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Pascagoula Abduction site

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On October 11, 1973, shipyard workers Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker reported being taken aboard a craft by robotic creatures while fishing on the Pascagoula River. The case is famous for the sheriff’s secret tape—the men kept talking about the creatures when left alone, a detail investigators still cite. A historical marker stands at the site, and Parker spoke about the event until his death in 2023.

Archive note: first reported 1973
Ufo Activity
Coordinates
30.366, -88.555 · Sourced coordinates

Is Pascagoula Abduction site haunted?

The record holds 1 claim, 1 named entity — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed media reported. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.

The record — long form

Pascagoula is the taped — the 'sheriff's recorder' that's the hidden caught, the 'still scared alone' that's the sincerity proved. The 'crab claws' is the described — the 'legless floated' that's the creatures came, the 'eyeball machine' that's the exam done. The 'fainted' is the saved — the 'Parker unconscious' that's the teenager spared, the 'floated back' that's the wharf returned.

The '50 calls' is the backed — the 'other sightings' that's the night's chorus, the 'demons' that's the Parker's later belief. The 'fishing pier' is the ordinary — the 'after work' that's the cast made, the 'blue light' that's the arrest thought. Pascagoula is the credible — the 'sheriff believed' that's the officers convinced, the 'tape surfaced' that's the '73 vindicated.

The file keeps Pascagoula: the hidden tape, the crab-claw creatures, the fainted boy, and the believing sheriff.

Pascagoula is the archive's Mississippi file — the abduction the tape confirmed.

Why this file matters

Pascagoula is the archive's Mississippi file — the abduction caught on a hidden tape.

A riverbank keeps its light — the file's suggestion being that Pascagoula's hold is the corroborated: the 'sheriff's tape' that's the fear real, the 'fainted' that's the teenager spared, and the 'crab claws' that's the detail strange.

The record of claims

Hickson and Parker described being floated aboard a craft by wrinkled, robotic creatures. The figure answers to Pascagoula creatures in the retellings. Pascagoula Abduction site's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. Coverage gave the claim its audience; proof remains another matter. The account appears in 'Pascagoula Abduction'. The sky above the site keeps its own file, and this is the entry that made it famous.

The witnesses maintained the account for decades; skeptics propose hypnagogic or fabricated explanations.

WikipediaFirst reported: 1973-10-11

Alleged entities

Pascagoula creaturesidentity unresearched

Hickson and Parker described being floated aboard a craft by wrinkled, robotic creatures. The file calls it Pascagoula creatures. The account has been recorded since 1973-10-11. The site in Pascagoula, Mississippi gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The account appears in 'Pascagoula Abduction'. The file keeps Pascagoula creatures on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.

Documented history

  • The October 11, 1973 report produced one of the best-documented abduction accounts; the sheriff’s office tape survives. The record dates it to 1973-10-11. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'Pascagoula Abduction' documents the entry. The record keeps it — history, not lore.

    1973-10-11Verified historyWikipedia

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Cryptid/folklore wave-2 batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.

"Pascagoula Abduction site." HauntHunt dossier 2187, https://haunthunt.com/place/pascagoula-abduction-site-pascagoula-mississippi/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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Within ~50 miles

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