Criticism
One month after the Ford sighting, Southern State College, now called Southern Arkansas University, archaeologist Dr. Frank Schambach determined that "There is a 99 percent chance one of the tracks is a hoax."
According to Schambach, the tracks could not be from a species of ape, or ape man, as claimed by witnesses, because they were from a three-toed creature, whereas all primates and hominids have had five toes. In addition to the number of toes, Schambach cited several other anomalies as part of his conclusion: the region had no history of primate activity, ruling out the possibility of the creature being the remnants of an indigenous species; all primates are completely diurnal, the Fouke Monster appeared to be partially nocturnal.
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