Country United States County Calhoun Area code(s) 256 & 938 Elevation 207 m Local time Sunday 3:29 PM | State Alabama Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) GNIS feature ID 159400 Population 2,804 (2010) | |
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Weather 18°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 36% Humidity Area 30.4 km² (30.16 km² Land / 24 ha Water) | ||
Choccolocco is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,804. It was founded in 1832.
Map of Choccolocco, AL 36207, USA
The community gained brief notoriety in 2001 when The Daily Show aired a piece on the "Choccolocco Monster", a part of local folklore concerning sightings of a mysterious creature in the area in the late 1960s. An October 2001 article in the Anniston Star newspaper revealed that the creature was, in fact, local resident Neal Williamson dressed in a cow skull and a sheet. As a teenager, Williamson would don his costume and gain the attention of passing cars by jumping out of the woods onto the roadside, often startling motorists.
References
Choccolocco, Alabama Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA