George Singleton believed Bigfoot creatures protected ancient, native people

George Buster Singleton

More than a few readers have asked me on the street this week if I’ve heard any good Bigfoot reports lately, and the best one that I’ve heard was told to me by local Bigfoot enthusiast Ashley McPhaul.

McPhaul, who lives between Repton and Excel, told me that a husband and wife couple living in the Belleville area with their small children had an unusual experience that they think might involve Bigfoot. According to the story, the children frequently play out in the yard and often leave their toys scattered about. Several evenings in a row, before the children came in for the night, the parents had the kids pick up all their toys and put them beside their house, so they would be out of the way.

The following morning, the parents and children awoke to find their toys across the road, in the wood line and scattered about in the woods. McPhaul said that the parents described this as “very strange.”

Bigfoot comes into the story because years ago in that same area someone saw what they described as a Bigfoot-type creature throwing rocks at a woman who was riding a four-wheeler. With that in mind, the parents in the more recent case involving the toys began to wonder if perhaps one of these creatures was venturing into their yard at night and disturbing the toys.

McPhaul also told me another story that was told to him by a woman living between Belleville and Repton. She said that years ago she and a bunch of her cousins were playing outside when they spotted a Bigfoot-type creature about 20 yards away watching them. They saw the creature as “plain as day,” he said.

Her grandfather came outside, saw the creature and made the youngsters come in the house. Later that night, the creature was heard “hollering and screaming” about half the night, the woman told McPhaul.

Also during the past week, on the Southwest Alabama Bigfoot Hunters Facebook page, there was an interesting discussion about the average lifespan of a Bigfoot. Answers ranged from 25 to over 100 years. I’d never really thought much about it, but I figured 40 to 50 years because that’s about how long prehistoric people lived in ancient times.

Jeff Frye agreed and noted that when he was much younger he used to venture into the woods with the late George Buster Singleton. Some in the reading audience will remember Singleton, who wrote a column for The Monroe Journal in Monroeville for decades, prior to his death in 2007. Singleton, who was a renowned “ghost hunter” and investigator of the unusual, told Frye that he believed that Bigfoot creatures were the protectors of the ancient, native people who lived in the woods long ago.

With that said, if anyone in the reading audience has a Bigfoot story or report that they’d like to share, please contact me to let me know.