| Names The Creature Is Known By In The Southeastern United States |
| Bardin Booger Booger-Boo or Booger-Man |
Putnam County Florida
This one's the Florida version and he's
been around sense the early 1900's.
Bardin is a small town tucked away into the
pine flatwoods north of Palatka on Highway
17 in Putnam County,Florida where there
weaves a legend that the piny areas are
guarded by the watchful eye of a resident
(Bigfoot)Skunk Ape called Bardin Booger.
Bud Key,proprietor of the "Bud's Grocery"
in the heart of Bardin,sold tee shirts
printed with images of the alledged
monster,and the local musicman by the
name of Billy Crain composed a song
about the creature which he titled,
"Ballard of the Bardin Booger"
The words go like this Hey Mr Bardin
Booger,Bardin is your home and everyday
you love to roam. You run through the
bushes and you run through the trees.
Hey Mr.Bardin Booger,don't get me
please." Sold over 6,000 copies in 1989.
His wife who performs at childrens parties
also wrote a Bardin Booger Christmas
song.
St.Petersburg Times wrote about "Bud"and the Bardin Booger back in 1989. Bud said he was afraid as a child
because of all the stories that were around back in the early 20's.But grown up has made money selling Booger
tee shirts and other items in his store. Said he never saw the creature but would like to believe it exsisted.
Different area residents did claim to have seen it though.The creature was claimed to be 7 to 8 feet tall ,covered
in hair. Has footprints that measure 14 to 18 feet long. Walks on two legs.he also stinks real bad.The Booger was
seen near graveyards but also liked the creeks that meandered through the woods to the St.Johns River.Fox
Hunters prowling the woods at night have reported seeing him and so do motorist who drive the remote roads.
Known for his healthy appetite ,the Booger is suspected of eating corn left out at night by farmers for their hogs.
In one infamous story he picked up a pickup truck and shook it like a rag. In another he drooled over a farmers
hunting dogs while they cowered in their kennel.Those two stories, which were reported in 1982 in the lively
supermarket tabloid,The Weekly World News, under the headline "We live with Bigfoot," were apparently all
wrong. So wrong that two Bardin Booger spotters quoted by The Weekly World News no longer talk to the media.
But there were some who still did,"It kind of looked like a big monkey," Jackie Cone, a hunter who lived in Bardin
area all his 43 years. Said five years earlier that, I and a bunch of us was driving around in a truck one night.
Down there just past the church house by "Buds",we saw a Booger. He went right across the road into the creek."
Steve Walkinson, a baby faced 18 year old mechanic at Buds, was the last person to report the Bardin Booger(At
time of the News paper story 1989) Last June, he said he and his uncle were driving Bardin Road about 10Pm.
sure enough, the Booger hotfooted it across the roadway. He sped up Wilkinson said'" Got a pretty good look at
him. Well he looked like a hairy gorilla. My uncle wanted to get out and shoot him, but I said, leave him be! Stay
put! I was so scared. The Booger stepped over a fence like it was nothing and walked into the woods".It had long
legs.
Bardin was a hotbed of stories through out the 1980's.A farmer named Randy Medlock was the source of many.
An avid fox hunter, he spent most of his nights in the woods,one night saw something that gave him the creeps.
At first, he didn't say nothing about it, because he was afraid people would doubt him. But the cousin who was
with him had loose lips, and word got out.The Associated Press found Medlock." This thing came out of the
woods" Ap quoted him as saying. "It was big and hairy and looked like a bear, but it had a pug nose walked
upright, like a man. The way it walks, a bear couldn't walk like that. It crossed about 30 feet in front of the car.
We were on a big sand hill. It looked sideways at us and kept walking. I knew it was strong because when it
walked back into the woods, it just slapped these pine saplings out of the way like they were nothing." Medlock
said he got out of his truck and looked at the tracks. They were larger than his size 13 feet. The supermarket
tabloids, when they found out about Medlock, had a field day with the unforunate farmer, who said he was badly
misquoted in their bigfoot stories. After that if you called to talk to him his wife would answer and she wouldn't
summons her husband to the phone. "He doesn't talk about Boogers anymore," she would say.
SteveWilkinson, Bud's mechanic, said he was scared when he saw the Booger cross the road but he didn't
believe the creature was dangerous because he never hear dof it ever hurting anyone. After he and his uncle
saw the Booger that June night, a few nights later he loaded his hog feeder with corn and went to bed. The next
morning the corn was gone and the ground around the feeder was covered with great big Booger tracks. "My
daddy and I talked about shooting him'" Wilkinson said,"but we didn't know if that would be against the law or not.
