Case File

Fouke 1971

A source-linked case record generated from the existing verified archive.

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Media & documentation

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Case summary

Fouke 1971

Household and companion reports that became the Fouke Monster case, with contemporary press and law-enforcement response.

Witness records
Bobby Ford

Ford reported a close encounter at his recently purchased rural home. Contemporary reporting, family/companion witnesses, hospital treatment and law-enforcement response make the event unusually well documented for a regional monster report.

~7 ft~3 ft across chesthairy/man-likerapid movement
Source records

Encyclopedia of Arkansas — Fouke Monster

contemporary press / later authoritative summary

Tracks, scratches and reported shooting are evidence claims separate from Ford’s visual testimony. Original newspaper scans remain preferable to later summaries.

Case control

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