Lyle blackburn has certainly captured a centre flavour with his book about the best of boggy creek. It has been meticulously remastered from the bestremaining original 35mm elements under the watchful eyes of pamula pierce barcelou director charles pierces daughter at the george eastman museum in rochester, new york and sound enhancements at audio. Girl friend and i drove thru fouke, ar shortly after seeing the movie. In this book, blackburn expands on the story and includes a trove of new information about the. The book also includes a sighting chronicle with over 70 visual encounters near fouke, arkansas.
The definitive guide to the boggy creek monster by author and boggy creek historian, lyle blackburn. The definitive website for the boggy creek monster of fouke, arkansas. Includes a bonus sighting chronicle with details of over 70 visual encounters near fouke, arkansas. The legend of the boggy creek monster has long captivated the people of fouke, arkansas, a little town about 150 miles outside of little rock. It also contains a breakdown of all legend of boggy creek scenes, tracing them back to the actual sightings on which they were based. Not sure if he intended to right some wrong or if he thought he had another surefire winner for the lowbudget film market. Boggy creek legend born of faked footprint, carried by imaginations houston chronicle october 18, 1986 author. Her father had recently been killed and the cabin was his home. Pierce, director of the motion picture, the legend of boggy creek. This is actually the third film of the boggy creek series. By acclaimed author and cryptid researcher, lyle blackburn. A crash course on the bigfoot of boggy creek hunter shea. Fifteen summers after giant footprints and tales of a creature called the fouke monster generated an avalanche of publicity and money in local tills, town officials are convinced it was a hoax. This book collects all the facts, theories, and amazing sighting reports, and weaves them into a fascinating tale about this undeniable southern mystery, one that lives on, as frightening encounters with the beast of boggy creek are still being reported today.
Alternate versions many versions of the film exist. The legend of boggy creek was filmed in fouke, arkansas, shreveport, louisiana and texarkana, texas. The reports of this creature became so popular that, in 1972, a very lowbudget movie was made about the topica mockumentary of sorts that combined eyewitness testimonies with a bit of hollywood fiction. The strange case of the missouri monster follow lyle on a strange and spooky journey as he examines one of the greatest monster tales to ever rise from the hills and hollers of the american midwest. Arkansas boggy creek, or fouke monster is a local legend that has lent its name to a number of horror flicks inspired by its tale.
Tales of these southern sasquatch creaturessuch as the one made famous by the 1972 horror movie the legend of boggy creekdate back to the very origins of deep south history and are reported even today. It grew into a cult classic, literally putting the town on the map. The legend of boggy creek news newspapers books scholar jstor may 2018 learn how and when to remove this template. Searcy house the searcy house, which was shown in the legend of boggy creek and the recent boggy creek monster documentary, is located on private property and is not available to visit. The man himself did return to his creation in 1985 with boggy creek 2. Boggy creek opens with a rather nasty attack on a young couple parked in the. The books treatment of its centerpiecethe legend of boggy creek movieis, by itself, more than ample reason to buy this book. From what i can tell, this is the definitive collection of all things fouke monster. It is said that fouke is the first place that this. Blackburn richly conveys how a whirlwind of publicity around the fouke sightings in 1971 created a demand to know more about the creature and fouke. Includes history, sightings, videos, books, and movie information for the famous southern sasquatch bigfoot creature. The book covers the history of the creature sightings and the making of the classic film, the legend of boggy creek. A monster that has been part of my psche ever since i saw the infamous docudrama the legend of boggy creek as a child, it was interesting to see that this wasnt just a series of urban myths and pr for the film masquerading as evidence.
Hence, the legend of boggy creek was born, a film which, despite its modest origins, went on to become one of the most successful bmovie ventures of all time. Except it wasnt that particular film that brought back memories and awakened a latent fear that had been buried within the dark recesses of my. While boggy creek may be the most famous case, the infamous waterway is only the tip of a much broader mystery, one that spills into the. Presented as a documentary based on true events, and featuring real people, not actors, boggy creek tapped into that same this is really happening fear that the blair witch project would emulate 20 years later. The beast of boggy creek the true story of the fouke monster book. The beast of boggy creek the true story of the fouke monster. The legend of boggy creek is a horror film from the year 1973. Blackburn has done an excellent job collecting all of the lore and reports. Blackburn is the author of the beast of boggy creek.
The legend of boggy creek is a 1972 horror docudrama about the fouke monster. Blackburn had already done this research, combing through every conceivable arkansas newspaper archive looking for mentions of the fouke monster. If you are here to learn about the true story of the legendary fouke monster or what took place behind the scenes of the making of the movie the legend of. Sean whitley, director of southern fried bigfoot like many, i was inspired as a child by watching legend of boggy creek.