Finally,we just decided to let him roam these woods. "He's out there now."
because of all the stories that were around back in the early 20's.But grown up has made money selling Booger
tee shirts and other items in his store. Said he never saw the creature but would like to believe it exsisted.
Different area residents did claim to have seen it though.The creature was claimed to be 7 to 8 feet tall ,covered
in hair. Has footprints that measure 14 to 18 feet long. Walks on two legs.he also stinks real bad.The Booger was
seen near graveyards but also liked the creeks that meandered through the woods to the St.Johns River.Fox
Hunters prowling the woods at night have reported seeing him and so do motorist who drive the remote roads.
Known for his healthy appetite ,the Booger is suspected of eating corn left out at night by farmers for their hogs.
In one infamous story he picked up a pickup truck and shook it like a rag. In another he drooled over a farmers
hunting dogs while they cowered in their kennel.Those two stories, which were reported in 1982 in the lively
supermarket tabloid,The Weekly World News, under the headline "We live with Bigfoot," were apparently all
wrong. So wrong that two Bardin Booger spotters quoted by The Weekly World News no longer talk to the media.
But there were some who still did,"It kind of looked like a big monkey," Jackie Cone, a hunter who lived in Bardin
area all his 43 years. Said five years earlier that, I and a bunch of us was driving around in a truck one night.
Down there just past the church house by "Buds",we saw a Booger. He went right across the road into the creek."
Steve Walkinson, a baby faced 18 year old mechanic at Buds, was the last person to report the Bardin Booger(At
time of the News paper story 1989) Last June, he said he and his uncle were driving Bardin Road about 10Pm.
sure enough, the Booger hotfooted it across the roadway. He sped up Wilkinson said'" Got a pretty good look at
him. Well he looked like a hairy gorilla. My uncle wanted to get out and shoot him, but I said, leave him be! Stay
put! I was so scared. The Booger stepped over a fence like it was nothing and walked into the woods".It had long
legs.
Bardin was a hotbed of stories through out the 1980's.A farmer named Randy Medlock was the source of many.
An avid fox hunter, he spent most of his nights in the woods,one night saw something that gave him the creeps.
At first, he didn't say nothing about it, because he was afraid people would doubt him. But the cousin who was
with him had loose lips, and word got out.The Associated Press found Medlock." This thing came out of the
woods" Ap quoted him as saying. "It was big and hairy and looked like a bear, but it had a pug nose walked
upright, like a man. The way it walks, a bear couldn't walk like that. It crossed about 30 feet in front of the car.
We were on a big sand hill. It looked sideways at us and kept walking. I knew it was strong because when it
walked back into the woods, it just slapped these pine saplings out of the way like they were nothing." Medlock
said he got out of his truck and looked at the tracks. They were larger than his size 13 feet. The supermarket
tabloids, when they found out about Medlock, had a field day with the unforunate farmer, who said he was badly
misquoted in their bigfoot stories. After that if you called to talk to him his wife would answer and she wouldn't
summons her husband to the phone. "He doesn't talk about Boogers anymore," she would say.
SteveWilkinson, Bud's mechanic, said he was scared when he saw the Booger cross the road but he didn't
believe the creature was dangerous because he never hear dof it ever hurting anyone. After he and his uncle
saw the Booger that June night, a few nights later he loaded his hog feeder with corn and went to bed. The next
morning the corn was gone and the ground around the feeder was covered with great big Booger tracks. "My
daddy and I talked about shooting him'" Wilkinson said,"but we didn't know if that would be against the law or not.
Finally,we just decided to let him roam these woods. "He's out there now."
St.Johns River
ST.Johns River
Palmetto and Pine Forest
St.Johns River
Sand hills,gopher mounds and pine woods
Lena Crane after her husband, Billy
Crane,died in 1992 also recorded a
Bardin Booger song called "Bardin
Booger Christmas Wish". It to sold
copies internationally.
This is a picture of her dressed in her
custom of The Booger that she wore to
perform at parties.
Crane,died in 1992 also recorded a
Bardin Booger song called "Bardin
Booger Christmas Wish". It to sold
copies internationally.
This is a picture of her dressed in her
custom of The Booger that she wore to
perform at parties.