1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,200 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,000 In this episode, we're talking about Bigfoot stories from 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,600 Missouri. That's correct. 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,680 Bigfoot stories from Missouri. Now don't forget to like, 5 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,520 follow, subscribe to some Costa dime. 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,080 And as always, thanks to the folks who financially support 7 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:23,920 the program over at Kofi and Spotify. 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:29,160 I found these original report over at bfro.net 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,360 bigfootreportingorganization.net over there. 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,040 You can go by and take a look at the originals yourself if you 11 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,400 like. Just a great site. 12 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,800 The first story starts off it says it was a quiet night in 13 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,960 July 2006, the air thick with the warm breath of the Missouri 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,760 summer, when a lone motorist found himself navigating a dark, 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,280 winding road near Amazonia, MO. As he drove along the edge of 16 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,200 the steep Missouri River Bluffs known to locals as Monkey 17 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,800 Mountain, a tall, shadowy figure suddenly emerged from the 18 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,200 hillside. The figure moved slowly but 19 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,200 deliberately across the narrow, tree shaded Rd. blocking the 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,280 motor's path. The driver, caught off guard, 21 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:15,480 could only watch an astonishment as his creature, tall and thin 22 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,120 with a staggering height of nearly 7 feet, crossed in front 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,960 of his headlights. Its body was cloaked in sparse 24 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,960 silver Gray hair that moved and loose Tufts, with each step 25 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,440 revealing glimpses of a grayish skin beneath. 26 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:33,360 The creature didn't appear to notice a car or its driver. 27 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,560 It was focused, almost lost in its own world as it continued 28 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,760 its path toward the river. Though it took the creature only 29 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,640 three unhurried strides to cross the 10 foot width of the road, 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,720 the witness absorbed every detail in those fleeting 31 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,440 moments. Its movements were unusual, soft 32 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,400 and almost weary, as though it were tired or ailing. 33 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,320 The creature's long arms hung loosely by its sides, swinging 34 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,440 slightly but without energy, and its thin, elongated hands 35 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,120 reached down to mid thigh. It didn't move with confidence 36 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,800 or authority. Instead it had the air of 37 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,440 something quite old and perhaps no longer strong. 38 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,320 The driver described the face glimpse and profile as almost 39 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,720 coconut shaped, with the pronounced brow Ridge and a 40 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,080 slight forward jut of the jaw that reminded him of a 41 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,560 chimpanzee's face in a puckered expression. 42 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,800 Its cheeks were full, the skin under its jaws loose and 43 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,080 hanging. A noticeably slightly elongated 44 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:35,480 neck connected its head to its body, but the head didn't sit in 45 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,680 a straight line above it was slightly forward, suggesting the 46 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,360 creature might have once been more muscular or upright. 47 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:46,160 The motorist was struck by its aged appearance, a creature that 48 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,960 once may have possessed power but now seemed worn by time 49 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,840 after it vanished into the shadows of the riverbanks. 50 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,560 The driver could hardly believe what he had seen. 51 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,720 In the following days he learned that this stretch along the 52 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,760 Missouri River had been rumored to host strange creatures, with 53 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,320 sightings extending S toward Kansas City and even stories 54 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,720 from a nearby military base in Leavenworth County, Kansas. 55 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,200 The locals called it Monkey Mountain, with tales that went 56 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,440 back generations, and though they often attributed the name 57 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,440 to an old circus train accident, some whispered of encounters 58 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,600 much older. Determined to uncover more, the 59 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,320 witness plan to return to the area, hoping to find tracks or 60 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,600 other evidence. His curiosity peaked, he would 61 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,640 join the ranks of those who had encountered Missouri's enduring 62 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,160 mystery. Wow, that's pretty cool. 63 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,120 Sounds like he actually had a sighting of a geriatric Bigfoot. 