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Hey everyone this is my first attempt at a webpage to tell a little about myself.Well first I am a single father with a beautiful daughter which at the time I am writing this she is 8 years old.I love all sorts of things like culinary arts,which I was a chef for 23 years.I play the guitar and I love the blues and southern rock.I am into cryptozoology,the study of unknown animals,and I love to research such mysteries as sasquatch/bigfoot.I am part chocktaw Indian and Have found in my research that they have a few names for the forrest people as I like to call the sasquatch/bigfoot creatures.These Choctaw Indian names are Kashehotapalo -
Nalusa Falaya.Members of the Louisiana Choctaw tribe call this creature Nalusa Falaya or "long evil being." Other names include Swamp Devil, Swamp Monster, Skunk Ape, Mo-Mo and Wookie.

There are two very famous cases of these "southern bigfoot"if you will. The most famous occurred in the vicinity of Fouke, Arkansas located near the Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas borders.

A movie called "The Legend of Boggy Creek" was partly based on persistent alleged sightings of a bigfoot creature reported through the 50s, 60s and 70s in that area.

When I first saw this movie as well as all of the documentaries and programs which include in search of..with Leonard Nemoy The bigfoot bug hit me like a tidal wave and hasn't ceased since.Many reputable citizens including a local sheriff and several hunters and trappers reported encountering a hairy creature in the Sulphur River bottoms.

In fact, several teams of tracking dogs were brought in a few days after one particular sighting and all of the dogs refused to enter the woods. They could've just been crazy that day or else they picked up the trail of something they didn't want anything to do with.

Another famous southern bigfoot story is that of the "Honey Island Swamp Monster" which has supposedly been sighted numerous times in Honey Island Swamp south of New Orleans.

The most interesting thing about these stories is that the first publicized evidence came from a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist who made plaster casts of some very large tracks on a sandbar deep in the swamp.

Reports of bigfoot have come from many other parts of the south, including eastern Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. Florida has the most reported sightings of any southern state where the "Skunk Ape" pops up in the news from time to time.

Tabloid newspapers make a mockery of bigfoot stories with headlines like "Bigfoot Ate My Volkswagen" and "I Had Bigfoot's Baby", but there are several legitimate scientists pursuing the existence of this legend.

Dr. Grover Krantz(1931-2002),rest In peace,was head of the department of Anthropology at the University of Washington.He published a book on the subject and said he had ways to tell if plaster casts made from supposed bigfoot prints are real or fake.

Krantz, who had studied the phenomena for 30 years, believed wholeheartedly in the creature's existence. He also said there are plenty of fakers and pranksters out there as well.

What do I think about all of these monster stories?

Some of them very well could be true. If there were an intelligent, bipedal primate with a relatively small population, it's conceivable they could remain hidden in the thickets and swamps of the South or in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest.

And chances are if someone told others of a sighting they would be laughed out of existence anyway.

These stories could all be bogus though. Certainly some could be written off as cases of mistaken identity while others may be fine examples of an overactive imagination. Still others are unquestionably out and out lies from people trying to get attention.

While the two men made mental notes and observations about the two creatures, a tape recording was picking up animal grunts and low whistles from the pair of beasts.

But then again everyone who has spent much time in the woods has experienced the eerie sensation of being watched.

The hair often stands on the back of the neck as the distinct feeling of eyes overlooking you penetrates the psyche. And sometimes there are those loud footsteps and strange noises that don't match up with the local wildlife.

The sounds could be the wind and the footsteps could be a hog or a clumsy human, but there's another possibility.

Sure the chances are remote, but it could be Nalusa Falaya, the Louisiana Choctaw's "long, evil being" lurking in the shadows. And as long as that tiny possibility exists, tales of bigfoot will continue to be told around the campfire.