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Welcome, Monster Fans,
to another episode
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of spooky, yet true,
cryptid encounter tales.
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In recent weeks,
you've met the Minerva Monster,
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the Bray Road Beast and even
that mean old son of a gun,
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the Boggy Creek Monster.
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But this week,
I'm gonna introduce you
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to the weirdest creature
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that's ever walked out of the forest.
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He's big, he's hairy,
he's scary and his name is Momo.
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Is that it? Is that the creature?
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It's time to find out!
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As we do each week on
"Blackburn's Cryptid Case Files",
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I'm gonna introduce you to a
schlocky film inspired
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by the creepy critter I'll be
investigating in this episode.
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Let's set the stage for the
film you're about to watch.
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In the early 1970s,
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a filmmaker by the name of
Charles B. Pierce
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made an independent horror movie
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about a monster roaming the
swamps of Southern Arkansas.
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It was called
"The Legend of Boggy Creek"
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and it was made for very
little money,
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but quickly became a hit on
the drive in movie circuit.
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Before you could say the word Bigfoot,
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all sorts of hairy ape like
monster movies
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begin clogging the cinemas.
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Most of them were made on a dime
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and most of them were
downright terrible.
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Suddenly, anyone with a camera
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and a crappy ape suit could
make a movie, you see.
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So it was, in 1975, a film
crew set out to make a movie
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about another famous hairy monster.
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In fact,
the hairiest monster ever seen
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outside the distant jungles
of Africa, Momo,
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Missouri's own monster.
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The film crew shot and edited
the film,
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but for some unknown reason,
never released it.
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Boy, do I have a treat for
you tonight.
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I've searched far and wide to
track down the only known copy
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of the original film.
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That's right, we're gonna
show it right here tonight
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and together we're gonna
explore Missouri
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and get to the bottom of this
real case
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that inspired this should have
been B movie cult classic.
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So like I always say,
spin the reel.
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I can't believe you're
dragging me eight hours
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to see Alice Cooper!
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Disgusting!
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Couldn't we have waited and
seen The Carpenters instead?
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This is exactly what I'm
talkin' about!
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You need more culture.
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Culture!
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He bites the heads off of
chickens and drinks their blood!
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Oh, please.
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That's a story our parents
made up
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because they think our
psyches are too fragile
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to handle being scared a little.
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He gets attacked by monsters
during his shows
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and you're scared of a dead bird?
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Salmonella is very real.
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Monsters in tacky suits,
not so much.
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Great, I knew you were a nerd,
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but a biologist to boot,
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this is gonna be a longer
trip than I thought.
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Hey, I think I see a spot up ahead.
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You hungry, Professor?
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Whatever, as long as it's not chicken.
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Let's go.
All right.
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Joan.
Hmm?
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Do you hear that?
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I don't hear anything.
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Do you smell that?
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What kind of creature makes a
smell like.
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What, Joan?
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What is it?
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What, Joan?
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What is it?
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Joan!
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No, no, no, no!
Don't get in the car!
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Go on you creature!
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Oh, my gosh!
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I'm going for it.
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Oh, Mary, you can't!
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That thing is still out there!
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I know but we need the keys.
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And the girl that's afraid of chickens
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is actin' like one herself at
the moment!
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Joan!
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Oh, hurry!
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Oh, my gosh, hurry!
It's all right!
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What's wrong?
It's not moving!
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No, no, no!
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Oh, my God!
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This is Louisiana, Missouri,
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a town where nothing much
ever happens until it does.
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Missouri is my kind of state.
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It's drenched in history,
a lot of it bloody, messy stuff.
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It's also home to some of the
downright weirdest stories
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you're ever likely to hear.
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What's really strange, though,
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is that a good number of
these stories come
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from right here in this town.
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Located in Northeast Missouri,
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the quaint, bucolic community
of Louisiana is pretty much
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just a river town.
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You see, the Mississippi runs
right along here.
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This proximity to such a
major waterway became
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one of Louisiana's largest
sources of income.
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The town was founded in 1816
by John Walter Basye
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and the town's history is
largely connected
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to the earliest pioneers who
made their way here
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during the great western expansion.
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You know,
Manifest Destiny and all that.
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Okay, yeah, just state your name.
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Willard Wamsley from Louisiana,
the Louisiana area.
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John Wood, from Louisiana, Missouri.
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1818 was when we got our charter
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and it was started just by
people who'd migrated in here
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and then they got their charter
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and it became a river town.
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How it was named was a
gentleman here in town,
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it was named after his daughter.
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And then of course the
Louisiana Purchase
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and then Louisiana came in.
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I think we had
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12 taverns
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and just as many lawyers at
one time,
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and that kinda made the town go.
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When the river was more important
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and rail was more important,
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why Louisiana was a goin' place.
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We had it all.
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Of course,
all the communities around,
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if they were gonna ship their product,
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they had to come to Louisiana.
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The railroad and the river,
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both kinda put Louisiana on
the map.
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Where it is,
where it sits is very convenient
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to both the river transportation
and always has been.
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My name is Martha Sue Zook Smith.
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I don't know that the
financial situation of
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this part of our Pike County
is any more financially
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than the rest of the country.
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I know that at one time
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Louisiana had lots and lots
of factories.
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They had big import/export
type out of Louisiana
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with the coming of the
railroad and river transportation.
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It just was different.
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I'm afraid I can't put it on
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any basis particularly,
it just it is different.
