Incident #991260
Louisiana, Pike Cty, Missouri
Jul 1972
Account
This brief incident and a swirl of vague follow-up reports started a wave of publicity for "Momo, the Missouri monster." Apparent embellishments had the creature with a bleeding dead dog in its arms, and later a dog or sheep in its mouth. This report combines sightings by Terry Harrison, 8, who saw the creature while playing in their yard at the foot of Marzoff Hill, at a distance of about 15 feet, who screamed, and his sister Doris Harrison, 15, who looked out from the house when she heard him scream and saw it in a slightly different location. She immediately went to another room to phone for help.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 11 1972
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Missouri
- County
- Pike Cty
- Nearest Town
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 3927
- Longitude
- 9103
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- tree
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Flying Saucer Review, Jan.-Feb. 1973, Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman article, quoting Doris Harrison, 15, Louisiana, MO. and Terry Harrison, 8.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- shouted