the legend of boggy creek

Director: charles b. pierce

Actor: willie e. smith,john p. hixon,vern stierman,chuck pierce jr.

Data Published: Fri Aug 25 1972

Genres: Documentary,Drama,Horror,Mystery

Key Words: legend,giant creature,bigfoot,sasquatch,independent film

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068837/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Boggy_Creek

Description: The Legend of Boggy Creek is a movie starring Willie E. Smith, John P. Hixon, and Vern Stierman. A documentary-style drama about the "Fouke Monster", a Bigfoot-type creature that has been sighted in and around Fouke, Arkansas since...

Plot: The film, which claims to be a true story, details the existence of the "Fouke Monster", a seven foot tall Bigfoot-like creature that has reportedly been seen by residents of a small Arkansas community since the 1940s. It is described as being completely covered in reddish-brown hair, leaving three-toed tracks and having a foul odor. It also is told to steal and eat new/few month old babies in some parts of Arkansas. Several locals from the small town of Fouke, Arkansas recall their stories, often appearing as themselves, claiming that the creature has killed many large animals over the years. One farmer claims that the beast carried off two of his 200lb hogs with little effort, leaping a fence with the animals tucked under its arm. In one scene, a kitten is shown as having been "scared to death" by the creature. The narrator informs the audience that while people have shot at the creature in the past, it has always managed to escape. In another sequence, hunters attempt to pursue the creature with dogs, but the dogs refuse to give chase. A police constable states that while driving home one night, the creature suddenly ran across the road in front of his car. In a later sequence, culled from the actual newspaper accounts inspiring the film, the creature is shown menacing a family in a remote country house. After being fired upon, the creature attacks, sending one family member to the hospital. The creature was never captured, and is said to still stalk the swamps of southern Arkansas to this day.