64 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,680 That's a new one for me. Very, very neat. 65 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:44,600 Let's take a look at this next one here. 66 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,000 On a summer night in July 2008, two friends set out on an 67 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,400 overnight float trip along Missouri's Flat Creek, planning 68 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,320 to enjoy a quiet evening on the water. 69 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,200 Starting mid afternoon near Jenkins Bridge, they aimed to 70 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,280 make their way to a low water crossing further downstream, but 71 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,560 as the night descended they found themselves caught in the 72 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,880 deep darkness of the Creek, with clouds obscuring the moon and 73 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,640 making it nearly impossible to see. 74 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,200 About halfway through their trip, they drifted silently 75 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,360 along a slow, deep stretch of the Creek. 76 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,320 The air was thick with the sounds of the forest around 77 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,959 them, and they were enveloped by an eerie stillness. 78 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,800 Suddenly they heard something large nearby, standing at the 79 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,600 edge of the Creek. They froze as the creature 80 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,600 moved, water splashing as it lifted one leg after another 81 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,520 from the Creek and took a few powerful strides up the bank and 82 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,840 into the dense trees. Moments later, a heavy rock came 83 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:43,080 hurtling from the shadows, landing within 5 feet of their 84 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,600 canoe with that resounding splash an unmistakable warning. 85 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,520 The sound, they realized, was just like the kerplunk they had 86 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,200 heard months earlier during another unsettling encounter at 87 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,760 Crane Creek. That earlier incident had been 88 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,600 just after sunset at the Wire Rd. 89 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,040 Conservation area near Crane, MO. 90 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,200 The two friends were exploring the area when they heard the 91 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:10,120 sound of large rocks splashing in the water, as if someone or 92 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,720 something was throwing massive stones into the Creek. 93 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,640 The noise repeated on multiple visits, always just after sunset 94 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,080 and always with the distinct sound of something powerful, 95 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:26,520 tossing rocks big enough to make a cannonball like kerplunk as 96 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,800 they hit the water. Despite attempts to identify the 97 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,520 source, the friends saw no one, only hearing these strange 98 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,840 thunderous splashes. Now, as they floated on Flat 99 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:40,880 Creek in the pitch black night, the friends were certain they 100 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,520 had encountered the same presence, a creature with a 101 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,760 powerful throw and deliberate aim. 102 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,760 They remained still, barely breathing, listening for any 103 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,960 movement. The creature seemed to be 104 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,640 bipedal, its heavy footsteps echoing as it made its way up 105 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,520 the bank, snapping twigs and displacing brush. 106 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,480 Though they couldn't see it in the darkness, they felt the 107 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,440 weight of its presence, something enormous and unafraid 108 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,160 of the humans who had drifted into its territory. 109 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,520 Several days later, the friends returned to the site of their 110 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:14,600 encounter in daylight, hoping to find some trace of the creature. 111 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,280 A footprint, a broken branch, any sign of what they had that 112 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:22,120 summer night with them. But the forest had reclaimed all 113 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,200 evidence, leaving only the memories of rock throws, deep 114 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,800 splashes, and the feeling of something immerse working just 115 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,560 out of sight. This stretch of flat Creek, 116 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,680 surrounded by the rugged terrain of the Mark Twain National 117 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,240 Forest, seemed to hold its secrets tightly. 118 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:43,280 The dense woods and rocky hillsides, the creeks feeding 119 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:46,760 into the Tables Rock Lake and the unbroken wilderness provided 120 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,360 the perfect refuge for creatures unknown, occasionally making 121 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,040 their presence known only to those who dare to drift quietly 122 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:58,200 by on a dark, moonless night. Well, that would be really 123 00:06:58,200 --> 00:06:59,800 spooky. I mean, you're canoeing down 124 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,680 this, this Creek or Little River, I guess whatever you want 125 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,080 to call it, and pitch black and you can hear these rocks being 126 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,200 thrown into the water into the distance, you know? 127 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,040 I mean, you know, something's there, you just don't know what 128 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,040 it is. What a cool sighting. 