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If you're talkin' about what
was really big,
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tobacco, what is it, Tins..
Tinsley Twis.
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That was a brand of tobacco,
chewing tobacco.
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So it was a big deal.
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I don't expect to see any of
that again,
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so we'll just have to make do.
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We're either gonna get better
or we're not.
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And if we don't we're in trouble,
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along with a lot of other
little towns.
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Star Hill is one of the big
hills in Louisiana
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and as far as I know, forever,
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of course I don't mean that,
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but as far as I know, every Christmas,
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the huge big star lights up
at night
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and that is known as Star Hill.
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I've got some tales about
Star Hill, too.
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When I was a young girl,
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we had a Samoyed dog.
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Samoyed's are beautiful.
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His name was Malla and he
wandered up to Star Hill
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and somehow got poisoned
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and died on Star Hill.
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Star Hill is Marzolf Hill, right?
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Yes, okay.
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I know the names, but I don't.
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Like I said,
this area has had it's fair share
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of weird stories.
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UFO's have always played a
part in local legends,
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but spooky tales extend far
beyond mere lights in the sky.
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There's ghosts,
huge winged birds and even monsters.
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In 1869, residents of Macon, Missouri,
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a mere 100 miles from Louisiana,
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were tormented by a creature
they began calling the Devil.
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The thing was said to be
taller than any man,
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yet stood upright like one.
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After weeks of harassment,
the locals formed a posse
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and went in search of the
Devil and they found it.
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A furious battle ensued,
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in which a handful of hunting
dogs were killed
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by the beast before it
finally made its escape
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in a nearby river.
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It was seen exiting the river
on the opposite bank
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before disappearing into the woods.
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And that wasn't the last of
such reports, either.
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In 1968, Springfield,
Missouri was stalked
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by a hairy, eight foot tall creature
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that terrorized young boys
and motorists.
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The creature was seen around
the quite town of Springfield
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for several days until it
finally vanished.
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So yes, Missouri has its fair share
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of hairy monsters and legends.
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And the most famous of these
legends was born right here
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on this very hill in 1972.
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Help!
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Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam!
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I got you!
I got you first!
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Who are you?
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I am..
I shall take over the world!
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And I shall save the world!
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I won, I won!
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Yeah!
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I don't know how you can do that
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when I am victorious!
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Come on, is that all you got?
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No, I got powers and..
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Yeah!
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You will not win this one!
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Harry?
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We saw the boogeyman!
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We saw the boogeyman!
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We saw him, we saw him!
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Doris, there's a monster out there!
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Doris, there's a monster in
the woods!
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I know, Terry, I know.
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I saw it, too.
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There, there, Wally.
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It's all right, it's all right!
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That thing can't find you in here.
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Listen, you two, stay inside!
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Just try to calm down, okay?
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Let me see if I can call Dad.
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Harrison's Diner.
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Dor, Doris, Honey, slow down,
what did you?
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A monster dog?
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Hold on.
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Edgar!
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Sweetie, just tell me, yeah,
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tell your father what you
told me.
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Doris?
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Hey.
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Okay, yeah.
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Okay, okay, I see.
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Can it wait until I get home?
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No, okay, all right.
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All right, give me just a second
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and I'll be back there in a
little, okay?
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Okay, bye.
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Do you want me to go with you?
I mean, we can close up early.
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No, no, no, no, it's okay.
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It's probably just one of the
neighbor kids messing around.
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They're always doing stuff
like that.
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I'll head back and check on her
and check out things at the house.
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And then you stay here,
watch the restaurant
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and I'll be back in a little
bit to help you close up, okay?
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Dad, it was seven feet tall!
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It was black and hairy!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, what?
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It was all black and hairy!
Everyone calm down.
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00:21:22,847 --> 00:21:23,882
Calm down, calm down!
It was big..
258
00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:24,849
And weaving back and forth.
259
00:21:24,883 --> 00:21:26,851
And it had long stringy hair
hanging down!
260
00:21:26,885 --> 00:21:28,786
Yes!
And, Daddy, it had a dog.
261
00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:29,621
It did!
262
00:21:29,654 --> 00:21:31,422
Dad, it was carrying a dead dog!
263
00:21:32,524 --> 00:21:34,793
Doris, what was that,
what did you say?
264
00:21:34,826 --> 00:21:36,561
I said he was carrying a dead dog.
265
00:21:36,594 --> 00:21:39,597
I swear, Dad,
it was eight feet tall.
266
00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:42,500
It looked like a bear that
mated with Jerry Garcia!
267
00:21:42,534 --> 00:21:44,569
I could smell it from inside
the house.
268
00:21:44,602 --> 00:21:47,705
It smelled like rotten eggs
and Terry's socks!
269
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,576
All right listen,
everybody needs to calm down
270
00:21:51,609 --> 00:21:53,044
and think about what you saw, okay?
271
00:21:53,077 --> 00:21:55,313
It was probably one of the
neighbor kids
272
00:21:55,346 --> 00:21:56,814
that got a Halloween costume,
273
00:21:56,848 --> 00:21:58,616
a werewolf costume or something
274
00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:00,251
and they're out there trying
to scare you guys, okay?
275
00:22:00,285 --> 00:22:02,353
I'm gonna go and check it out.
276
00:22:02,387 --> 00:22:03,755
Doris, you watch over your
little brothers,
277
00:22:03,788 --> 00:22:05,390
you think you can do that?
