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1980–1989 Hematite, Jefferson County, Missouri Class B #11823

ATV'ers have daylight sighting near Hematite

Two brothers riding an ATV on their wooded property in winter saw a large dark creature moving through pine trees about 75 yards away. The witness described it as at least 6 to 7 feet tall, stocky, with dark brown medium-length hair, but could not discern facial features. Frightened, they fled back to the house without returning to check for tracks.

Partial sighting
Winter 1980 Oronogo, Jasper County, Missouri Class B #14467

Pre-dawn road-crossing sighting by motorists outside Oronogo

In 1980 the witness was driving with a relative in the early morning to catch a bus for a trip when a brown, hairy form crossed their path near a small wooden bridge over a creek. The witness reported seeing only from the foot to the ankle in dim car lights while the companion reported seeing up to the knee, and the form crossed in about three strides. Both occupants were awestruck and left quickly without further observation.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
December 1978 St. James/Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri Class B #21660

Woman describes childhood incidents -- possible tracks and vocalization near outside rural home near St.James/Rolla

The witness and relatives moved into a secluded house surrounded by woods on Christmas Day. The next morning the witness noticed large footprints in fresh snow that led from the woods around the side of the house to the high front windows. A relative went outside and noted the prints were much larger than his own feet but dismissed them as boots.

Tracks
December 1978 5 Miles N Of Greenfields, Dade County, Missouri Class B #48156

Duck hunter recalls hearing possible vocalizations from three individuals on Stockton Lake

While duck hunting from a canoe on a lake in the early morning, the witness heard very loud sustained calls from three different directions at varying distances. The calls were repeated in turn several times and were described as indicating very large lung capacity. The witness later became convinced the sounds matched published descriptions of Bigfoot calls.

Scream
6 July 1978 Cape Fair, Stone County, Missouri Class B #6656

Teenagers observe animal hiding behind trees in yard near Cape Fair

Late one night in July 1978 the witness was home with two relatives when dogs on the porch began barking and growling and would not leave the porch. The witness looked out into the flood-lit front yard and watched a large figure partly behind a tree move quickly uphill between trees in long strides. The figure went over a five-foot barbed-wire fence in a single stride and disappeared. A relative may have glimpsed something, and a morning check found nothing unusual.

Partial sighting
March 1977 Evening Shade, Texas County, Missouri Class B #27341

Childhood memory of a figure filling the window of her home near Evening Shade

The witness was home alone watching TV in a trailer when the dog began growling at the back door. The witness then saw a large shadow fill the back-door window and then the living-room windows before moving away. A faint skunk-like odor was also noticed. The witness stayed on the couch afraid until relatives returned home.

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September 1976 Montgomery County, Missouri Class B #1132

Witness noticed creature was human shaped.

The witness was driving to work on a county road when he noticed a large dark figure in an empty hayfield. On approaching closer, the figure looked human-shaped, very tall, and covered in black hair. The creature noticed the vehicle and moved quickly toward cover at a nearby creek. The witness later returned to the site with a relative to look for traces but found nothing.

Full-body sighting
July 1973 Sunrise Beach, Camden County, Missouri Class B #50534

Memory told of rocks thrown as two friends attempt to climb steep hill at Lake of the Ozarks

In summer 1973 the witness and a companion boated to a steep forested hillside intending to climb it. Shortly after landing and starting to climb, rocks began falling from above through the trees, increasing from small to football-sized, forcing them to retreat to the boat. Rocks continued to fall in the water around them with one or two landing in the boat, and they saw no one throwing them.

Rock throwing
4 April 1973 Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri Class B #5059

Family hears strange screams off Highway 54

The witness was mushroom hunting with relatives in a heavily wooded hollow when the group noticed a horrible smell with no apparent source. They returned to the car, and shortly after heard a loud scream that was compared to a panther scream. The group did not investigate and left quickly, in the context of known local Mo Mo sightings.

OdorScream
Fall 1966 Near Leavenworth, Platte County, Missouri Class B #14237

Man recalls finding possible tracks and trees stripped of bark while hunting and stationed at Leavenworth

The witness went deer hunting before dawn on the Missouri side of the river after fresh snow. He found large human-like barefoot tracks in the snow and followed them a short distance. The trackway went along a field edge, backtracked inside the woods, and led to willow saplings with bark stripped off, then continued into thick brush toward the river. He did not see the trackmaker and stopped tracking to continue hunting.

Tracks
1954 Gasconade County, Missouri Class B #1115

Hair raising screams heard in the forest behind a four acre rye field.

The witness describes hearing loud hair-raising screams from a forested ridge behind the family farmhouse. The main incident occurred while cleaning up after butchering a hog with a relative, an experience that frightened farm dogs. No creature was seen and no tracks were reported, with neighbors referring to the unknown source as a panthercat.

Scream
1932 ST.Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Class B #24102

Recollections of numerous encounters at a logging camp during the Great Depression

The reporter recounts stories his parents told about a logging camp in the early 1930s shortly after their 1932 marriage. After an initial close approach to another woman in camp, a large hairy human-like creature was seen repeatedly in the evenings, at times leaning on a parked truck and running upright faster than dogs. The father prevented others from shooting it because it looked too human.

Full-body sighting