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Elizabeth Ford
Historical witness profile documenting a reported encounter in Arkansas during 1971, with source provenance and connected research records.
Arkansas1971Provisional research profile
Location archiveArkansas
Media & documentation
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Overview
At a glance
Encounter period1971
RegionArkansas
Direct visualYes
Repeat / ongoingRepeat activity around house reported
Co-witness / corroborationYes – family / companions
Primary sourceEncyclopedia of Arkansas / contemporary press
Exact locators0
Media / transcript records0
Summary
hairy arm at window; red eyes reported
Background & context
Rural resident; outdoor experience: Moderate. The profile preserves what the entered sources document and does not infer missing biographical or encounter details.
Only public, encounter-relevant context is shown. Private contact details and precise residential information are not published.
Events
Encounter record
1971-05-02 · Fouke, Arkansas
Fouke 1971
Household and companion reports that became the Fouke Monster case, with contemporary press and law-enforcement response.
source-linked / evidence audit open
Open case →Reported observations
Matrix-coded
Matrix-coded reported observations
- hairy arm at window
- red eyes reported
Original source ↗ Exact locator pending
Media & source material
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No dedicated media record is currently registered.
The source chronology remains available below. New audio, video, transcripts and documents will appear here when recovered.
Indexed source passages
Concise research summaries point to exact source locations when available; long third-party transcript passages are not reproduced.
Exact source passage not yet indexed.
The source is retained, but paragraph/timestamp/page-level recovery is still required before excerpts or exact-locator analysis are displayed here.
Provenance
Source history
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1971
1971 press
Fouke Monster household
Source supporting this witness profile: Encyclopedia of Arkansas / contemporary press
Open source/record ↗Consistency & changes over time
Stable / recurrent
- Stable early
Added later
None coded in the current record.
Changed / contradicted
None coded in the current record.
Unresolved
- Physical evidence disputed
- Recover original clipping scans
- Exact source locator has not yet been recovered for this profile.
Controls
Corroboration & evidence
Yes – family / companions. This is not coded as independent testimony unless the co-witness's own source is recovered.
Sheriff search; tracks/scratches reported. Evidence authenticity and testimony are evaluated separately.
Research assessment
Documentary strengths
- Already qualified for the Observatory's public baseline witness corpus.
- Recoverable source URL is preserved.
- The source matrix codes a reported direct visual.
Limitations / controls
- No exact source locator has yet been entered for this profile.
- Current profile is primarily dependent on one entered source layer.
- Reported co-witness information is not automatically independent corroboration.
What would improve the record
- Recover an exact timestamp/page/paragraph locator.
- Search for earlier or independent firsthand source layers.
- Recover the co-witness's own statement where possible.
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Connections
Related reporting & research
No witness-specific analytical publication is linked yet.
This does not mean the witness is absent from future cross-era or trait analysis.
Public record reference
Record identifier
- Witness ID
- H021
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