Incident #991782
Krotz Springs, St. Landry Cty, Louisiana
Jun 1978
Account
Leonce Boudreaux said he and his wife returned by car at 2.30 a.m. to their mobile home in a campground that he managed, and heard noises behind the trailer. He went to investigate and saw the same 7 to 8-foot creature he had seen the year before several miles away (1782). He got back in his car and got the headlights on it, at which time his wife also saw it. They reported to the sheriff's department, and next day two tracks were found. One was 19.5 inches long, but Bob Throneberry considered this a slide mark. The cast made by a local dental student without proper materials was not good. Boudreaux, called Jay in the Bulletin story, and his wife Adrienne, said the creature began to make nightly visits to the garbage dump at the camp. Mrs. Boudreaux estimated it to weigh no less than 700 pounds.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 04 1978
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Louisiana
- County
- St. Landry Cty
- Nearest Town
- Krotz Springs
- Latitude
- 3032
- Longitude
- 9145
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- bottom land
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Shrevport, LA, Journal, June 5, 1978, and Thronberrys' Bigfoot Bulletin, June, 1978, quoting Leonce Boudreax, Krotz Springs, LA. and his wife.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- fled
- Object Handled
- garbage
- Sound
- gruntýgrowlýhowl
- Odour
- strong
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.5
- Number of Tracks
- 2
- Track Condition
- poor
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on footýin car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- studiedýdeparted slowly