278
00:22:05,423 --> 00:22:06,591
Don't go!
279
00:22:06,624 --> 00:22:08,092
No, don't go!
280
00:22:08,126 --> 00:22:09,294
Listen, listen.
Don't go.
281
00:22:09,327 --> 00:22:10,495
Here's the thing, they don't
teach you this in school,
282
00:22:10,528 --> 00:22:11,930
okay, you got it?
283
00:22:11,963 --> 00:22:13,665
It's monster hunting 101.
284
00:22:13,698 --> 00:22:15,867
Monsters are afraid of dads,
all right.
285
00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:18,803
It's science,
they don't teach it but it's real.
286
00:22:18,836 --> 00:22:21,739
So this boogeyman,
whatever it was,
287
00:22:21,773 --> 00:22:23,608
thought that it found a house
with no dad
288
00:22:23,641 --> 00:22:25,743
and he was wrong, okay?
289
00:22:25,777 --> 00:22:29,247
So I'm gonna go out there and
I'm gonna go find him.
290
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,251
Okay, okay?
291
00:23:31,776 --> 00:23:33,278
Hey!
292
00:23:33,311 --> 00:23:34,712
You kids still out here?
293
00:23:37,615 --> 00:23:40,218
If you are I'm gonna make you
wish that you weren't!
294
00:23:40,251 --> 00:23:43,087
I'm gonna tell it to your parents!
295
00:23:44,956 --> 00:23:45,957
You hear me?
296
00:24:05,943 --> 00:24:08,613
So the kids were pretty
spooked, huh?
297
00:24:08,646 --> 00:24:09,547
Yeah, it's okay, though.
298
00:24:09,580 --> 00:24:10,915
I pinky sweared that I'd stay
up all night
299
00:24:10,948 --> 00:24:12,517
to get 'em to go to bed.
300
00:24:12,550 --> 00:24:13,551
Must have been serious business
301
00:24:13,584 --> 00:24:15,320
to get you in that kind of contract.
302
00:24:15,353 --> 00:24:17,722
Yeah, I'd say they're gonna
make it
303
00:24:17,755 --> 00:24:19,724
to school just fine tomorrow.
304
00:24:19,757 --> 00:24:21,025
Still though,
305
00:24:21,059 --> 00:24:23,227
they seem pretty rattled.
306
00:24:23,261 --> 00:24:24,762
They believe what they saw.
307
00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:28,733
I mean,
they said it was seven feet tall,
308
00:24:28,766 --> 00:24:30,635
it smelled like death.
309
00:24:30,668 --> 00:24:32,837
The weird part was they said
it was carrying some sort
310
00:24:32,870 --> 00:24:35,239
of dead animal, I don't know.
311
00:24:35,273 --> 00:24:36,541
Well, what do you think?
312
00:24:36,574 --> 00:24:38,676
I'm inclined to think it's
just kids messing around,
313
00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:40,978
but I was looking around out
back earlier
314
00:24:41,012 --> 00:24:46,050
and I saw some sort of weird
tracks out back earlier.
315
00:24:46,084 --> 00:24:47,585
Strange.
316
00:24:47,618 --> 00:24:48,720
Tracks?
317
00:24:48,753 --> 00:24:52,256
Like prints, like big footprints.
318
00:24:52,290 --> 00:24:54,959
Not like anything I'd ever seen
in nature, that's for sure.
319
00:24:54,993 --> 00:24:57,628
And they weren't lying about
the smell, either.
320
00:24:57,662 --> 00:24:58,963
Lord Almighty.
321
00:24:58,996 --> 00:25:01,599
Well, Ed, try to get some sleep.
322
00:26:59,217 --> 00:27:02,520
Stay out of my woods!
323
00:27:08,926 --> 00:27:12,864
What in the world is going on
around here?
324
00:27:31,782 --> 00:27:34,819
The Harrisons were just an average,
small town family.
325
00:27:34,852 --> 00:27:37,388
They owned a restaurant in
town and were well respected
326
00:27:37,421 --> 00:27:39,457
and liked by the other residents.
327
00:27:39,490 --> 00:27:42,593
They weren't the type to make
up monster stories.
328
00:27:42,627 --> 00:27:45,296
After years of relating their
tale over and over,
329
00:27:45,329 --> 00:27:47,999
they've become little more
than fictional characters,
330
00:27:48,032 --> 00:27:49,867
but they were real people.
331
00:27:49,901 --> 00:27:54,272
Real people whose lives were
about to be turned upside down.
332
00:27:55,606 --> 00:27:57,942
The first encounter that
people attribute
333
00:27:57,975 --> 00:28:00,778
to starting the Momo craze,
as it were,
334
00:28:00,811 --> 00:28:05,783
was on July 11th,
1972 at the foot of Marzolf Hill
335
00:28:05,816 --> 00:28:07,585
at the Harrison Home.
336
00:28:17,361 --> 00:28:19,330
I'm Michael Huntington.
337
00:28:19,363 --> 00:28:21,499
I'm from Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
338
00:28:21,532 --> 00:28:23,034
which is a small river town
339
00:28:23,067 --> 00:28:27,338
at the other end of the
State of Missouri.
340
00:28:27,371 --> 00:28:30,374
It was in the afternoon and
Doris Harrison,
341
00:28:30,408 --> 00:28:33,644
who was 15, was watching her
siblings, Terry and Wally,
342
00:28:33,678 --> 00:28:37,348
who out in the backyard playing,
they were eight and five.
