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Honey Island Swamp Monster

Also called Letiche, Tainted Keitre

A grey-haired, yellow-eyed swamp giant from the bayous of Louisiana.

Retired air-traffic controller Harlan Ford said he saw a tall, grey-haired creature with yellow eyes in the Honey Island Swamp in 1963. He later found webbed, four-toed tracks and made casts, which became the centre of the legend.

Swamp-tour guides around Slidell still tell the story, and the creature is now part of Louisiana's rich mix of bayou folklore alongside the rougarou.

What witnesses report

  • Four-toed tracks
  • Yellow or amber eyes
  • Grey, matted hair

Famous cases

  1. 1963Harlan Ford sighting
    Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana

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