Harlan Ford

The Honey Island Swamp Monster: Louisiana’s Seven-Foot Swamp Ape

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An alligator swimming in the murky, reed-fringed water of Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana — a real resident of the swamp, not the monster itself

About 4 min readIn 1963, a retired air traffic controller named Harlan Ford reported a seven-foot, grey-haired creature with yellow eyes in the Honey Island Swamp — and plaster casts of footprints no known animal could have made. Sixty years on, the swamp still keeps its secret.