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Paranormal Sightings in Arkansas

6 nightmarks documented

6 paranormal sightings in Arkansas

Ghosts & Hauntings

The Gurdon Light — phantom lantern on the Arkansas railroad tracks

Gurdon Light, near Gurdon, Arkansas·1994

A murdered railroad worker's lantern still bobs along the tracks near Gurdon — the floating light has been seen by thousands since the 1930s.

Cryptids

The Fouke Monster Attacks — Fouke, Arkansas (1971)

Fouke, Arkansas·1971

A creature reached through a window and attacked a family in Fouke, Arkansas. The ensuing hysteria inspired the iconic 1972 film 'The Legend of Boggy Creek.'

Cryptids

The Fouke Monster — First Modern Sighting near Boggy Creek, Arkansas (1971)

Fouke, Arkansas·1971

Multiple witnesses reported a foul-smelling, hair-covered biped in the swamps near Boggy Creek. The sheriff's office organized searches but found only tracks.

UFOs/UAPs

Bright object observed near Fort Smith, Arkansas (1952)

Fort Smith, Arkansas·1952

A bright unknown over frontier Fort Smith — where the Ozarks meet the plains and the 1952 wave was building momentum.

UFOs/UAPs

Object observed over Stuttgart in the Arkansas rice country (1950)

Stuttgart, Arkansas·1950

An unknown over Arkansas rice country — where the flat prairie landscape offered nowhere for a mystery to hide.

Ghosts & Hauntings

Crescent Hotel — 'the most haunted hotel in America,' Eureka Springs, Arkansas

1886 Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas·1886

A charlatan's cancer patients died here, a stonemason fell from the roof, and a spectral nurse pushes a gurney — the Crescent Hotel earns its haunted title.