| The Honey Island Swamp is located in Louisiana and is | | | | of dead wild boars. They followed the line of animals |
| a vast swamp land that is located in the middle of the | | | | until they saw a freshly killed boar. Beside it, they found |
| east and west Pearl Rivers. A part of the Honey | | | | tracks similar to the ones they had seen in 1963. Not |
| Island Swamp is under the protection of the Bogue | | | | wanting to risk their necks, the friends left the Honey |
| Chitto National Wildlife Refuge and the other part is | | | | Island Swamp and only came back later that night to |
| managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and | | | | create a cast of the prints they had found beside the |
| Fisheries. It was during the 1960s, as the human | | | | boar. The plaster cast prints remain until today and |
| population started to encroach upon the swamplands | | | | have helped dispute claims that the wild boar killings |
| that sightings of a tall, wooly, bipedal mammal were | | | | were only that of an alligator. |
| reported. The first accounts of the Honey Island | | | | Ever since Harlan Ford and Robert Mills initially saw the |
| Swamp Monster were that of Harlan Ford. | | | | creature in 1963 and the presentation of a footprint |
| Harlan Ford was the first man to report sightings of | | | | cast in 1974 there have been various reported |
| the Honey Island Swamp Monster. He is also one of | | | | sightings of the Honey Island Swamp Creature. These |
| the very first people to be able to retrieve tracks the | | | | sightings include that of Ted Williams who claims to |
| monster left. He saw the monster for the first time on | | | | have seen the creature numerous times and is noted |
| 1963, but did not report what he saw until 1974. Ford | | | | to have said that there is more than just Honey Island |
| and his Friend Robert Mills were in the swamp lands | | | | Swamp. Williams used to say that he had never |
| looking for an abandoned camp that they had spotted | | | | attempted to shoot any of the creatures because |
| from the air. They came into a clearing and were | | | | they did not seem to want to harm him either. At |
| surprised to see in front of them a massive creature | | | | present, there has been no news on Ted Williams |
| that was down on all fours. Mills asked Ford as to | | | | since he was reported to have disappeared one day |
| what the creature was, it supposedly heard them and | | | | when he took his boat into the deeper part of the |
| faced the two men, after a while it stood up and ran | | | | Honey Island Swamp. |
| back into the bush. The two men ran after the | | | | There is a website that describes the Honey Island |
| creature in an attempt to get a better look at it, but all | | | | Swamp Monster and numerous other creatures of |
| they found were its tracks. | | | | Cryptozoology in detail, this website is called: Unknown |
| Harlan and Ford went home and shared the | | | | Creatures and it may be found at this url: |
| experience with family and friends. It wasn't until 1974 | | | | You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter or |
| when the two friends returned to the Honey Island | | | | on your web site as long as it is reprinted in its entirety |
| Swamp to hunt for ducks that they saw signs of the | | | | and without modification except for formatting needs |
| monster again. This time, although the friends did not | | | | or grammar corrections. |
| see the creature again, they were treated to an array | | | | |