Report Received From: The GCBRO Online Report Submission Form.
Accompanied by Follow Up Report With Photos, From GCBRO Field Researchers Jim Lansdale and Steve Conroy.
 

Report Posted To GCBRO Web Site On:   October 1, 2010
 

DATE:    09/26/2010 
 

TIME:     at night found in morning foot prints made plaster cast one is 23 inches long dont know how to clean cast need help one is 16 in long  
 

LOCATION:   Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana 
 

TERRAIN:    Wooded 
 

OBSERVED:    we have heard the screams at night a few times, the footprints is all i saw i havent seen it 
 

Activities of Witness:   i had come in from church and i saw my glass storn door open i thought some one was here, so i walked around the yard found a couple things out of place went toward the road and saw the prints very plain it was a small one 12 inches i measured it the large one is 23 inches long and the straw and dirt was pushed down where it stepped   
 

Description of Creature:  didnt see it
 

Other Notes:    last year i found a print in the ditch that was not human 
 

Other (Informational or Encounter History in the General Area) Notes:    we have a pond in the back yard we found 3 does dead part of them had been eaten this was last fall ive had 2 dogs to disapear 
 

Additional Notes and or Follow up Comments:  GCBRO Researchers, Jim Lansdale and Steve Conroy Contacted the witness and did a follow up investigation.  Here is there report. - We received this report 09/26/2010 at approximately 3:30 PM CST.  I called this person immediately setting up a time to visit with her the next day.  EasTexSteve and I made the trip, about 1 and half hour drive, the following day 09/27/2010 arriving at her home at 10:30 AM.
After a short visit we began inspecting the tracks she already had poured.  There was not a visible track line but there were large scuff marks before and after the two tracks she poured in her drive way which was a sandy gravel surface.  The poured tracks were not discernable but not completely without some definition.  The lady covered the tracks over night to protect against weather.
The below track had already been poured with plaster the day before. You can still see the outline along with the ball push which I consider the hinge of the foot.  The track measured approximately 20 inches but in reality considering the plaster pour the track would be approximately 19 inches in length…the width of the ball of the track before plaster would have been approximately 7 inches.  This track appeared to have five toes.
 

Items of interest the witness reported.
A planter constructed of land scape timbers was turned over on its side.  I picked this planter up estimating it weighed approximately 30 pounds.  Also reported was her back screen door that was torn with the wood frame having damage.  We could rule out wind or weather as causing the planter to overturn or do this type of damage to the back screen door.  There were not any scratch or chew marks on this back damaged wooden screen door.  This lady also reported that after returning home she noticed one of her front storm doors was wide open.   While we were there a gust of wind blew this same front storm door open…
 

This person reported 16 chickens were found dead in her chicken pen with one being found dead on the day of our visit.  After inspecting the corpse we determined by bite marks that the chicken was killed by some type of canine.  Steve located several small entries a canine or possibly a raccoon could have entered the pen.  All the dead chickens were found inside the pen suggesting canine.
Her home was situated in approximately 1 acre of open land surrounded by pine timber with a neighbor located approximately 100 yards south of her home.  Both homes other then around their immediate homes were surrounded by pine timber.  There was one dirt road south of both homes that ran west towards the lake.
Steve and I did a thorough investigation of hers and surrounding property.  The pine thicket in front of her home across the black top road.  This area was thick with briars and a growth of 7 year old pines.  We only found smaller trails and work done by an armadillo.  We couldn’t find an entry or exit from this large pine thicket leading to the black top where the lady reported hearing strange sounds from.  According to the person there is a large pond several miles beyond her home and this pine thicket. She also reported something walking inside the pine thicket following her as she walked to her chicken pen.  When she would stop to listen this would stop.  Her husband told his wife while working on the home that some unidentified something was making a screaming sound.
Steve did find a trail where something had walked parallel to the road but not anything definitive.  He and I walked to the back of the home towards the pond.  The water in the pond was at a low level since lack of rain.  We did see boot marks and several holes where it appeared the fisherman was digging for bait with a shovel.  Steve also found a cane pole.  There were a few deer and raccoon prints in the softer mud around this pond.  There was also a trail, appeared mowed, leading from the edge of the pond through a pine thicket to her neighbors home who lived approximately 100 yards away.  After inspecting this pond area we went back to ask the person about the items found at the pond.  She was unaware of anyone fishing nor did she know about any trail from the pond that leads us to her neighbors home.  The pond itself didn’t belong to her but to her neighbor who had mentioned something taking food from her freezer.
 
 

Steve, this lady and I then drove to her neighbor’s home.  This was an older lady that was hospitable and welcomed us into her home.  This lady then explained that it wasn’t her who lost meat to some intruder but a man that lived several miles from her home.  According to this lady the man had skinned a deer leaving the meat inside a cooler.  When he returned the meat was gone.
Steve and I questioned the lady about the mowed trail and possibly her live in son-in-law fishing the pond.  She said her son-in-law had fished the pond sometime back was unaware of any mowed trail leading to the pond.  There was not any doubt with us knowing this trail had been mowed. This lady also told us of a young man, maybe teenager, was caught being a peeping tom when her granddaughters lived with her.
She did tell us about something beating on the end of her trailer at night at the head of her bed first thinking it was a limb from a tree but after inspecting her property she found no trees were close to cause this beating sound.  The first picture is higher up on the trailer with the second picture being at approximately the height she heard the beating sounds.
 
 

Steve and I then began our investigation of her property.  She had an older log building along with an older barn.  There were not any significant trails in or around either of these structures.  We then began walking the woods back behind her home.  We did find several items of interest but IMO seem insignificant simply because the lack of any significant sign made by any animals.
There was a hard wood tree broken close to the ground.  It takes a great deal of force to break a hard wood that is approximately 3 to 4 inches across but it can be done by any kid capable of climbing and riding the tree to the ground.  Also found was a tree twist.  Both the tree broken and tree twist seemed unusual because of the area they were in but is not suggestive of BF activity.
 
 

After searching this property we returned back to the two ladies who were now joined by their daughters.  One daughter reported that she and her husband had heard unfamiliar loud screams/growls at night with her husband attempting to find the cause but was not successful.
Items of interest:  The reporting lady told us that someone had attempted to steal her car; bear have been seen in and around this area along with large black panthers.  From our investigation knowing there are three large lakes and many creeks nearby their homes it would suggest it is possible they have some type of BF activity.  Both ladies told us about the reporting person’s dog barking all night with us thinking the dog may have been barking at armadillos which are plentiful in and around their properties or barking at the animal in her chicken pen.  There is a possibility but without any significant evidence the dog could be barking because of these creatures coming around their homes.  Both ladies reported a lack of snakes this year around their properties.
Steve and I left after spending 5 hours interviewing the persons and investigating the properties.  It is in our opinion that something did make the tracks she cast and both parties were earnest and sincere with what they reported.  From what we were told by these two ladies we did understand that there were some undesirable humans living within walking distance of their collective homes.
I left the lady my telephone number to call if she has any more activity.