Louisiana Wookie?
The Monster Legend Of
Honey Island
By TCC Team Member Dorraine Fisher
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Honey Island Swamp - is it home to a Monster! |
Legends
of monsters in the swamp have permeated the bayou country of Louisiana for well
over a
hundred years. But sometimes
there’s a reason legends persist.
Honey
Island Swamp in southern Louisiana is a stretch of land 27 miles long and seven
miles wide. Thick pine forests make up the northern portion, and the southern
portion consists of 70,000 acres of protected swampland not easily accessible
by humans except by boat or on foot. Many dangerous animals make their home
there, including black bears, alligators, and feral hogs. But some say, that in
the deepest, darkest recesses of the area, there is another creature that calls
this place home.
Known
as the Louisiana wookie (due to its reported resemblance to the Star Wars
character) or the Honey Island swamp monster, it was first spotted in the
1960s when humans began exploring further into the remote areas of the swamp.
The
first documented sighting was in 1963 when a man named Harlan E. Ford and his
friend Ray Mills were hunting in the area. They came across a large, hairy
creature standing over a dead boar with its throat ripped out.