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The Honey Island Swamp is a marshland located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana in St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

St. Tammany Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the New Orleans, Louisiana–Metairie, Louisiana–Kenner, Louisiana New Orleans metropolitan area....
. The swamp is bordered on the north by U.S. 90
U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana

U.S. Highway 90, one of the major east-west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana, serving Lake Charles , Lafayette , New Iberia , Morgan City and New Orleans ....
, on the south by Lake Borgne
Lake Borgne

File:National Atlas Louisiana east detailed.gifLake Borgne is a lagoon in eastern Louisiana of the Gulf of Mexico. Due to coastal erosion, it is no longer actually a lake but rather an arm of the Gulf of Mexico....
, on the east by the Pearl River
Pearl River (Mississippi-Louisiana)

The Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Winston County, Mississippi, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanawaya and Tallahaga Creeks....
 and the west by the West Pearl River

It is one of the least-altered river swamps in the United States. Considered by many to be one of the most pristine swampland habitats in the United States, the Honey Island Swamp covers an area that is over 20 miles (30 km) long and nearly 7 miles (10 km) across, with 34,896 of its 70,000 acres (280 kmē) government sanctioned as permanently protected wildlife area.






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The Honey Island Swamp is a marshland located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana in St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

St. Tammany Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the New Orleans, Louisiana–Metairie, Louisiana–Kenner, Louisiana New Orleans metropolitan area....
. The swamp is bordered on the north by U.S. 90
U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana

U.S. Highway 90, one of the major east-west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana, serving Lake Charles , Lafayette , New Iberia , Morgan City and New Orleans ....
, on the south by Lake Borgne
Lake Borgne

File:National Atlas Louisiana east detailed.gifLake Borgne is a lagoon in eastern Louisiana of the Gulf of Mexico. Due to coastal erosion, it is no longer actually a lake but rather an arm of the Gulf of Mexico....
, on the east by the Pearl River
Pearl River (Mississippi-Louisiana)

The Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Winston County, Mississippi, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanawaya and Tallahaga Creeks....
 and the west by the West Pearl River

It is one of the least-altered river swamps in the United States. Considered by many to be one of the most pristine swampland habitats in the United States, the Honey Island Swamp covers an area that is over 20 miles (30 km) long and nearly 7 miles (10 km) across, with 34,896 of its 70,000 acres (280 kmē) government sanctioned as permanently protected wildlife area. This swamp is also the home of the legendary Honey Island Swamp monster
Honey Island Swamp monster

The Honey Island Swamp monster is a humanoid cryptid reported from Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana since 1963....
, which has from time to time been known as the "Tainted Keitre". Honey Island Swamp is located on the Owned by

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Honey Island Swamp monster

The Honey Island Swamp monster is a humanoid cryptid reported from Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana since 1963....


The swamp is famous for being the home of the Honey Island Swamp monster
Honey Island Swamp monster

The Honey Island Swamp monster is a humanoid cryptid reported from Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana since 1963....
. The creature is described as bipedal, seven feet (2.2 metres) tall, with gray hair and yellow eyes. It is accompanied by a disgusting smell. Footprints supposedly left by the creature have four toes. The first claimed sighting was in 1963 by Harlan Ford, a retired Air traffic controller who took up wildlife photography. After his death in 1980, a reel of Super 8 film showing the creature was allegedly found among his belongings. In 1974 the monster gained national fame after Ford and a friend claimed to have found unusual footprints in the area, as well as the body of a wild boar whose throat had been gashed. Ford continued to hunt the creature for the next six years. The idea of a large, ape-like creature in the area is not without its critics, notably the local ecologist Paul Wagner, who with his wife Sue run nature tours in the area. They claim they have not seen any evidence for it. A local legend tells of a train crash in the area in the early twentieth century. A travelling circus was on the train, and from it a group of chimpanzees escaped, interbreeding with the local alligator population.

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