Le Flore County is a county located along the eastern border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The name honors a Choctaw family named LeFlore. Reports dating from the 1850´s say that Southeast Oklahoma has been a hunting ground for Bigfoot. According to stories, the area was terrorized by aggressive giants who not only stole locals vegetables to eat, but also stole their children.
The Choctaw Indians were known as exceedingly strong, fierce warriors but in 1855 they experienced something which none would ever forget.
“This day’s assignment was to flush out some bandits that had been preying upon the local farmers. A thirty man troop would be going into an area which later in the “state” of Oklahoma became the “McCurtain County Wilderness Area”. These bandits had been not only taking large quantities of corn, squash, and beans, but had as well been taking very young children. This thievery had been taking place across the border in Arkansas as well as in Indian Territory. The captain of the troop of Choctaw cavalry was a man named Joshua LeFlore. Captain LeFlore was of mixed blood, part French, part Choctaw. The men deeply respected him. Joshua LeFlore was impeccably honest and was brave to a fault.
The men had been traveling horseback non-stop since three o’clock in the morning. They began their assignment at the tribal capital in Tuskaloma and when they finally came to the Clover River, they let their horses eat and the men decided to rest and eat as well. Non-stop riding for eight hours, having to lead their horses across Little River, and the hot July sun were taking a toll on the men and their mounts. When some time had passed, Captain Josh gave the order and the men remounted and they began the last leg of their trip. At or around 4:30 in the afternoon, the troop came to the edge of the area which the bandits were supposed to be inhabiting.
Captain Josh signaled with uplifted hand that the troop should come to a halt. Standing in his stirups, Captain Josh utilized a ship’s eyepiece [telescope] and promptly turned to his men and gave the command for a full armed charge. The distance between the suspected bandits and the troopers was about five hundred yards. The Tubbee men and captain Josh were at the front of the charge and as the thirty men and he neared the thick, pine forest where the bandits were, two things took place at once… The stench of death assaulted both men and horses, and the horses became uncontrollable. Horses were rearing, pitching and throwing riders. Captain Josh and the seven Tubbee men were the only ones in the troop whose mounts were disciplined enough that they continued to obey their riders and continued to charge in the midst of the bandits. When the eight men met with the “bandits” they were totally unprepared for what greeted them. The clearing behind the inital tree cover was actually a large, earthen mound. Strewn about the mound were numerous corpses of human children in varying stages of decay. Most of the bandits had fled, but three really large, hairy ape-like creatures remained at the mound. Captain Josh drew his sabre and with pistol in hand, sabre in the other, charged the huge monsters.
The nearest monster killed Captain LeFlore’s horse with one blow of its massive hand. The monster never flinched as Captain LeFlore poured bullets from his Patterson’s Colt revolver into the beasts chest. After emptying the revolver into the monster, Captain Joshua continued to press the attack with his sabre. Many times did the sabre meet with the brute’s flesh and many times did blood spew from the gaping wounds on the beasts body. So quickly did this engagement take place that the Tubbee men had barely enough time to take aim at the three monsters before one of the beasts flanked the Captain and literally tore off Captain LeFlore’s head.
There was not time for any sort of delay due to shock. The Tubbee men opened fire upon the three man-beasts. From years of routine and practice, all bullets smashed into the three monster’s heads. Six rounds were fired into the heads of the two monsters which were the culprits that killed their beloved Captain. Only the youngest Tubbee; Robert, had the presence of mind to put a bullet into the head of the third monster.
A legend was born that day. Robert Tubbee, 18 years of age, chased down a wounded man-beast and finished the beast off with only his hunting knife. By the time the other six Tubbee men caught up with Robert and the monster, Robert had already decapitated the beast. Holding the head aloft with both hands, Robert let out a primal scream which made even the Tubbee mounts panic.
The “light-horsemen” gathered their mounts and surveyed what was before them. Absolute carnage littered about the clearing. The partially consumed bodies of nineteen children lay upon and about the mound. The stench of decaying bodies was bad enough, but the over-powering odor of the man-beasts’ urine and feces was more than the strongest stomach could endure. After retching violently, the men of the troop buried the bodies of the children in nineteen small graves and buried their beloved Captain.
They built a large bon-fire, placed the murderous man-beasts upon it, and lit it. As they rode back into Tuskahoma each man struggled with emotions and thoughts he never before imagined.”
Dave T
That’s some story. I love Indian folklure.
Carol Germer
good story
Theodore G
That is s great story.
mark s
I wonder what they did with the head?
Rod C
This is one of three accounts of decapitation by BF I’ve heard. The other two is the run away slave hunters that encountered these animals in Georgia swamps with single shot muskets sometime in the mid 1800’s. As I understand all the men had their heads plucked. The other one I think was on an earlier SC Coonbo episode where the Colorado hunter shot at one BF and the other BF charged him and popped his head off. Seems like the MOA of BF especially in the Valley of Headless Men, Northern Canada.
