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The first claimed sighting was in 1963 by Harlan Ford, a retired air traffic controller who had taken up wildlife photography. After his death in 1980, a reel of Super 8 film showing the creature was found among his belongings.
Ford and Mills. The first sighting of the Honey Island Swamp Monster was in 1963 by Harlan Ford, a retired air traffic controller, and his friend Billy Mills. They claimed that while out in the swamps, they came across the creature standing over a dead boar.
Sep 1, 2021 · Harlan Ford and friend Billy D. Mills, Sr. noticed the potential campsite while flying over a remote area of the swamp outside Slidell, Louisiana. “It was prime hunting territory, and in an isolated area that few people had traveled,” said Dana Holyfield, Ford’s granddaughter and swamp monster advocate.
The first documented sighting of the beast was from Harlan Ford in 1963. Ford, a retired air traffic controller, used to fly a twin-engine plane to scout hunting grounds and potential hunting camp locations.
Curious cryptozoologists can visit the Abita Mystery House in Louisiana, a museum that houses a plaster cast of the footprint of the Honey Island Swamp Monster. The cast was donated by Dana Holyfield, granddaughter of Harlan E. Ford, who found and cast the tracks with Billy Mills.
- Desiree Bowie
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Jul 3, 2023 · Harlan Ford Encounter (1963): One of the earliest and most well-known sightings was by Harlan Ford, a retired air traffic controller. Ford claimed to have encountered the creature while on a fishing trip in the Honey Island Swamp.