343
00:28:37,381 --> 00:28:38,950
And they were playing with
their dog,
344
00:28:38,983 --> 00:28:40,284
I believe his name was Chubby.
345
00:28:40,318 --> 00:28:42,853
They were enjoying themselves
346
00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:46,357
until they smelled something strange,
347
00:28:46,390 --> 00:28:48,259
something really strong and pungent
348
00:28:48,292 --> 00:28:52,430
and heard some rustling
amongst the treeline.
349
00:28:52,463 --> 00:28:53,831
They screamed.
350
00:28:53,864 --> 00:28:57,335
Doris looked out the bathroom
window, saw a creature.
351
00:28:59,170 --> 00:29:03,441
Edgar, his kids, if I remember
right and I could be wrong,
352
00:29:03,474 --> 00:29:06,210
but if I remember right,
his kids were out in the yard
353
00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:08,879
and saw somethin' in their backyard,
354
00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:11,082
up on the back side of the
hill on the north side,
355
00:29:11,115 --> 00:29:13,417
and it scared 'em and they
ran in the house
356
00:29:13,451 --> 00:29:16,754
and told the father and he went
out and saw whatever he saw.
357
00:29:23,260 --> 00:29:25,596
My name is Richard Alan Murry,
358
00:29:25,630 --> 00:29:28,165
I'm local, from here in
Louisiana, Missouri.
359
00:29:28,199 --> 00:29:33,170
One thing that I recollect
this thing was supposedly large.
360
00:29:34,305 --> 00:29:35,406
And it was supposedly hairy
361
00:29:35,439 --> 00:29:37,174
and it made kind of an odd sound
362
00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:39,377
and it had quite an odor to it.
363
00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:42,613
Doris did describe it as
appearing like a man,
364
00:29:43,748 --> 00:29:44,915
but it wasn't a man.
365
00:29:44,949 --> 00:29:48,386
It was somewhere between six
and seven feet tall.
366
00:29:48,419 --> 00:29:49,353
It was matted
367
00:29:50,855 --> 00:29:54,292
in blood, tree limbs and
branches and stuff.
368
00:29:54,325 --> 00:29:58,095
And it was carrying what
looked to be a dead dog.
369
00:29:58,129 --> 00:30:01,065
She got her siblings and
called her parents.
370
00:30:01,098 --> 00:30:02,667
Within a short period of time,
371
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:05,202
the family was there,
her dad was there
372
00:30:05,236 --> 00:30:08,739
and thus began a series of events
373
00:30:08,773 --> 00:30:11,242
centered around Marzolf Hill.
374
00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:15,312
You were connected to the
Momo story
375
00:30:15,346 --> 00:30:17,682
because your father was the
Chief of Police.
376
00:30:17,715 --> 00:30:20,685
Yes, he was.
377
00:30:28,693 --> 00:30:32,763
I'm Snookie Ward, Shelby Ward
was, of course, my dad.
378
00:30:32,797 --> 00:30:35,866
He was Chief of Police during
that time frame.
379
00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:39,136
Daddy got the report
regarding something
380
00:30:39,170 --> 00:30:43,607
that scared the family, just
absolutely scared them silly.
381
00:30:43,641 --> 00:30:46,077
The first call you would make,
I would be assumin',
382
00:30:46,110 --> 00:30:48,579
would be the Chief of Police,
"Hey, we see something,
383
00:30:48,612 --> 00:30:50,247
"We don't know what it is.
384
00:30:50,281 --> 00:30:53,317
"Come up here and investigate,
do your job."
385
00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:57,788
Daddy believed that they did
see something
386
00:30:57,822 --> 00:31:00,991
because the emotions involved,
the fear involved,
387
00:31:01,025 --> 00:31:04,195
he didn't believe that it was
just a lie
388
00:31:04,228 --> 00:31:05,463
to get attention or anything.
389
00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:09,567
No, he believed that they
believed they did see something.
390
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,337
But I really believe that
Harrisons believed
391
00:31:13,370 --> 00:31:15,072
what they were sayin'.
392
00:31:16,173 --> 00:31:20,111
I don't think it was a hoax,
they were sincere.
393
00:31:20,144 --> 00:31:21,512
Oh, yeah, Ed was a good guy.
394
00:31:21,545 --> 00:31:23,280
He worked for the City of Louisiana,
395
00:31:23,314 --> 00:31:25,116
he was on the water department.
396
00:31:25,149 --> 00:31:28,219
I would say 99% of the people,
397
00:31:28,252 --> 00:31:30,054
if you went out on the street
and asked 'em
398
00:31:30,087 --> 00:31:34,024
who started the Momo rumor,
they couldn't tell you.
399
00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:35,693
So there is no retaliation
400
00:31:35,726 --> 00:31:37,862
or saying anything about the Harrisons.
401
00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:40,598
Now that is my opinion.
402
00:31:40,631 --> 00:31:42,767
Edgar himself was adamant.
403
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,702
He was ready to go to a
fistfight with ya
404
00:31:44,735 --> 00:31:45,936
if you said he didn't.
405
00:31:47,371 --> 00:31:49,073
He was very serious about it.
406
00:32:00,284 --> 00:32:02,620
Look, the fact is this was
the 1970s
407
00:32:02,653 --> 00:32:04,855
and grind house films weren't
exactly concerned
408
00:32:04,889 --> 00:32:06,557
about being factual.
