Deep in the mist-choked bayous of eastern Louisiana, where cypress knees rise like grasping fingers from black water and the air hums with insects, something is said to walk that is neither fully man nor beast. Known as the Honey Island Swamp Monster, this mysterious figure has haunted local folklore for generations, earning a reputation as one of the South’s most prevailing Wildman legends. The Honey Island Swamp Monster is Louisiana’s Wildman of the Wetlands.