The Fouke Monster

One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In Texarkana, it's said a mysterious creature roams the states' borderlands; whether you call it The Fouke Monster, It, or The Boggy Creek Monster, this reportedly reticent cryptid decided to stir up some trouble—and excitement—in 1971. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written and Hosted by Laurah Norton Researched by Bryan Worters with additional research by Laurah Norton Engineered, Edited, Scored, and Produced by Maura Currie Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing, the show where we search the nation's
0:09.9	news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:25.2	Well, strangers, it's September.
0:27.0	The air grows crisp.
0:29.5	The pumpkin spice lattes are a brewing.
0:35.8	Halloween decorations have filled the shelves of every self-respecting retail outlet in America.
0:39.6	And our minds have turned to all the autumnal favorites.
0:44.5	Cool evenings, cozy cardigans, and cryptids.
0:46.6	Well, fine.
0:53.1	We suppose cryptids don't technically have a season if you're being pedantic, but let's be real.
0:54.0	When the wind gets a chill and the pumpkins
0:56.3	hit the front porch, it's just easier to believe in, say, a man-like moth or a moth-like
1:04.0	man, portending doom in West Virginia. We at one strange thing, neither officially endorse nor deny the existence of any
1:13.8	particular cryptid. But there are certainly stories that we find, well, more intriguing than
1:20.7	others. And there's one from Arkansas that we've been meaning to tell you about for a long time.
1:27.2	Now that we're settling down into fall, well, there's no better time than the present.
1:33.0	Falk, Arkansas.
1:34.6	By the way, that's spelled F-O-U-K-E.
1:37.9	This is a family-friendly podcast, is a tiny little town in Miller County Texarkana.
1:48.0	When we say tiny, we mean a population under 900. Now, sometimes Falk is mistakenly called boggy creek by outsiders.
1:53.0	We'll get to that in a minute, but the creek itself is a geographical feature that runs through the area.
2:00.0	The naming confusion lies in the town's claim to fame, a horror movie, The Legend of
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