129 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,920 On a dark November evening in 2004, a woman drove along a 130 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,160 winding dirt Rd. just a few miles from her home near Purdy, 131 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,120 Missouri. It was around 6:45 PM and the 132 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,840 rural Rd. was quiet, shrouded by woods and fields. 133 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,600 As she navigated a curve, her headlights caught sight of 134 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,600 something along the ditch line. She assumed it was a neighbor's 135 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,240 mule, known to roam loose from time to time, so she slowed 136 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,560 down, cautious not to startle or hit it. 137 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,160 But as she drove closer, the creature rose up, standing tall, 138 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,520 at least as high as her own height of five foot eight. 139 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,720 It's form was unfamiliar, covered in buff colored hair, 140 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,960 standing upright in a way that struck her as anything but 141 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,280 ordinary. Instead of moving toward her 142 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,720 headlights, it angled away from the ditch, heading toward the 143 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,760 passenger side of her SUV. A surge of adrenaline rushed 144 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,160 through her. She hit the door locks, her 145 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,000 fingers trembling, and let out a scream. 146 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,720 The creature, now close enough for her to see its broad, hairy 147 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,640 chest through the passenger side window, loomed near her vehicle. 148 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,720 She couldn't remember seeing his face. 149 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,360 The sight of its opposing chest filled her vision and panic took 150 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,000 over. She floored the accelerator and 151 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,520 speed down the road, her heart pounding as she left it behind, 152 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,600 unable to shake the encounter from her mind. 153 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,840 In the days that followed, memories of strange occurrences 154 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,720 around her property started to piece together in her mind. 155 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,480 The past spring, her dogs had erupted into frantic barking one 156 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,919 night, alerting her to something unusual. 157 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,000 When she stepped outside to investigate, she heard a scream 158 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,480 from the woods, a sound she thought at the time could be a 159 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,920 Mountain Lion. Concerned for her dog in a back 160 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,840 pasture, she hurried to let it out into the main yard. 161 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,520 Oddly, her dogs had herded her goats into a tight group by the 162 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,480 barn, standing protectively in a semicircle around them, their 163 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,200 usual barking replaced by a tense silence. 164 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:08,600 Even the woods around them had fallen completely still. 165 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,920 The next morning, her neighbor shared a strange story of his 166 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,520 own. He'd heard her dogs in a fight 167 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,440 near his property around 3:00 AM, locked in a struggle with 168 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,960 something he described as large. But when she inspected her dogs, 169 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,360 she found no typical Mountain Lion slices, just scrapes and 170 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,840 bruises. Stranger still, her cattle panel 171 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:35,000 fencing, standing at 52 inches tall and secured with heavy wire 172 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,160 ties, had been pushed down in the back of her property. 173 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:42,400 The ties were lying and the brush bent and loose from the 174 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,560 post, something she doubted a Mountain Lion could have 175 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:48,960 managed. A bear might, but mountain lions 176 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,840 simply don't have that strength. After some time, she showed her 177 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,080 sighting with her friend's mother. 178 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,640 To her surprise, the woman listened without disbelief and 179 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,000 revealed that her husband had seen something strikingly 180 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,920 similar in the same area, less than a mile from her home on Sea 181 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,640 Highway. He'd been on his motorcycle when 182 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,200 a powerful odor filled the air, and then towering in front of 183 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,760 him was a creature larger and taller than what she had 184 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,320 described. He'd watched in shock as it 185 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:21,240 easily stepped over a fence and crossed the road and only two 186 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,160 strides as sheer size and strength, something he would 187 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,280 never forget. Though no one else had witnessed 188 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,120 her encounter, the woman couldn't shake shake the mystery 189 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,880 of that evening on the winding road or the strange events that 190 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:39,000 had happened since her isolated Rd. bordered by a Creek, dense 191 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,760 woods and open hay fields now see more unsettling than before. 