HubietheSaint
Captain Josh Leflore’s family lineage can be found on the internet
Kenneth M
Great story – I love this one, except I find it odd that some of the Man Beasts stayed behind to fight – they don’t seem to be this easy to find and they evidently are easily sneaked up upon in this story relative to other stories. Still ove ths story.
Robert P
Wow I am sitting around with a house full of Choctaws watching the tornados form in southern Oklahoma. Can’t wait to share this story with them and make some more S C fans.
Frankie P
Great old account! First time for that one. The historical accounts are so facinating. You can’t help but wonder what on earth did they think about these things?
Paul M
A big E for EFFORT. AND B FOR BRAVERY. He sounds like a heck of a HERO. PISTOL and SABER. Horse well trained. Only thing he didn’t do was take HEAD SHOTS. But on a horse it’s most definitely very very difficult to achieve that. He thought body mass shots would stop these monsters. It’s not like he had anything information about what it takes to stop and kill one. Can’t even imagine what the smell was in that area.. or the carriage of the mound of children. This would put most in to shock. Or worse. I wonder if the 3 killed were leaders of the clan. And if the children were safe again. Josh and his brothers did a very good thing. And R to be held as HEROS.
Debbie C
It’s alarming these creatures have been eating children, women, animals,
destroying everything within its paths for everrrrrr!
I remember very old fairy tales where the story was about the monster
eating children.
I wonder? Perhaps this is where the story was design after?
Mark B
As much as I want this to be true, how cool would it be? But here’s the real dope on the story.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=623207747739220&id=578109098915752
Debbie C
Mark B…
The same reply for you as well.
It’s alarming these creatures have been eating children, women, animals,
destroying everything within its paths for everrrrrr!
I remember very old fairy tales where the story was about the monster
eating children.
I wonder? Perhaps this is where the story was design after?
Esther P
Mark B: I found the same thing thru much researching… that the giants encountered by the Oklans/Choctaws, & LeFlore, were cannabalistic white Giants. My great grandmother is half french & half Choctaw & the search into the family past is an eye-opener to say the least… From what I’ve found so far… according to the Okla/Choctaw language/culture the being that came close to what is known as a Bigfoot is “Big Man” “ManBeast” “Hattak Chito” (hairy man)… And then there is mention of these light skinned Giants from the north that were known as the Nahullo by the Oklans/Choctaws & by other names by other tribes who had also warred with these Giants because they were cannabalizing their people, their animals, and stealing their food. Interestingly enough in the “Search For The Lost Giants — Moment of Truth” S01, EP06 the Vieira brothers find two accts of white Giants… One is a newspaper acct & photos of the digs from Ralph Glidden’s findings… And the second one is the account of a colonist who was a Giant white man named Benjamin Bucklin who died in 1676. In the “History of Rehoboth” (1836), by Leonard Bliss …”One of the men was ascertained to be a Bucklin of Rehoboth, from his very large frame, and from a set of double teeth all around…” And the Vieira brothers are trying to track down Bucklin’s Skull when it was moved (1820? & 1976) to a protected burial site by monks in 1976 (see Vieria’s show for more details). There’s also another interesting mention of light-skinned or white “Giants with Double-Rowed Teeth, Flattened Heads and Six Fingers” at DNA Consultants. I have all source weblinks to the above info if anyone wants it… All the info out there on more than one type of not-so-nice, flesh & blood, Bi-Pedal/Quadri-Pedal Gigantic creature is mind-boggling! It would be an honor to interact with native american elders in the telling of the stories of their ancestors & life… and before its too late. Hope your holiday is great.
Tyler D
This story is called The Legend of Sacred Baby Mountain. As a matter of fact this story has already been posted Sasquatch Chronicles months ago. Still it’s rather fascinating nonetheless. I have a pretty decent memory for encounter stories, especially the ones on SC
Papa - Yeti
Wes, There is an error ‘This didn’t happen then in the state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma east of the panhandle was still then Indian territories, the ‘General Settlement’ [of greedy half crazed, lily white assed pilgrims’] had not occurred until 1890. But Oklahoma didn’t become a State until November 16, 1907. In 1855 the region was still Indian territories.
Debbie C
I’m sure Wes will clear any miss information soon.
The story no matter how many times it’s been written/told is grueling,
sad what happened to them.
ron n
wow
Carl M
Papa yeti.
I think Wes said Oklahoma to help illustrate where in my wonderful state and our great country this happened, because not everyone knows where Indian territory was. By the way the first land run took place in April of 1889. This is why I think Wes said Oklahoma thank you for listening.