Some believe that Bigfoot creature lurks in swamp off Langham Road

Langham Road in Conecuh County, Ala.

I’ve received at least two possible Bigfoot activity reports during the past month, and I’m working to gather more information about both of these incidents in hopes of passing more details along to interested readers.

Earlier this month, local Bigfoot enthusiast Ashley McPhaul, who lives between Repton and Excel, reported that a woman living in the vicinity of Langham Road told him that she believes she heard a Bigfoot-type creature early one Friday morning several weeks ago. For readers unfamiliar with Langham Road, it’s west of Belleville and runs from County Road 11 all the way to County Road 5, on the Monroe County line, coming out just south of Owens Chapel.

The witness in this case told McPhaul that around 3 a.m. she heard a “hollering” noise that “sounded like a siren” coming from a swamp not far from her home. The incident shook the woman up so badly that she immediately went back inside.

Looking at a topographical map of the area, there are a number of sizeable creeks in this area that no doubt have produced some large, swampy areas. Most of these creeks appear to feed into Burnt Corn Creek, and one of the theories about Bigfoot creatures is that they like to stick close to reliable water sources surrounded by thick vegetation.

On Monday morning, Wesley Acreman with the Southwest Alabama Bigfoot Hunters called me to say that his brother, Virgil Acreman, was told by a woman who works at the McDonald’s restaurant in Evergreen that her son had found a suspected Bigfoot track on the sandy bank of a creek off County Road 8 in Conecuh County.

County Road 8 runs from County Road 43 at Paul all the way to the Brooklyn Road, coming out southeast of the Spring Hill community. Again, looking at the topo map, there are a number of creeks in this area, including Simmons Creek, Bottle Creek and others. Also, through the woods, the east end of County Road 8 isn’t that far from the Sepulga River.

Many in the reading audience will remember that Wesley and Virgil, along with their younger brother Roman Acreman, had multiple Bigfoot encounters while living off County Road 5 at Pine Orchard. Wesley said he planned to contact the young man who found the suspected Bigfoot track off County Road 8 and question him about it to see if he could find out more information.

I told Virgil on Monday that if he could find out exactly where the track was found and if we could get permission to visit the location, that I’d accompany him on a field trip there in the near future. More than likely, the track will be long gone by then, but who knows, we might get lucky and find another one. I plan to take my camera along just in case.

With that said, if anyone in the reading audience has a Bigfoot story or report that they’d like to tell, call me at The Courant at 578-1492. You can also reach me by e-mail at courantnewsdesk@gmail.com or write me at The Evergreen Courant, ATTN: Lee Peacock, P.O. Box 440, Evergreen, AL 36401.