192 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,480 And the memory of that November night lingered like a shadow 193 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,600 over the landscape she once knew. 194 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,880 Well wow, that's something else. If you've ever seen those 4 1/2 195 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,840 foot tall panel fences she's talking about, then you know it 196 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,040 wasn't a Mountain Lion that that tore those things off the post. 197 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,120 That would take something with incredible, incredible strength. 198 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:02,440 Let's take a look at this next one. 199 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:07,080 In the dead of a cool January night in 2008, I found myself 200 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,960 walking alone on the outskirts of Columbia, MO. 201 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,840 It was close to 1:30 in the morning, and after an argument 202 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,800 with my girlfriend, I decided to clear my head by taking a walk 203 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:22,120 along W Nifong Blvd. headed toward my sister's house. 204 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:26,760 The night air was brisk, around 40°, and the area was quiet 205 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,200 until a strange feeling settled over me, the unnerving sense 206 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,120 that I was not alone. As I continued down the road, 207 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,440 the movement and my peripheral vision made my heart skip. 208 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,480 Reluctantly, I turned my head to catch a better look. 209 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,600 There on the other side of a row of trees near a golf course. 210 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:48,440 Something large, massive in fact, was following my steps at 211 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,280 a steady pace, mirroring my direction from about 40 feet 212 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,960 away. I tried to convince myself I was 213 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,240 imagining things, but the figure remained. 214 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,720 With each step I took, it moved effortlessly, taking fewer steps 215 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,960 than me but covering the same distance. 216 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:08,040 I quickened my pace, and it adjusted just enough to keep up, 217 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,000 as if it was watching my every nerve. 218 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,160 Finally, I stopped and faced it directly, my stomach twisting a 219 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,400 knots. I could hardly believe what I 220 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,960 was seeing. The figure stood upright, 221 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,400 towering at least nine feet tall, with a cone shaped head 222 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:29,200 and long arms that hung low, hands reaching past its waist. 223 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:33,440 It was covered in dark, coarse hair with shoulders that seemed 224 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,760 impossibly wide, easily over three feet. 225 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:40,680 Its weight had to be close to 600 lbs, if not more. 226 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,520 In the dim moonlight, I could make out a face that looked like 227 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:48,240 something between ape and human, though leaning more human. 228 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,800 Its eyes were shadowed, almost indiscernible, but its mouth was 229 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:57,160 was faintly visible. Then, as if sensing my fear, the 230 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,920 creature let out a low, raspy growl, a bone chilling sound 231 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,120 that sent a shiver through my entire body. 232 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,280 I stood frozen, and the message in that growl was clear. 233 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,320 Don't look at me. My instincts took over. 234 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,240 I broke eye contact and slowly started walking again, too 235 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,760 terrified to run a provoke it further. 236 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,920 But it wasn't done with me yet. It continued to follow, tracking 237 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,640 me through the trees, its silent steps barely touching the ground 238 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,680 but still somehow closing the gap. 239 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,120 In a panic, I tumbled for my phone and sent a frantic text to 240 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,720 my girlfriend. One word that I hoped would 241 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:34,720 convey the danger. Bigfoot. 242 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,280 Seconds later, another message followed. 243 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:40,680 Don't think I'll make it. I fully believed that this 244 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:42,560 creature was going to catch up to me. 245 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:46,080 It moved with a smooth, terrifying ease, barely 246 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,640 expending any effort. Then, as mysteriously as it had 247 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,240 appeared, it was gone. Just like that. 248 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,720 I looked around, half expecting it to leap out from the shadows, 249 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,440 but there was nothing but silence. 250 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,920 I'd always heard of stories of Bigfoot, but I'd been skeptical. 251 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,880 Growing up in Minnesota, I was familiar with wildlife. 