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Fouke, Miller County Arkansas 1968

The two hunters had placed their lunch on the hood of the truck and were standing or pacing around as they ate. The road to the ramp had been recently built and the witness remembers that the road appeared to have been close to 25’ wide. The timber had been cleared for about 30 or 40 feet along both side of the road bed. He said the road was straight for approximately 400 yards away from the ramp.

While they were eating they discussed what a good day it was to be hunting. He said he remembers that is was very sunny and clear, and the birds were singing all around them. Sometime after they began eating, they both began to smell “an awful stench like an outhouse”. They looked around but saw nothing unusual. As the stench grew worse they looked down the roadway and saw a dark, man-life figure – but much to large to be a man – walking across the roadway clearing about 200 or 250 yard from them. It was walking from the woods along the river toward the south, and taking very long and deliberate strides. The witness stated the creature was walking with its forearms parallel to the ground as if it were carrying something, although as far as they could determine, it was not. (The witness elaborated by saying that because the creature’s midsection was covered in long hair, they might not have been able to see a small animal in its arms if the animal was being held close to the body, and if its hair was about the same color as the creature’s.)

The creature never looked in their direction and crossed the cleared areas and the roadbed quickly. He said it took the creature only a few seconds to cross the entire opening. He said the creature’s stride was one of the things that impressed him the most. He said it appeared each step covered over eight feet, and it was not running. He said it appeared the creature crossed the cleared areas with not much more than 12 steps. It then disappeared into the woods.

The father took his shotgun from its case inside the truck cab, loaded it and lay it on the hood of the truck. His father closely watched the woods until they finished their lunch. They did not see the creature again. Later that afternoon they put the boat back into the river and hunted until dark without incident.

Description of Animal Seen: The witness said the creature was over eight feet tall, and maybe nine. He said it was covered in shaggy and patchy hair. The hair was predominately a rusty-red color that was brindled by black streaks. He said the hair was not “slick”. He stated the hair on its legs, back, side and midsection was longer than that on its upper shoulders and head. The witness never saw a full view of the face. He said that because the animal’s head seemed to sit on its shoulders (without a neck), the head had the shape of a “dinner bell”, with the shoulder muscles that sloped up to base of the head making the lower, flared part of the “bell”. He stated the head’s position on the shoulders somewhat resembled that of a large gorilla’s.

He stated it had a very large, thick, and muscular chest and shoulders.. The upper arms, from shoulder to elbow, appeared to be noticeably shorter than the lower arm from the elbow to the hand. The waist “was not really narrow” but the hair on that area appeared longer and more “shaggy”. They saw nothing to indicate the sex of the creature, but both believed it to be a male.

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