The Legend of Boggy Creek

The Legend of Boggy Creek is a 1972 horror docudrama about the Fouke Monster, a Bigfoottype creature that has been seen in and around Fouke, Arkansas since the 1950s. The film mixes staged interviews with some local residents who claim to have encountered the creature, along with fictitious reenactments of said encounters. Charles B. Pierce, an advertising salesman from Texarkana on the ArkansasTexas border, borrowed over 100,000 from a local trucking company, used an old 35mm movie camera and hired locals mainly high school students to help make the 90minute film. The film has generated approximatelymillion in box office revenue and is available on DVD.

Several locals from the small town of Fouke, Arkansas, recall their stories, often appearing as themselves, claiming that the creature has killed several large hogs, as well as other animals. One farmer claims that the beast carried off his 300 lbs boar with little effort, even leaping a fence with the pig 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 scene, hunters attempt to pursue the creature with dogs, but the dogs refuse to give chase. Strange, otherworldly howls can be heard coming from the Boggy Creek area just outside Fouke. A police constable states that while driving home one night, the creature suddenly ran across the road in front of him.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 hurling through the front door of their home, before being rushed to the hospital. ........

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