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15 October 2012 Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri Class A #36838

Man returns home at night to find a tall figure standing by his deer lick outside Farmington

The witness returned home from work late at night and noticed a large figure crouched near a deer lick in the yard. He turned on bright lights and walked toward it thinking it was a poacher, then smelled strong body odor and mildew and realized it was not human. The figure stood up and they stared at each other before it left down a game trail into the brush.

Full-body sightingEyeshineOdor
October 2012 Richmond, Ray County, Missouri Class A #38519

While riding an ATV a tall biped is seen eating leaves from a tree on a farm near Richmond

While riding an ATV on the family's timbered farm in daylight, a relative came around a corner and saw a tall dark hairy figure pulling leaves from a tree and eating them. The relative took a cell phone photo, then turned the vehicle around and left quickly with a companion. Minutes later the group heard four loud howls from the general area and left immediately.

Full-body sightingHowlAnimal behaviour
18 September 2012 Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri Class A #36572

Trucker has nighttime sighting outside the city of Nevada

The witness was driving east out of Fort Scott, Kansas into Missouri at about 4 a.m. when a hair-covered bipedal figure ran across the road in front of the headlights in two or three steps and disappeared into forest. The witness noted a brief bad smell just after passing the crossing spot.

Road crossingFull-body sightingOdor
17 May 2012 Winona, Shannon County, Missouri Class A #56937

Motorist sighting of grayish-white sasquatch 3 miles east of Winona

The witness was driving home at night when the headlights illuminated a tall grayish-white upright figure starting to cross the highway. The witness stopped and watched it cross slowly from right to left, noting very long arms, a hunched posture, and a strong putrid odor through the open window. The figure glanced toward the vehicle and briefly raised an arm as if blocking the headlights before continuing across.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
May 2012 Kearney, Clay County, Missouri Class A #59450

Close-up nighttime sighting from a car near Kearney

Four occupants sat chatting in a parked vehicle late at night after walking the area. After feeling uneasy they started the vehicle and noticed a large crouched figure with red eyes about 30 yards away. As they turned to leave the figure stood, and they passed within about 7-10 feet, seeing a tall, broad, human-like face before driving away.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
Fall 2012 Branson, Taney County, Missouri Class A #40177

Early morning road crossing north of Branson

The witness was driving south to work in the dark in the early morning when a bipedal creature crossed the two-lane highway between the witness's vehicle and a truck ahead. The creature took three to four steps to cross, stepped over a guardrail, and walked up a steep hill into brush on the right side of the road. The entire event lasted an estimated 15-30 seconds and the driver ahead did not appear to notice.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
22 November 2011 Traveling To Our Farm In Dunnegan On Rt 54 Near El Dorado Springs, Vernon County, Missouri Class A #31201

Night road crossing observed near El Dorado Springs

Two occupants driving on Highway 54 west of El Dorado Springs at night reported their headlights illuminating a tall, hair-covered biped crossing the road. The creature crossed from right to left and stepped over a guardrail without breaking stride, then continued through a field where cattle moved away from it. Witnesses judged it to be over seven feet tall based partly on its size relative to the cattle.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
9 September 2010 South West City, McDonald County, Missouri Class A #28210

Three fishermen returning home late at night have close contact with a Bigfoot near Southwest City

The witness was driving home from fishing with two companions around 12:50 a.m. when they spotted a large hair-covered figure with its head in a roadside trash can. They pulled close and watched it run on all fours then stand and walk on two legs in their headlights before it escaped behind a building toward a creek. A footprint was left behind and later photographed.

Full-body sightingTracks
15 October 2009 Sullivan, Crawford County, Missouri Class A #27089

Nighttime sighting at City Lake Park outside Sullivan

The witness was walking at night along a road by City Lake Park when he saw a tall, thin, hairy figure about 70 to 100 feet ahead pass under a park light. He described it as about 7 feet tall with long legs and ape-like hairy arms with several inches of hanging hair. Frightened, he turned back toward town. He says he walks there almost every evening and had never seen anything similar.

Full-body sightingSilhouette
20 January 2008 Outskirts Of Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Class A #27125

Late night Winter sighting by pedestrian along W. Nifong Blvd. in Columbia

The witness was walking along a roadside in Columbia, Missouri around 1:30 a.m. when a large bipedal creature paralleled him from behind a tree line. He stopped to face it and described a tall dark-haired figure with a cone-shaped head that emitted a low growl. After he looked away and kept walking, the creature followed briefly then disappeared.

