First reported in the 1940s, the Fouke Monster is a Bigfoot-like cryptid said to roam the swamps of Miller County. Witnesses describe a 7-foot, hairy, ape-like creature with a foul odor, glowing red eyes, and a terrifying scream. Sightings surged in the 1970s after a local family reported being attacked by the beast, inspiring the cult horror film The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972). Modern accounts still surface, cementing the Fouke Monster as Arkansas’s most famous cryptid.