252 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,040 I'd even gone bear hunting and knew the sounds and movements of 253 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,040 the woods well. This, though, this was nothing 254 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,520 I'd ever encountered. And that moment I knew without a 255 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,800 doubt what I'd seen, and it left me with a certainty I'd never 256 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,760 felt before. Bigfoot wasn't a legend, a myth, 257 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,280 or a story passed down by others. 258 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,520 It was real. And it had walked with me that 259 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,520 night on the quiet, forested outskirts of Columbia, MO. 260 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,720 Well, that's amazing. It's like it was paralleling 261 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,280 this guy. Something we've heard before are 262 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,320 these things following people along and paralleling their path 263 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,760 as they walked from point A to point B. 264 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,520 Very, very spooky stuff. Very cool. 265 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:43,840 Let's take a look at another one here. 266 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:48,480 It was early evening on June 8th, 1996, a peaceful summer 267 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,240 night along the Platte River in Buchanan County, Missouri. 268 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,560 I'd gone down to a familiar fishing spot just a mile from my 269 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,160 house to enjoy the solitude by the water. 270 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,080 Sitting by the bank, I was relaxed, listening to the gentle 271 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,000 sounds of the river and occasional rustles from the 272 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,560 woods behind me. I assumed it was a deer, some 273 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,800 small animal, so I paid it no mind. 274 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,400 The rustling continued for about 10 or 15 minutes before I 275 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,720 noticed something strange. The air had taken on a hoard 276 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,720 smell unlike anything I'd ever encountered. 277 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,320 The smell was a mix of wet dog and sewage, thick and 278 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,640 overpowering. I can feel my stomach turn as it 279 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,320 grew stronger, almost suffocating. 280 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,960 The rustling behind me seemed louder, and the uneasy feeling 281 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,680 crept over me. I slowly turned the look, 282 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,920 expecting to find a stray animal or maybe even another person, 283 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,320 but what I saw left me frozen in place. 284 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:43,480 Standing only 20 or 30 yards away was an enormous creature, 285 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:48,440 unlike anything I'd ever seen. It was massive, at least 8 or 9 286 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,000 feet tall, with a dingy brown coat of matted hair. 287 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,600 The creature's eyes were dark and sunken, staring straight at 288 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,680 me with an intensity that felt almost unnatural. 289 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,000 It didn't move, didn't make a sound. 290 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:02,960 It just stood there, watching me. 291 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,320 My heart pounded in my chest as we locked eyes. 292 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,880 Its gaze felt hollow, piercing right through me, and for those 293 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:15,120 few seconds I couldn't move, as if I were trapped in a stare. 294 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,440 After what felt like an eternity, I snapped back to 295 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:22,160 reality, dropped my fishing pole and bolted down the path toward 296 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:26,680 my car, nearly half a mile away. I didn't dare look back. 297 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,840 I just ran, crashing through the underbrush as fast as I could, 298 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,920 not knowing if it would follow, but desperate to get away. 299 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,240 When I finally reached my car, I speed home, still too shaken to 300 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,960 speak. My mom, who lived next door, saw 301 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,120 me and asked what had happened. She said I looked white as a 302 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,280 sheet, but I could barely get the words out to explain what I 303 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,360 just experienced. I never went back to that spot 304 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,600 on the river. I've tried to tell myself it was 305 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,680 just my imagination, but I can still recall every detail. 306 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,480 The smell, the dark vacant eyes, the way it just did there. 307 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,040 And years later, when I was out in a deer stand early one 308 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,760 morning, I caught that same awful smell again, lingering in 309 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,520 the air behind me, only for a few minutes before it 310 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,040 disappeared. I never saw anything that day, 311 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,280 but I knew it was close. Since that summer night I've 312 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,119 avoided that part of the river altogether and I know no matter 313 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,960 how much time passes, I'll never forget the way it felt to stand 314 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,760 frozen under the creatures empty gaze. 315 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,000 Wow, that's really something you know, just seeing where these 316 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,800 things face to face like that out in some remote area of 317 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,280 timber. Very incredible. 