Arkansas' Hidden History: Early Bigfoot Sightings and Legends

A recently discovered video on YouTube takes us on a journey through the history of Bigfoot sightings in Arkansas. The video, posted by the channel Unknown Bipedal Primate, delves into the early newspaper reports of wild men encounters in the region, dating back to the 1800s. The video begins by discussing the Crawley Ridge area of eastern Arkansas, where some of the earliest newspaper reports of wild men encounters in the United States took place in February and March of 1846. These accounts describe creatures that are human-like but covered in hair, with characteristics that allow them to survive in the wild. One of the most famous encounters in Arkansas occurred in the 1970s in Fouke, where sightings of the so-called Boggy Creek Monster persist to this day. The video notes that stories about the Arkansas Wild Man were carried in newspapers across the nation, with the Baltimore Sun reporting on March 13th, 1846 that the creature's track measures 22 inches, with toes as long as a common man's fingers. The video also discusses what may have been the first intentional and premeditated Bigfoot expedition in American history. In 1851, an expedition was said to be leaving Memphis to hunt for the wild man, organized by Colonel David C.R. Cross and Dr. Sullivan of Memphis. The video goes on to detail numerous other accounts of wild men sightings in Arkansas, including a report of a 7-foot-tall wild man roaming through the great Mississippi Bottoms in 1856 and a sighting of a creature breaking the ice of a frozen lake in the same year. The video also touches on the popular independent film "The Legend of Boggy Creek," released in 1972, which tells the story of the Falk monster, a Bigfoot-type creature said to have been seen in Fouke since the 1940s. I found this video to be a fascinating look into the history of Bigfoot sightings in Arkansas. It's always exciting to discover new accounts and stories about these elusive creatures, and this video does a great job of compiling and presenting the information in an engaging and informative way. I highly recommend checking it out for yourself and doing further research into the rich history of Bigfoot sightings in Arkansas.