Incident #991253
Missouri
late 1940's
Account
Creature reported to live in southeastern swamps. It ripped apart cows and horses but abandoned the carcasses without eating them. Someone shot and killed it but it still could not be identified. "It was something like a gorilla."
When
- Year
- late 1940's
Where
- State / province
- Missouri
What was seen
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Source
- Source
- Carbondale Daily Egyptian, Dec. 11, 1969, Loren Coleman article quotes author Jared Sparks, of East Lansing, Michigan, "Missouri Monster Tale". Also John Keel, Strange Creatures from Time and Space.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Aggressive To
- cowsýhorses
- Object Handled
- animal
Witness
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shot