was eventually sold into slavery in Victoria, Texas, and lived in Refugio and Victoria Counties until his death in 1884. A collection of these early accounts were later published in their entirety in J. Frank Dobie's book "Tales of Old-Time Texas" in 1928. Films In 2008, the 86-minute horror feature The Wild Man of the Navidad was made. It was written and directed by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks, and co-produced by their college filmmaking instructor Kim Henkel - who just happened to be the co-writer/producer of Tobe Hooper's seminal 1974 horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The Wild Man of the Navidad premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City and was later released by IFC Films in 2009. Although the film does have a loose connection to the original Wild Man story, the filmmakers based the bulk of it on a supposed "new story" from the real-life journals of one Dale S. Rogers, who claims to be a direct descendant of Samuel C.A. Rogers. In his writings, Mr. Rogers described a series of bizarre encounters he and his family had with the creature(s) as late as 1975. The part of Dale S. Rogers was played by co-director Justin Meeks. The movie is set in the real-life town of Sublime, Texas, but it was actually shot on location in Whitsett, Texas, and nearby Campbellton, Texas, on a shoestring budget. Many of the supporting characters in the film were locals of that area, and the entire production was designed to be a deliberate stylistic echo of the 1970s drive-in B-movies it pays close homage to. See also List of topics characterized as pseudoscience Yeti References Further reading "The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the Making of Texas," Anne H. Sutherland, Texas A&M University Press, 2006, External links Texas Bigfoot Conservancy The Wild Man of the Navidad Official Website Wild Man of the Navidad Bigfoot Texas folklore