Ouachita is in Kiamicha Country, the outdoor enthusiast’s paradise that contains a plethora of places to hike, horseback, hunt, fish, camp, drive an all-terrain-vehicle, or take a boat out for a ride on the water.

The Cedar Lake area also has a resident mythical creature that is mostly associated with evading human detection in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest.

The Skunk Ape; also known as Bigfoot, Sasquatch, abominable snowman, and yeti; has been sighted numerous times in the Cedar Lake area.

Therefore, a local crew known as the Ghost Trackers of Oklahoma (GTOO) will be investigating the Cedar Lake area this year.

A 2009 Sighting of the Skunk Ape

On October 1, 2009 around 4:30 PM a married couple were on their way to a cabin they had rented. The husband drove about 30 mph on a dirt road in Le Flore County near Cedar Lake. The sky was overcast but there was no rain and the temperature was a comfortable 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

As they approached a turn in the road the wife noticed a bad odor. Coming around the turn they saw a grayish-black creature that looked like a gorilla. The creature stood up and ran into the woods.

The entire incident lasted about three seconds, but the couple believed they saw a seven foot creature that was able to run like a human but looked like a gorilla. They claim they saw Bigfoot.

A 2008 Sighting of the Skunk Ape

The year was 2008 and the month was March.

Some friends were hiking on a ridge above the cabin where they were staying.

While taking some time to catch their breath and drink some water one of the hikers spotted a creature watching them.

The hiker reported that it was a tall orangutan with reddish brown hair peeking around a tree watching the group of hikers rest before they continued their journey.

The hiker whispered to a nearby friend to look but not be too obvious. The friend looked and nearly panicked but recomposed himself quickly.

The other two friends quickly realized that something was going on. Curious they asked, but they were loud and that must have scared the creature. The hikers heard a howl followed by the sound of some animal running through the woods away from where they stood. Those hikers claimed they saw and heard Sasquatch.

More information

The Bigfoot field Researchers Organization collects data on bigfoot sightings and more information about the sighings near Cedar Lake in Le Flore County, Oklahoma can be viewed here.