318 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:34,800 OK, let's take a look at this next one here. 319 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:38,520 It was a bright, sunny morning in June of 1999 when my 320 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,480 girlfriend and I decided to go for a leisurely Dr. along old 321 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,320 Highway 94 in Callaway County, Missouri. 322 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,600 She was driving, and we were just a couple of miles down the 323 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,560 road when something unusual caught my eye. 324 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,280 About 20 feet off the road, near an old abandoned house with an 325 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,480 overgrown yard, I saw a large brown shape crouched near a 326 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,480 round Bale of hay. At first, I couldn't quite 327 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,120 believe what I was seeing. It looked like a massive 328 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:05,760 humanoid creature down on its hands and knees, with its left 329 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,680 arm braced on the ground and its right arm stretched out in front 330 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,960 as if reaching for something on the ground. 331 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,440 This left leg was extended back, balancing its weight. 332 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,000 It could make out its expression even from the distance. 333 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,920 The face was softer and lighter in color than the rest of its 334 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,320 body, with short beige colored hair and a black nose. 335 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,000 It looked deeply focused on whatever it was picking up. 336 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,360 A light wheeze blew through, stirring the creatures long dark 337 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:35,160 brown hair, which looked surprisingly clean and shiny. 338 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,760 It wasn't matted or rough, and in the sunlight it almost 339 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,280 glistened, hanging down nearly a foot in length. 340 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,880 I quickly surveyed the scene, realizing just how large this 341 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,560 thing was. It's back was level with the top 342 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,040 of the hay bell, which I knew from experience was around 6 343 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,760 feet tall. The creatures long limbs 344 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,440 stretched nearly 5 feet from end to end. 345 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,720 For a few seconds I was frozen, just staring in disbelief. 346 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,120 When I managed to find my voice, I told my girlfriend what I'd 347 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:05,960 seen. She looked in the rear view 348 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,640 mirror and saw it too, right by the hay bill, and immediately 349 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,080 offered to turn the car around for a closer look. 350 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,040 But I was too unsettled. The idea of confronting this 351 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:20,120 creature, whatever it was, terrified me, and I firmly told 352 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,840 her to keep driving. It didn't seem to notice this at 353 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,880 all, too focused on its task to look upward or react. 354 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,040 That was the only eerie encounter I'd had in this area. 355 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,240 Few years later, in 2006, I was out fishing on the Missouri 356 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,840 River in the middle of the night. 357 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,760 Around 3 AMI heard grunting and snorting sounds coming from the 358 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,600 riverbank. It sounded like a large animal 359 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,080 crashing through the underbrush and snapping sticks. 360 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,440 Whatever it was, it seemed agitated, pacing back and forth 361 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,120 along the shoreline as though disturbed by my presence. 362 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,680 Locals in the nearby town of Cedar City I often talked about 363 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,280 strange happenings along the Missouri River, stories of 364 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,840 creatures working in the river bottoms and wooded Bluffs. 365 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,640 My own family has had experiences too. 366 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:08,040 My mother, aunt and grandmother each reported strange encounters 367 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,920 back in the early 1970s. This part of the Missouri River 368 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,200 corridor is wild, filled with dense woods and farmland, 369 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,840 providing plenty of cover for whatever might be out there, 370 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,080 whether it's Bigfoot or something else. 371 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,320 I'll never forget the massive silent creature I saw that sunny 372 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,240 summer morning by the hay Bale. That would be cool. 373 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,000 Just driving along the car with your girlfriend, you look over 374 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,640 and you see one of these massive Bigfoot kneeling down by a round 375 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,120 Bale of hay that must have found something. 376 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:41,880 I don't know, maybe it found a small rodent or a bug or 377 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,880 something, or some seeds that it wanted to eat. 378 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,640 Whatever it was, it sound, it sounds like this Bigfoot was 379 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,480 pretty much just focused on it, nothing else. 380 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,040 Very cool. We'll do a couple more stories 381 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:53,080 here and then we'll wrap this up. 382 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,280 It was late at night on July 23rd, 2020 when my girlfriend 383 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,640 and I decided to drive out to Settlesford Conservation Area in 384 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,920 Cass County, Missouri for some stargazing. 