409
00:32:06,590 --> 00:32:08,492
Did some of these events happen?
410
00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:10,060
You better believe it.
411
00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:12,930
Did they happen as relayed by
a bunch of Hollywood wannabes
412
00:32:12,963 --> 00:32:15,466
making a movie for zero
dollars on 16mm?
413
00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:17,668
Heck, no.
414
00:32:17,701 --> 00:32:21,338
So take everything with a
grain of salt, except for this.
415
00:32:21,372 --> 00:32:23,974
There was something happening
to the Harrison family,
416
00:32:24,008 --> 00:32:26,777
something that defied explanation.
417
00:32:43,194 --> 00:32:45,029
Excellent meetin' tonight, Edgar.
418
00:32:45,062 --> 00:32:46,363
The spirit was really moving.
419
00:32:46,397 --> 00:32:47,431
Thanks for having us over.
420
00:32:47,464 --> 00:32:49,066
Oh, don't mention it, Reeves,
it's our pleasure.
421
00:32:49,099 --> 00:32:50,467
It's a shame that Pahoe
couldn't make it, though,
422
00:32:50,501 --> 00:32:51,936
but I understand.
423
00:33:21,966 --> 00:33:24,902
(Indistinct)
424
00:33:29,206 --> 00:33:30,040
Edgar.
425
00:33:32,276 --> 00:33:35,212
"There shall be signs in the sun
426
00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:37,982
"And in the moon and in the stars.
427
00:33:38,849 --> 00:33:43,888
"And on the Earth, distress
of nations in perplexity.
428
00:33:43,921 --> 00:33:46,657
"Men's hearts failing them
for fear.
429
00:33:47,925 --> 00:33:50,594
"For the powers of heaven
shall be shaken."
430
00:33:58,002 --> 00:34:01,272
What in the world are those
things, Vicky?
431
00:34:01,305 --> 00:34:03,307
I don't think they're from
this world.
432
00:34:09,013 --> 00:34:11,515
What did we just witness?
433
00:34:11,549 --> 00:34:13,150
There was a power plant over
that way,
434
00:34:13,183 --> 00:34:15,653
maybe a transformer blew and
the backup came on.
435
00:34:15,686 --> 00:34:18,555
I mean, there has to be a
reasonable explanation.
436
00:34:18,589 --> 00:34:22,092
"Know ye that when these
things come to pass,
437
00:34:23,060 --> 00:34:25,329
"That the kingdom of God is
nigh at hand."
438
00:35:02,766 --> 00:35:05,636
Their integrity, I think,
is pretty up to par.
439
00:35:05,669 --> 00:35:08,405
They were a pretty religious
family, I think.
440
00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:12,543
There were Pentecostal
meetings held at the house
441
00:35:12,576 --> 00:35:15,346
and I think even one of 'em
was interrupted,
442
00:35:15,379 --> 00:35:16,780
I think, by Momo.
443
00:35:16,814 --> 00:35:18,115
I'm familiar with that incident
444
00:35:18,148 --> 00:35:22,786
that happened on July 14th when
they had the prayer meeting
445
00:35:22,820 --> 00:35:23,954
and they were standing outside
446
00:35:23,988 --> 00:35:25,990
and they saw the lights in
the sky
447
00:35:26,023 --> 00:35:27,591
and then they heard the voice.
448
00:35:27,624 --> 00:35:32,496
There had been some reports
of lights on Marzolf Hill
449
00:35:32,529 --> 00:35:34,398
on a couple of different occasions.
450
00:35:34,431 --> 00:35:37,601
At the prayer meeting that
was held there,
451
00:35:37,634 --> 00:35:39,937
there were lights allegedly,
452
00:35:39,970 --> 00:35:44,441
I guess like maybe orbs,
or balls of energy
453
00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:45,409
that were seen.
454
00:35:45,442 --> 00:35:47,778
I believe a pair of 'em were
seen going down
455
00:35:47,811 --> 00:35:52,082
from Marzolf Hill,
all along the treeline there.
456
00:35:57,588 --> 00:35:59,490
It wasn't just Momo creating
a ruckus
457
00:35:59,523 --> 00:36:02,860
around Louisiana,
Missouri in the early 1970s.
458
00:36:02,893 --> 00:36:05,095
Strange objects had been seen
in the skies
459
00:36:05,129 --> 00:36:07,097
around the state for decades.
460
00:36:07,131 --> 00:36:08,665
But in the early 1970s,
461
00:36:08,699 --> 00:36:11,735
a wave of UFO sightings
engulfed the region.
462
00:36:13,003 --> 00:36:15,205
Mrs. Avery, you have reported sighting
463
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,041
an unidentified flying object.
464
00:36:17,074 --> 00:36:20,077
And I called the yard man's
attention to it.
465
00:36:20,110 --> 00:36:23,847
So he looked at it and he
said that he thought
466
00:36:23,881 --> 00:36:26,917
it was a weather balloon.
467
00:36:26,950 --> 00:36:28,218
I understand something
strange happened
468
00:36:28,252 --> 00:36:30,187
to you folks while you were
here last night.
469
00:36:30,220 --> 00:36:31,622
Yeah, that's true.
470
00:36:31,655 --> 00:36:34,525
That thing came up and it
moved really fast
471
00:36:34,558 --> 00:36:36,060
and came right over us and
hovered right over us.
