Choccolocco
| Choccolocco, Alabama | |
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| Census-designated place & Unincorporated community | |
 Location of Choccolocco in Calhoun County, Alabama. |
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 Choccolocco
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| Coordinates: 33°39′33″N 85°42′13″W / 33.65917°N 85.70361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Calhoun |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.74 sq mi (30.40 km2) |
| • Land | 11.64 sq mi (30.16 km2) |
| • Water | 0.09 sq mi (0.24 km2) |
| Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,804 |
| • Estimate (2016) | N/A |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 256 & 938 |
| GNIS feature ID | 159400 |
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.
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.
Coordinates: 33°39′33″N 85°42′13″W / 33.65917°N 85.70361°W
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