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The Fouke monster, a legendary bigfoot look-alike, still stalks the lowlands of Miller County, according to local residents. "There were 40-some sightings last year," said Rickie Roberts, Fouke's unofficial monster spokesman. "There were 22 sightings in one day. ... There's even one guy who swears there's a family [of monsters] who live behind his house." For a time, the only evidence of the creature was a plaster cast of a 13 1/2-inch footprint taken from a local soybean field. The cast was destroyed in a service station fire in the late 1970s, Roberts said. "That was the only real proof you'd have around here" that the monster exists, he said. Though scores of residents have reported seeing the hairy creature, experts scoff at its existence. Frank Schamback, an archaeologist at Southern Arkansas University at Magnolia who debunked the footprint as a hoax in the 1970s, said he doesn't believe in the Fouke monster. "They like mystery," he said. "It's just that. People like to have a mystery." Residents would have proof by now if the creature existed, Schamback said. "There are people down there with dogs who would have run it down in two days" if it existed, he said. The creature is said to look like a Hairy Man, the Foot has Three Toes, and travels the Creeks near by. It has been known to attack and Kill Animals Some People Think The Fouke Monster is a Nape, but Napes have Five Toes and don't attack Animals unless attacked by the animal. Others Think it is a Ground Sloth or even a Alien. The Mystrey of The Fouke Monster still Remains the Biggest Mystrey in Arkansas. - entry provided by Clint H. Hoyt, dragon_king20032003@hotmail.com
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