Dana Holyfield, author and documentary filmmaker, continued her grandfather's (Harlan Ford) research on the Honey Island Swamp Monster beginning back in 1997 when she returned from Hollywood where she was pursuing a film-making career.  She was also a model and photographer while in Hollywood for many years. When she returned to Louisiana, she used her skills to photograph a cookbook called, "Swamp Cookin' with the River People," that also featured information in that book about the Honey Island Swamp Monster."   "Encounters with the Honey Island Swamp Monster"  was her first self-published book in 1998 and 2004 that led to the documentary film that she made in 2005 called, "The Legend of the Honey Island Swamp Monster."   Holyfield revised the film in 2015 and titled it; "Encounters with the Honey Island Swamp Monster."  Dana has made guest appearances over the years on TV shows such Hannity's America on Fox, the Travel Channel's, "Mysteries At The Museum", the Sci-Fi Channel's, "Fact or Faked," "Swamp People," and "Book TV" to talk about her books and films on the the Honey Island Swamp Monster, and of course her Grandfather, Harlan Ford's encounter.   Her books and documentary films have also been reviewed by numerous print and online media sources.  She has also been a guest speaker at "Creature Weekend" in Salt Fork, Ohio, and "The Texas Bigfoot Conference" and "Boggy Creek Festival" in Foulke, Arkansas.    She has also written and published several children's books about the Honey Island Swamp Monster. 

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Honey Island Swamp Monster Documentations

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PERSONALLY SIGNED COPY of my book, just specify when ordering who you would like me to sign the book to. This book documents sightings and encounters of the Louisiana Honey Island Swamp Monster. I am the grand-daughter to Harlan Ford, who was the first person to pour plaster castings of tracks and report a sighting to the media of an unknown creature known worldwide as the legendary Honey Island Swamp Monster. This book documents Harlan's story as well as several other eye-witnesses. It also features a new encounter that I recently learned of about a missing man believed to have been the victim of the monster. I have also made a documentary film about the Honey Island Swamp Monster that you can find on Amazon Video on Demand that has many of the eye-witnesses on camera who are featured in this book.

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WHERE THE LEGEND BEGAN

Harlan Ford was the first person to cast plaster tracks and report a sighting to the media of an a creature that he coined, "The Honey Island Swamp Monster" that is now known worldwide. Harlan Ford was my grandfather. His story has been documented and aired on TV many times since 1974 when he first talked to the media.  Harlan Ford passed away in 1980.  His wife, my grandmother, Yvonne Ford passed away 2013, and while moving everything from the Ford home after it was sold, we came across a letter that Harlan Ford wrote himself in the 1970’s about his encounter with the Honey Island Swamp Monster.  I’m not sure if the letter was ever published in the magazine he sent it to.  As we all know when stories are retold many times, certain details change, get exaggerated, maybe by accident, maybe on purpose.  Some people try to say his story was a hoax after a local hunter found a track glued on the bottom of a shoe. But luckily Ford’s encounters were documented in his own words in the letter that could explain the shoe track.  I have inserted Harlan Ford’s actual letter in my newly revised book for you to read. There are also recent eye-witness encounters that are documented in this book.

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HONEY ISLAND SWAMP MONSTER DOCUMENTATIONS   (in print & digital download on Amazon.)

This book documents sightings and encounters of the Louisiana Honey Island Swamp Monster. I am the grand-daughter to Harlan Ford, who was the first person to pour plaster castings of tracks and report a sighting to the media of an unknown creature known worldwide as the legendary Honey Island Swamp Monster. This book documents Harlan's story as well as several other eye-witnesses. It also features a new encounter that I recently learned of about a missing man believed to have been the victim of the monster. I have also made a documentary film about the Honey Island Swamp Monster that you can find on Amazon Video on Demand that has many of the eye-witnesses on camera who are featured in this book. 

NOTE:  The original book, "ENCOUNTERS WITH THE HONEY ISLAND SWAMP MONSTER" that was published many years ago in 1997 and again in 2003, has been revised again with new encounters that have been discovered over the years.   This book has some of the information from the original booklet.

I found this old newspaper article.  I didn't find the rest of the story page 2.  This was written years ago. 

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POSTERS AVAILABLE 

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FILM REVIEWS

REVIEW SOURCE: buyer on AMAZON.COM
Of all my husbands collection (40+), this is the 2nd Best of all...I even request to watch it !, November 25, 2009
By G. J. Black (Rocky Mts) Buy this one!!This film is documentary style...but not just a string of 'stories'. Great continuity and a decent filming style.The main resident is REAL...his words are memorable and will stick with you! Science is touched upon.AND, if all that is not enough...the MUSIC is enjoyable...and the lyrics would stand on their own.I show this one to company...that's saying something.
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by Robert P. "Louisiana State Director of the American Anthropological Research Foundation wrote"
I just watched the DVD. It is fantastic. Thank you for your efforts in putting this film together. I am a member and Louisiana State Director of the American Anthropological Research Foundation. Our goal is to prove beyond any doubt that these wonderful beings exist and then to get them the protection they must have. The last thing we want or need is for someone to kill a being like this. Please spend a few moments visiting our website at Trueseekers.org I am more convinced than ever that these Forest Giants are much more widespread and numerous than anyone thought. These people in your film are not hallucinating. Many of the folks you interviewed have been in the swamps their entire lives. Folks like that are not prone to fantasy and illusion. As a general rule, you can take what they say to the bank.
Sincerely,
Robert P.
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From: C. Sanders
Subject:swamp monster dvd
To:danalouisiana@yahoo.com
I watched it last night & again just now. Your film, showing real persons telling their stories in their own words, every minute of your film comes across as the real truth, totally believable & authenticate giving the unvarnished facts. Those who have a very sincere interest in such things, & who really wants to learn something more about the Honey Island Swamp Monster, your film is at the very top of the Cryptozoology must see list.
Thanks. C.Sanders.
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REVIEW
From: Phil P.
To: "dana" Subject: Re: Documentary Video
I really enjoyed it. Lot of local characters on there that seem like they have legit stories. I will recommend it to my friends and other folks that I know. Take care and if you make another video, please let me know as I would like to purchase it.
Thanks again.
Phil P.
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Dana Holyfield appeared on "Swamp People" with
Terral Evans, in the episode "Full Moon Fever"
searching for evidence of the Honey Island Swamp Monster.
You can rent the episode on Amazon at the link.

SWAMP MONSTER ISLAND is a CHILDREN'S SHORT NOVEL.
Story is fiction based on a little fact!