472
00:36:36,093 --> 00:36:37,127
Well the day it happened,
473
00:36:37,161 --> 00:36:39,196
Sam and I were out working
the cattle.
474
00:36:39,229 --> 00:36:42,666
I rode down to this point and
looked right up there
475
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:44,935
and I saw this object just
sittin' there.
476
00:36:44,968 --> 00:36:47,137
And I called Sam and he rode
over right quick
477
00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:48,105
and this thing just sat there.
478
00:36:48,138 --> 00:36:49,873
We both looked at it,
about that time it..
479
00:36:49,907 --> 00:36:54,411
Back in 1972,
as the Momo sightings were going on,
480
00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:55,879
a lot of the investigators
481
00:36:55,913 --> 00:36:58,315
that were investigating Momo
at the time
482
00:36:58,348 --> 00:37:00,284
were also UFO researchers.
483
00:37:00,317 --> 00:37:02,186
As they investigated Momo,
484
00:37:02,219 --> 00:37:04,888
they also began to notice a number
485
00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:07,791
of UFO sightings in the area,
486
00:37:07,825 --> 00:37:10,427
going down to O'Fallon, Wentzville,
487
00:37:10,461 --> 00:37:12,529
over to the Cuivre River,
488
00:37:12,563 --> 00:37:14,698
some of the other towns south
of here.
489
00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:17,768
They definitely looked at these
490
00:37:17,801 --> 00:37:21,939
and noticed that there was at
least some correlation
491
00:37:21,972 --> 00:37:25,275
between anomalous atmospheric phenomena
492
00:37:25,309 --> 00:37:28,178
and anomalous creatures.
493
00:37:28,212 --> 00:37:29,012
All of a sudden,
494
00:37:29,046 --> 00:37:30,547
people from all walks of life
495
00:37:30,581 --> 00:37:32,416
were spotting strange lights hovering
496
00:37:32,449 --> 00:37:34,585
above at all hours of the day
and night.
497
00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:39,790
Even the opening of the 1975
movie is based on a real event.
498
00:37:39,823 --> 00:37:42,226
Shortly after the Momo
sightings began,
499
00:37:42,259 --> 00:37:45,195
a dozen eyewitnesses saw two
unidentified lights
500
00:37:45,229 --> 00:37:47,164
in the sky above town.
501
00:37:47,197 --> 00:37:48,866
Were these UFOs?
502
00:37:48,899 --> 00:37:51,802
Had one of them crashed into
the woods outside Louisiana
503
00:37:51,835 --> 00:37:54,605
and brought with it a hairy,
lumbering, ape like critter
504
00:37:54,638 --> 00:37:57,441
that went on to terrorize the populous?
505
00:37:57,474 --> 00:37:59,176
Due to the ongoing flap,
506
00:37:59,209 --> 00:38:01,845
UFO hunters from across the
country started showing up
507
00:38:01,879 --> 00:38:04,314
in Louisiana to search for Momo.
508
00:38:04,348 --> 00:38:07,384
Some of them believe Momo
himself was an alien visitor
509
00:38:07,417 --> 00:38:10,454
from a distant planet,
curious about mankind.
510
00:38:10,487 --> 00:38:11,421
And apparently,
511
00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:13,857
he enjoyed the taste of man's
best friend
512
00:38:13,891 --> 00:38:16,426
as more dogs began to go
missing in the area.
513
00:38:18,228 --> 00:38:19,696
As tension began to mount,
514
00:38:19,730 --> 00:38:22,099
more attention was focused on
the Harrison family
515
00:38:22,132 --> 00:38:26,170
and on Marzolf, or Star Hill
as it was sometimes called.
516
00:38:31,108 --> 00:38:32,309
Well, what can you say,
517
00:38:32,342 --> 00:38:34,178
that's summer weather for ya.
518
00:38:34,211 --> 00:38:36,313
They say it sounds like the
excitement has yet
519
00:38:36,346 --> 00:38:38,348
to die down in Louisiana.
520
00:38:38,382 --> 00:38:42,986
The mystery of Missouri's own
monster continues to deepen.
521
00:38:43,020 --> 00:38:45,122
A trail of giant footprints
was found
522
00:38:45,155 --> 00:38:48,025
in Farmer Robbin's field about
eight miles south of town,
523
00:38:48,058 --> 00:38:52,296
but get this,
each foot only had three long toes.
524
00:38:52,329 --> 00:38:53,797
Maybe he stepped in a bear trap.
525
00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:15,686
Harrisons.
526
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,122
Hello, is this Edgar Harrison?
527
00:39:19,156 --> 00:39:21,358
Yeah, this is him, who's this?
528
00:39:22,226 --> 00:39:26,663
My name is Wendorf and I have
a farm right outside town.
529
00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:29,066
Well, what can I do for you
today, Mr. Wendorf?
530
00:39:29,099 --> 00:39:31,702
Well, I'm not exactly sure
how to start,
531
00:39:33,036 --> 00:39:35,672
but I understand you folka
had had a run in
532
00:39:35,706 --> 00:39:39,376
with that monster that's been
stalkin' around these parts?
533
00:39:39,409 --> 00:39:42,212
Yeah, someone or some thing
scared the daylights
534
00:39:42,246 --> 00:39:44,081
out of my kids a few days back.
535
00:39:44,114 --> 00:39:48,151
I seen it for myself and
I thought maybe you'd be one
536
00:39:48,185 --> 00:39:50,687
I could explain it all about to.
