Regardless of the moonshiner stories the locals know the truth, they just didn't want outsiders poking around and disturbing the small, quiet town. When the movie came out they were bombarded with people wanting to see "the monster" and the locals just wanted them gone.
As an American it's your responsibility to have your own strategic duck stockpile. You can't expect the government to do it for you.
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