A few years ago my wife and I were invited to a dinner by old friends. The family are

LDS and have the tradition of inviting local Mormon

elders to their home on Tuesday nights for dinner. It is a special treat for

these young men who have chosen to leave home for two years to

spread their faith.

Upon arriving, we were introduced to the two young elders.

The surprise for me was that one elder Lux was from Spring Hill, Louisiana, which is just

90 miles from my hometown of Monroe.

We had a genuinely nice hour or so of visiting and talking about home.

We had much in common even though he was in his early 20s,

and I was in my early 70s.

I asked Elder Luck if he was born in his early 70s. I asked Elder Luck if he was born in Spring Hill and was very

surprised to find that he was originally from Falk Arkansas which was 41 miles away. Of course this immediately prompted me to ask if he had ever seen the Fout monster which was featured in the 70s movie

The Legend of Bagi Creek and other books and newspaper articles over the last many decades.

Elder Lux replied that he had not seen the creature, but that his father had on two occasions years apart.

As a very young boy he and his family who lived alongside Boggi Creek had on a few occasions

experience some strange and frightening moments

which they attributed to the creature.

As our conversation was getting into more detail,

Elder Lux and his partner had to leave because they had another

engagement for church business that night. We reluctantly said our goodbyes, our

friend and host promised to have them over again.

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