537
00:40:19,349 --> 00:40:24,488
Whoa!
538
00:40:24,521 --> 00:40:27,057
Thanks for listenin' to me
539
00:40:27,090 --> 00:40:30,093
and not laughin' me off the phone.
540
00:40:30,127 --> 00:40:30,961
Stay safe.
541
00:40:35,599 --> 00:40:36,933
Hello.
542
00:40:36,967 --> 00:40:39,703
So, we were trying to find
this party in Pike County
543
00:40:39,736 --> 00:40:41,138
but it was a bust, you know.
544
00:40:42,105 --> 00:40:43,640
So I took off by myself,
545
00:40:43,674 --> 00:40:47,644
just walkin' for a half hour
or so, enjoying nature.
546
00:40:47,678 --> 00:40:50,981
Then the wind shifted and
I got hit by this smell
547
00:40:51,014 --> 00:40:55,686
that was like a cross between
a skunk and rotting flesh.
548
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:57,321
I mean, not like I'm an expert
549
00:40:57,354 --> 00:40:58,722
when it comes to rotting flesh
550
00:40:58,755 --> 00:41:00,457
but you know what I mean.
551
00:41:00,490 --> 00:41:01,992
Anyway, I'm dealing with that
552
00:41:02,025 --> 00:41:05,462
and I realize that maybe 300
feet away,
553
00:41:05,495 --> 00:41:07,531
somebody else is walking in
the woods.
554
00:41:08,398 --> 00:41:10,233
I was near a pasture so I thought,
555
00:41:10,267 --> 00:41:12,502
"Oh, it's a farmer, you know,
rounding up his cows,
556
00:41:12,536 --> 00:41:14,471
"Not a big deal."
557
00:41:14,504 --> 00:41:18,241
But then I hear a god awful,
bloodcurdling scream.
558
00:41:19,443 --> 00:41:21,345
At first I thought it was cattle,
but then I realized
559
00:41:21,378 --> 00:41:25,949
whoever it was in the treeline
is looking right at me.
560
00:41:25,982 --> 00:41:29,419
And so I start walking and he
starts walking
561
00:41:29,453 --> 00:41:32,456
and when I stop, he stops.
562
00:41:32,489 --> 00:41:35,058
So I'm starting to get pretty nervous.
563
00:41:35,092 --> 00:41:37,427
I kind of realized I was jogging
564
00:41:37,461 --> 00:41:43,500
and this character is matching
my moves, stop, start, looking.
565
00:41:43,533 --> 00:41:45,736
But the stench was getting stronger
566
00:41:45,769 --> 00:41:49,473
and he was angling towards me,
getting closer by the minute.
567
00:41:50,340 --> 00:41:52,376
I stopped one more time and looked.
568
00:41:53,310 --> 00:41:55,312
I couldn't believe it,
569
00:41:55,345 --> 00:41:58,982
this wasn't a person,
this is a creature.
570
00:41:59,015 --> 00:42:01,852
I really felt like I was in danger.
571
00:42:01,885 --> 00:42:02,953
My adrenaline was going,
572
00:42:02,986 --> 00:42:05,188
I was scared out of my wits.
573
00:42:05,222 --> 00:42:07,357
And so I saw this farm house
in the distance
574
00:42:07,391 --> 00:42:09,793
and that was my only goal,
you know.
575
00:42:09,826 --> 00:42:12,195
I looked back and the thing
was going
576
00:42:12,229 --> 00:42:13,463
back toward the pasture.
577
00:42:14,798 --> 00:42:17,934
I hid behind a tree for a
while until things settled down.
578
00:42:22,939 --> 00:42:24,441
Terry, eat your food.
579
00:42:25,409 --> 00:42:26,643
With the fork!
580
00:42:28,712 --> 00:42:31,181
The kids at school you are a
monster hunter now,
581
00:42:31,214 --> 00:42:32,048
is that true?
582
00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:34,885
Of course not.
583
00:42:34,918 --> 00:42:36,953
People are seeing something
that they don't understand
584
00:42:36,987 --> 00:42:38,989
and they want to talk to
somebody about it.
585
00:42:39,022 --> 00:42:41,658
For some reason,
when people see the thing
586
00:42:41,691 --> 00:42:42,993
no one will believe them.
587
00:42:43,026 --> 00:42:44,227
I don't like this, Ed.
588
00:42:44,261 --> 00:42:46,997
The noises in the woods and
the lights in the sky last week,
589
00:42:47,030 --> 00:42:48,165
that's one thing,
590
00:42:48,198 --> 00:42:50,200
but people coming to you with
these stories,
591
00:42:50,233 --> 00:42:51,968
they think we're freaks.
592
00:42:52,002 --> 00:42:53,203
Even business is hurting
593
00:42:53,236 --> 00:42:55,338
because everyone thinks we're
the people that started it.
594
00:42:55,372 --> 00:42:57,841
He's just tryin' to make sure
we're okay!
595
00:42:57,874 --> 00:42:59,876
That's better than having
your head buried in the sand.
596
00:42:59,910 --> 00:43:00,944
Doris, don't talk back to your mother.
597
00:43:00,977 --> 00:43:04,381
But, Dad, she didn't see that
thing, I did!