A good few years ago i was looking at the cheap horror dvds in a discount book shop and came across a title that resonated with me. Pierce, directorproducer of the legend of boggy creek 1972, had no affiliation with the first sequel, return to boggy creek 1977, so he decided to ignore it and make this as the official sequel. The story of bobby fords encounter with the fouke monster was the subject of a 1972 semifactual, documentarystyle horror feature, the legend of boggy creek initially titled tracking the fouke monster, which played in movie and drivein theaters around the country. I had just graduated from college and entered my working life when i saw the movie the legend of boggy creek in late 1972. Brown and jennifer minarjaynes is the book tied to the 2010 movie boggy creek. The book covers the entire history of the fouke monster and the making of the horror film, the legend of boggy creek. Also known as the barbaric beast of boggy creek and just plain boggy creek ii, this sequel to the legend of boggy creek tells, in documentary style, about a search for a gigantic southern swamp. This outing, brown teams up with jennifer minarjaynes to give us boggy creek, the legend is true, a novelization of a film by the same name, which i havent seen yet but its on my list. Exclusive photos reveal the creature of amazons boggy. Sulphur river the sulphur river public boat ramp is a convenient and easy way to view the river. Boggy creek monster chronicles a rural legend the horror. A sequel surfaced in 1977 titled return to boggy creek without the participation of pierce.
The definitive guide to the most infamous southern mystery creature known as the fouke monster. The book also includes a sighting chronicle with over 70. Lyle blackburns monstro bizarro online cryptozoology store. In november of 1981, a double bill of creature from black lake and the legend of boggy creek aired on cbs beginning at 2. And more significantly, it attracted the attention of filmmakers, who quickly shot the 1973 docudrama the legend of boggy creek. The beast of boggy creek the true story of the fouke monster by. Thank goodness the beast of boggy creek has been written.
But what set this low budget b picture apart from countless other schlocky monster movies was a then unique novelty it was all true. The legend of boggy creek is actually a pretty innovative horror film, or at least it was at that time. The legend is true was a really, really fun, actionpacked read with a good story and fleshedout characters. Anomalist books simply phenomenal the beast of boggy creek. It centers around a cryptid called the fouke monster, a sasquatchlike creaturenote probably based on the skunk ape which prowls in the state of arkansas. The book is available in hardback, paperback, and electronic format kindle, nook, ebook, etc. Pierce, which in turn inspired additional sightings up through the late 1990s. Boggy creek is a far more accomplished film than its meager budget, and pierces lack of experience, would lead you to expect, however, and it is easy to see how it captivated audiences for many years after its release. The legend of boggy creek would have been scarcely longer than. Pierces 1972 documentarystyle the legend of boggy creek became something of a drivein hit, and was followed by 1977s return to boggy creek and boggy creek ii. For those of you in the know, the legend of boggy creek was a 70s drivein movie that not only terrified teenagers across the world, but also inspired many people to become monster hunters and cryptozoologists. An extremely enjoyable and spooky ride, this book will make you wonder if a monstrous manbeast might indeed be watching you from the shadowy confines of the bottomlands. And the legend continues is a 1985 film directed by charles b.
In it we are introduced to jennifer, who is headed to her fathers cabin to say goodbye. The fouke monster was the inspiration for the 1972 documentary film the legend of boggy creek, directed by the late charles b. Smokey and the fouke monster home page smokey crabtree. The legend of boggy creek isnt campy, it is kitschyan authentic souvenir from a time before slasher films existed as a genre.
The book not only goes over the movie but the legend as well and you will come to find out that the sightings of the fouke monster are continuing. The legend of boggy creek was a sensation in americas drive in theatres in 1972. The film dramatized dozens of sightings and featured many fouke and boggy creek residents, telling and reenacting their stories. Brown doesnt waste any time getting to the meat of the matter, so to speak. The legend of boggy creek came out in 1972 and a sequel legend of boggy creek iithe legend continues came out in 1984. The true story of the fouke monster and several other books within the same genre. Pierces pseudodocumentary classic the legend of boggy creek in 1972, and continued through tom moores innameonly sequel return to boggy creek 1977, pierces own boggy creek ii 1984, brian t. The legend of boggy creek restoration will premiere june 14, 2019 at the perot theater in texarkana, texas, with a bluray release to follow. A laminated hardback edition of this book will be availalbe for a limited. The fouke or boggy creek monster lyles article on his lizard man book for. A very thorough if not especially skeptical book on the subject, the beast of boggy creek by lyle blackburn, was published in 2012. The legend of boggy creek is one of my favorite movies.
Although styled as ii, the film is actually a third film in the series. The superb new 4k transfer of the legendary the legend of boggy creek 1972 is one of the best filmic restorations ive seen in decades. It is the main reason i am an anthropologist today. The encounters were often so shocking, they served as inspiration for the classic horror film, the legend of boggy creek, by charles b. The book covers the history of the fouke monster and the making of the legend of boggy creek movie. Legend of boggy creek restoration coming 2019, there ain.