385 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,840 We pulled into a gravel parking lot bordered by open fields to 386 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,320 the east and a tree line to the West. 387 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,240 There was an odd stillness in the air that made us both feel 388 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:17,080 uneasy, but it was only our second time visiting this spot 389 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,640 and we didn't have her dog along with this for company. 390 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,160 This time I had a powerful spotlight flashlight with a zoom 391 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,600 lens, great for picking up distant eyeshine, so I decided 392 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,400 to scan the area before we settled in. 393 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:34,200 At first I was just sweeping it around out of habit, but then as 394 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,640 a beam crossed the field, something caught my eye. 395 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:40,400 Something out of place. I almost ignored it, thinking it 396 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,360 was just a tree or some distant object, but something about it 397 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,200 made me pause. It looked a bit too white and 398 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,560 too upright to blend into the surroundings. 399 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,920 I focus the light back on it, and as I did, the figure started 400 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,280 to move, heading West across the field. 401 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,440 It was about 50 yards away, but immediately I got the impression 402 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,920 it was a person. Except something was off. 403 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,360 I told my girlfriend to get into the car, my heart pounding as I 404 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:08,960 realized that it was nearly 1:00 AM. 405 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,640 There were no other cars in the lot, and no sane person would be 406 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,120 out in that field, especially dressed in white and moving 407 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:20,240 through the fog. The whole scene felt surreal. 408 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,800 I jumped into the car and pulled it around toward the gravel Rd., 409 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,240 hoping to catch another glimpse, but as I moved down the road the 410 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,160 fog thickened around us and a creeping dread it took over. 411 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,440 The figure had been tall, unnaturally tall, with the 412 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,280 distinct head that almost seemed to sit directly on its 413 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,600 shoulders, lacking any visible neck. 414 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,560 It was slender but solid, moving in a way that seemed smooth, 415 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,360 almost gliding with its arms held stiffly at its sides. 416 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,320 The fog and the dim light added an other worldly feel to the 417 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,000 whole thing. I couldn't shake the sight. 418 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,960 It definitely wasn't a deer or a person, and it seemed far too 419 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,600 tall to be anything else natural. 420 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,720 The figure had moved with an eerie calm, almost as if it had 421 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,960 been unfazed by the US shining a light directly on it. 422 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,280 Feeling unnerved and more than a little spooked, my girlfriend 423 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,880 and I decided to leave quickly, the fog seeming to press closer 424 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,440 as we pulled away. Later, talking to an 425 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,280 investigator, I recounted the encounter, describing how the 426 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,000 figure's head seemed to blend into its shoulders and how it 427 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 had moved across a field with a slow, deliberate pace. 428 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,680 The field itself was covered in grass about a foot and a half 429 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,160 high, and judging by that, I estimated the figure to be at 430 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,160 least 7 feet tall. I hadn't seen any facial 431 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,880 features, just that strange, ghostly shape moving quietly 432 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,120 through the mist. As we left, my girlfriend 433 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:43,240 admitted she had felt the same eerie presence, even though she 434 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:47,080 hadn't seen the figure herself. We both agreed this would be the 435 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,280 last time we visited. Settles forward at night. 436 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,960 What a cool sighting. Almost like they've seen a 437 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,240 ghost. White. 438 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,160 I don't know, maybe a creature something like the abdominal 439 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,520 snowman or something, I don't know. 440 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,840 But just this wide variety of colors and sizes that these 441 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,080 Bigfoot come in. It's amazing. 442 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:08,640 We'll do one last story here so we have one more here. 443 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,200 Just want to say thanks for tuning in the program today. 