Children see creature emerging from abandoned barn near Caruthersville
Account
The witness had recently moved into a farmhouse and was on the front porch in the morning with relatives when a large hair-covered creature emerged from a nearby barn. The creature stepped over a hog-pen fence and walked away to the west. Later that day the witness found large five-toed footprints near the barn, and the household heard loud banging and howling sounds around the property through the following winter and spring without seeing the creature again.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- over seven feet tall
- Build src
- massively built
- Hair colour src
- dark, almost black with greenish tint
- Face src
- oval, flat, dark, mostly skin with wrinkles
- Arms src
- hanging almost to knee length
- Gait src
- human manner with forward lean, fluid, long strides
- Posture src
- somewhat stooped, forward leaning
- Other features src
- hair covered, head small for size
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
August 1960
|
|---|---|
| Time of day |
morning
|
| Place |
Currotherville, Pemiscot County, Missouri
Stated
BFRO report #15610
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
|
| Map point |
36.01, -89.68 (± 32 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 15610 with published boundary
|
| Account type |
First-hand
|
| Witnesses |
3
|
| Figures reported |
1
|
| Witness was |
sitting on house front porch after moving in
|
| Witness's word for it |
a large creature
|
| Source classification |
Class A
|
Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Tony Gerard (BFRO)
Large footprints with toe marks found by barn later same day, described as long and broad with five toes
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and later received additional descriptive details by email.
Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
-
BFRO report #15610 Primary
-
BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “locals speak of such a creature”Not in the Anomadex yet