Incident #992925
Osceola, St. Clair Cty, Missouri
1977
Account
Setting up tent camp at Sunrise Beach (non-swimming) beside the Osage River father gathering firewood found 18" humanlike track in dried-up creek bed, before breakfast. Family all went to look. Shortly after they saw a large, brownish, hair-covered creature behind a tree on a hillside near them, looking right at them. It then walked away with long, swift strides. They left too. Camped there before and since without incident.
When
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Missouri
- County
- St. Clair Cty
- Nearest Town
- Osceola
- Latitude
- 3802
- Longitude
- 9352
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- camp
- Tracks
- found previously
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 5
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 5
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from confidential CIA, about events when he/she was a child, with parents and two younger sisters.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- staying stillýother
- Later Movement
- watched observerýwalked away
- Reaction
- approachedýwatched
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Material Tracks Made in
- dry sand
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Action on sighting
- studied