Full-body sightingGrowl
July 2006 Amazonia, Andrew County, Missouri Class A #18219

Motorist sighting near Missouri River Bluffs (@ "Monkey Mountains")

The witness was driving at night near Monkey Mountain when a tall, very thin creature crossed the road in front of the vehicle in about three unhurried strides. The creature came from a steep hillside heading toward river areas and did not appear to notice the vehicle. It was described as about seven feet tall with sparse, long grayish hair, leaning forward as it walked.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
April 2006 Between Fairplay And Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri Class A #19695

Dusk sighting by motorist on Hwy 32 near Fair Play

The witness was driving on Highway 32 at dusk when she noticed a small dark-haired animal at the roadside eating from a trash bag in the ditch. As she approached and honked, the animal rose onto its hind legs and ran hunched over into an adjacent field. She stopped to search with her headlights but could not relocate it.

Full-body sighting
11 November 2005 El Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri Class A #23686

Two young men almost run into a large nighttime visitor north of Stockton Lake

Two young men were burning trash and playing harmonicas at a house when they started to race toward a barn. After a few steps they saw a very tall, broad figure that stopped and looked toward them, which startled them so they ran back inside the house. Soon after they heard banging sounds described like rocks being thrown at the house, but found no one outside when they checked.

Partial sightingEyeshineRock throwingUnidentified sound
25 August 2005 Occurred In Lonedell, Nearest City I Think Is Union., Franklin County, Missouri Class A #24879

Daylight sighting of a white-haired Bigfoot in a yard outside Lonedell

The witness was sitting on the front porch of a relative's trailer with a young child on a sunny mid-afternoon when a 4- to 6-foot bipedal figure covered in long white hair walked through the adjoining field into the yard. The figure walked past a short decorative fence, looked toward the witness and met her gaze, then continued around a garage out of sight during about five minutes of observation. A dog on the porch barked timidly throughout but the figure showed no reaction or aggression.

Full-body sighting
18 November 2004 Purdy, Barry County, Missouri Class A #9840

Nighttime sighting on country dirt road

On the evening of November 18, 2004, the witness was driving south on an isolated dirt road when she slowed for an animal in the ditch. The animal stood upright and approached the passenger side of the vehicle, coming close enough that its hair-covered chest filled the window. The witness locked the doors, screamed, and accelerated away, stating she had never seen anything like it.

Partial sighting
June 2004 Marys Home, Miller County, Missouri Class A #8890

Truck driver has daylight sighting on country road near Marys Home

The main witness was driving a feed truck north on Highway 17 when he rounded a curve and saw a tall dark figure standing in the roadway ahead. The figure was looking away from the road, and after the driver briefly looked away it had disappeared. The driver's relative later met him at the location and found matted grass near a fence and agitated cattle but no clear footprints.

Full-body sighting
11 July 2003 Dover, Lafayette County, Missouri Class A #62930

Law enforcement officers' face-to-face encounter outside Dover

The witness was driving slowly on a rural gravel road late at night when headlights illuminated a large dark figure in the road with glowing eyes. The figure moved to the side of the road on all fours, then stood upright beside the road as the witness passed within about fifteen feet. The witness described a very tall, heavily muscled, hair-covered male figure and continued driving home, later telling relatives.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
April 2003 Bland, Gasconade County, Missouri Class A #6194

Two decades separate sightings of father and son at farm

The son ran back to the house saying a large human-like woods figure had watched him from near the woods edge. The parent went outside and noticed a musky odor, which the son described as skunk-like. The son depicted the figure in a crayon drawing and reacted strongly when shown an image from a reported bigfoot film. No one else saw the figure.

Partial sightingOdor
9 August 2002 Springfield, Greene County, Missouri Class A #5286

Meteor watchers see large two-legged dark creature approach vehicle near Springfield

The witness and a companion drove to a hilltop late at night to watch a meteor shower. They heard repeated deep growls and saw the silhouette of a large man-like figure with a cone-shaped head and very wide shoulders walking silently up the road toward them. They fled by car, and a daytime revisit found no tracks.

SilhouetteGrowlMovement only
31 May 2000 Ozora, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Class A #1150

Ape-like creature seen by a motorist crossing the road and enter a wooded area near Ozora, Missouri

The main witness was driving alone on a small two-lane road in the late afternoon to run an errand. A tall, hairy creature with long arms crossed the road in front of his vehicle without stopping and entered the woods. He described it as having different shades of hair, an ape-shaped face, and a large but almost limping stride. He did not stop because the road was on a steep downgrade with a sharp curve and no shoulder.

Road crossingFull-body sighting