444 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,560 Don't forget to like, follow, subscribe and share it with your 445 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,000 friends and family. This last one says in May 2012, 446 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,680 a few friends and I decided to head back up to a small game 447 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,600 access near Smithfield Lake in Clay County, Missouri. 448 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,640 It was a familiar spot, a place where some of us had experienced 449 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,880 something unsettling a few months earlier. 450 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,600 Red eyes staring at us from the dark high up in the trees. 451 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,360 We couldn't shake the memory of those eyes, so here we were, 452 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:40,880 almost a year later, hoping to catch a glimpse of whatever it 453 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,200 had been. The night was pitch black, with 454 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,040 heavy clouds overhead, casting almost no natural light. 455 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,560 It was close to midnight when we parked and walked around for a 456 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,160 bit, keeping an eye out for anything unusual. 457 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:57,160 After a while, finding nothing, we returned to the Jeep and set 458 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,360 inside with the windows cracked, talking in low voices. 459 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,000 About an hour passed in silence, broken only by our quiet 460 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,720 conversation. Then a strange, uncomfortable 461 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,600 feeling settled over us, A sudden, almost primal urge to 462 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,480 leave. The driver started the Jeep, but 463 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,680 before he could pull away, the friend and the passenger seat 464 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,160 let out a scream, pointing into the darkness just in front of 465 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,480 us. My heart skipped as I followed 466 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,360 his gaze. There, about 30 yards ahead, 467 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,720 crouched a massive figure, watching us intently with large 468 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,280 red glowing eyes. It was crouched low in the tall 469 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:37,720 brush, almost blending in, but the eyes stood out against the 470 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,200 darkness like embers. The driver panicked, his foot 471 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,040 slamming the gas as he struggled to turn us around, the wheels 472 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,320 spinning wildly in the dirt as he swung the Jeep. 473 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,320 The headlights briefly illuminated the creature, and it 474 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:56,120 was closer than I had realized. It was huge, at least 7 1/2 feet 475 00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:58,200 tall, covered in dark brown hair. 476 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,800 I was sitting directly behind the passenger with my windows 477 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:05,400 open, and for one haunting moment we were no more than 7 or 478 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,000 8 feet from it. I caught a glimpse of its face, 479 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,760 and it was something I'll never forget. 480 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:14,360 The face was unexpectedly human like, with hairless cheeks and 481 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:18,040 eyes that seemed larger than they should be. 482 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:22,280 Even after the headlights had passed, a faint red glow 483 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,160 lingered in the eyes, as if they had their own eerie light. 484 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,960 It had no visible neck, just broad, heavy shoulders that gave 485 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,720 it a solid, terrifying appearance. 486 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,440 My stomach dropped as I realized just how close we had come to it 487 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,800 in those few seconds. Time seemed to stretch and then 488 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,120 snap back. The driver finally managed to 489 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:44,840 turn us around and we speed away from the access point, the 490 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,280 creature disappearing into the blackness behind us. 491 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,840 The whole encounter had lasted barely 15 seconds, but it felt 492 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,840 much longer. Back on the road, nobody said a 493 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,360 word. One of the guys in the back seat 494 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,080 looked pale, shaken, and wouldn't even speak about what 495 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,120 had happened. That night haunted me for years. 496 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,400 Even now, thinking about that face brings a chill. 497 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,040 The creature had seemed more human than I could ever have 498 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,240 imagined, and yet something about it was simply wrong. 499 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,000 I never thought I'd witness something like that, and yet 500 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,520 there it was, unmistakable. I haven't been back to that 501 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,400 place since. None of us have. 502 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,560 Well, that's a very frightening, impactful experience right 503 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,120 there. Well, I hope you've enjoyed 504 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:28,680 today's Bigfoot stories from Missouri. 505 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,040 The Show ME STATE has not failed us. 506 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,200 Until next time, This is UFO WARNING over and out.