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* CreateYourOwnVillain: The narrator notes that early sightings of the Fouke Monster tended to be peaceful, and argues it only becomes violent towards humans later on because of the townsfolk repeatedly shooting at, chasing, and generally fearing it, causing it start seeing them as threats.
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* DontGoInTheWoods: The idyllic woods and rivers are home to plenty of dangerous animals and are downright terrifying at night.
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* DontGoInTheWoods: The idyllic woods and rivers are home to plenty of dangerous animals and are downright terrifying at night.night, even without the Fouke Monster's involvement.
* EverybodyLives: Surprisingly. Despite the Fouke Monster's growing aggression, it never kills any humans… not for lack of trying in at least one case. It claims plenty of animal victims though.
* EvilDetectingDog: Dogs go absolutely ballistic with fear at the scent of the Fouke Monster, foiling efforts to pursue it with bloodhounds. Animals in general are terrified of the monster, which is unsurprising given that it is shown to be at least somewhat carnivorous and regularly kills domesticated animals. One poor cat is outright frightened to death by it.
* EverybodyLives: Surprisingly. Despite the Fouke Monster's growing aggression, it never kills any humans… not for lack of trying in at least one case. It claims plenty of animal victims though.
* EvilDetectingDog: Dogs go absolutely ballistic with fear at the scent of the Fouke Monster, foiling efforts to pursue it with bloodhounds. Animals in general are terrified of the monster, which is unsurprising given that it is shown to be at least somewhat carnivorous and regularly kills domesticated animals. One poor cat is outright frightened to death by it.
* JumpScare: One sighting sees the monster nearly give a constable — and probably the audience — a heart attack by dashing suddenly across the road without warning.
* LastOfHisKind: Suggested with the Monster. Its observed how the sightings are always of a single creature, leaving the question of whether its multiple individuals being spotted separately and they're just solitary animals, or if the Fouke Monster is the last of its species in the region.
* TheLegendOfX: Its in the title.
* LastOfHisKind: Suggested with the Monster. Its observed how the sightings are always of a single creature, leaving the question of whether its multiple individuals being spotted separately and they're just solitary animals, or if the Fouke Monster is the last of its species in the region.
* TheLegendOfX: Its in the title.
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* TheLegendOfXNotSoDifferentRemark: The narrator argues that the townsfolk and monster that terrorizes them probably feel the same way about one another; confused and frightened.
* RiddleForTheAges: In keeping with the nature of the film, a lot is left unclear by the end, like why the Fouke Monster behaved as it did or whether there's more than one or its a single creature.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: The Monster's encounters with humans become gradually more and more violent and confrontational, culminating in the siege on the house at the end. It's speculated to be in response to getting attacked the few times it dares to come near humans.
* TragicMonster: The Monster is portrayed as such, with speculation that it may be the LastOfHisKind in the area and only became violent because it approached humans in search of some kind of kinship only to be attacked out of fear.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film takes a great deal of inspiration from actual sightings, folklore, and local history around the Fouke Monster, to the point of featuring many witnesses and townsfolk AsHimself, but is far from accurate in it's depictions; it dramatizes much and is more of a mystery story loosely inspired by the legends and those similar to it than an actual documentary.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film takes a great deal of inspiration from actual sightings, folklore, and local history around the Fouke Monster, to the point of featuring many witnesses and townsfolk AsHimself, but is far from accurate in it's depictions; it dramatizes much and is more of a mystery story loosely inspired by the legends and those similar to it than an actual documentary.
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