DATE:  May 1, 1976

TIME:  9:30 CDT

LOCATION:     Mendenhall, Mississippi, Simpson County, Mississippi Hwy 13/Strong River, Wooded Area

TERRAIN:    River bottom/deciduous forest/significant backwater
 

OBSERVED:  Very large bipedal footprints coming from woods, crossing mud bar
and entering river. Large handprints and footprints observed on direct
opposite bank emerging from river (Strong River between Mendenhall and
Pucket, Ms.).
 

Description of Creature:  Unknown creature left large tracks of hands and feet

Activities of Witness:   hunting

Other Notes:  Separate incident that occurred in 11/81, along with a hunting
friend, in the same general area, I came upon three prints in the wet sand
along a sandbar, one left heel print, a complete right foot and a left fore
foot. What may make this report strange or even useless is that both feet
had only three toes each. The complete right foot was approximately 15-20
inches long and about 5-9 inches wide. I realize this is somewhat small
when compareed to other reported tracks and there were not five toes, but
three, but this is what I saw.
 

Other Other Notes:  On the first occurrence the witness was my father and he was
fishing as was myself, from a small boat in Strong River. On the second
occurrence, my friend was hunting less than 50 yds away.

OTHER OCCURRENCES:  Yes, it appears so but some are obvious campfire tales. I would
relate all information I have gathered on this phenomena over the phone.
There is too much to write here.

There are two incidents that I am aware of that involved some
friends of mine several years ago along the same stream that involved
unusual sounds. This is interesting since the people that spoke of it to me
grew up in the woods hunting and fishing their entire lives, as did myself,
and are exceedingly accustomed to every possible sound the forest and swamp
can make.