598
00:43:04,414 --> 00:43:06,216
Doris, Sweetie,
it's not that I don't believe
599
00:43:06,249 --> 00:43:07,484
you think you saw something,
600
00:43:07,517 --> 00:43:09,953
but we can't go running out
in the woods hunting
601
00:43:09,986 --> 00:43:12,689
for a monster, or bear,
or whatever it is.
602
00:43:12,722 --> 00:43:13,657
Someone who's equipped
603
00:43:13,690 --> 00:43:15,158
to handle the situation will
deal with it,
604
00:43:15,192 --> 00:43:17,427
like Chief Ward or the dog warden.
605
00:43:19,062 --> 00:43:20,664
I think you need to take the kids
606
00:43:20,697 --> 00:43:21,832
and head back to the
restaurant to the cellar
607
00:43:21,865 --> 00:43:24,100
and just wait for this whole
thing to blow over, okay.
608
00:43:24,134 --> 00:43:25,469
What?
609
00:43:25,502 --> 00:43:27,370
You can't keep putting your
family through this!
610
00:43:27,404 --> 00:43:28,839
We need you to wake up.
611
00:43:28,872 --> 00:43:30,774
Dad, let me stay with you!
612
00:43:30,807 --> 00:43:34,077
No, it's not safe, I'm sorry.
613
00:43:34,111 --> 00:43:35,612
Just listen to yourself!
614
00:43:35,645 --> 00:43:37,447
Listen, I know how it sounds
615
00:43:37,481 --> 00:43:40,317
but there's something out there
and it's drawn to us, okay.
616
00:43:40,350 --> 00:43:41,985
You've always known me to do
the right thing
617
00:43:42,018 --> 00:43:43,753
and this feels like the right thing.
618
00:43:43,787 --> 00:43:46,323
You're gonna have to give me
the benefit of the doubt, okay.
619
00:43:59,503 --> 00:44:00,537
Doris.
620
00:44:00,570 --> 00:44:02,572
Won't you please let me stay
with you?
621
00:44:02,606 --> 00:44:03,473
You need me!
622
00:44:03,507 --> 00:44:05,275
I've seen what it does!
623
00:44:06,176 --> 00:44:07,878
Listen, come here, look.
624
00:44:07,911 --> 00:44:09,646
Terry, I need you to take care
of your little brother, okay.
625
00:44:09,679 --> 00:44:11,615
You got to keep your sister
in line.
626
00:44:11,648 --> 00:44:12,716
You're just gonna be at the restaurant
627
00:44:12,749 --> 00:44:13,917
until the entire thing blows
over, okay?
628
00:44:13,950 --> 00:44:15,685
Okay.
Okay, go on.
629
00:44:16,753 --> 00:44:17,988
Okay.
630
00:44:25,896 --> 00:44:26,730
Betty!
631
00:44:28,064 --> 00:44:29,900
Thank you, okay.
632
00:44:29,933 --> 00:44:31,368
It's not for nothing.
633
00:44:31,401 --> 00:44:33,336
It's all gonna be over soon,
I promise.
634
00:44:52,522 --> 00:44:55,292
It's not hard to picture a
scenario where somebody
635
00:44:55,325 --> 00:44:56,793
who may have had a Momo sighting
636
00:44:56,826 --> 00:44:58,795
would contact the first
person thrust
637
00:44:58,828 --> 00:45:00,630
into the eye of the hurricane.
638
00:45:00,664 --> 00:45:03,066
No, the townspeople weren't
contacting Edgar
639
00:45:03,099 --> 00:45:06,136
as if he was some sort of
Kolchak, the Night Stalker.
640
00:45:06,169 --> 00:45:08,371
But it's not hard to picture
a scenario
641
00:45:08,405 --> 00:45:10,707
where a witness may have
contacted Edgar
642
00:45:10,740 --> 00:45:12,442
believing him to be the only person
643
00:45:12,475 --> 00:45:15,679
who wouldn't simply laugh at,
or dismiss them entirely.
644
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,616
Suddenly restaurants were
selling Momo burgers,
645
00:45:19,649 --> 00:45:21,785
newspapers were flying off newsstands
646
00:45:21,818 --> 00:45:23,853
and tourists were flooding to town.
647
00:45:23,887 --> 00:45:26,423
And there was hardly anywhere
the Harrison kids could go
648
00:45:26,456 --> 00:45:28,925
without being laughed at or
talked about.
649
00:45:28,959 --> 00:45:32,996
The town was firmly in the
grasp of monster mania.
650
00:45:33,029 --> 00:45:35,131
It wasn't just the UFO and
monster hunters,
651
00:45:35,165 --> 00:45:37,033
or the strange activity
taking place
652
00:45:37,067 --> 00:45:40,170
that began to impact the
lives of the Harrison family.
653
00:45:40,203 --> 00:45:41,438
It was the town's reaction
654
00:45:41,471 --> 00:45:43,173
to what was taking place, as well.
655
00:45:44,608 --> 00:45:50,113
It bordered on hysteria at
one time when it was new.
656
00:45:50,146 --> 00:45:52,215
And there was even a song
written about it.
657
00:45:52,249 --> 00:45:53,883
I would say, wouldn't you, Willard,
658
00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:56,886
I would say it went on for
several months.
659
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,023
There was sighting there
about every month or so.
660
00:46:00,056 --> 00:46:02,525
Someone'd say,
"We've seen Momo last night,"
661
00:46:02,559 --> 00:46:03,994
or something like that.
662
00:46:04,894 --> 00:46:06,396
Of course you didn't know
whether to believe
663
00:46:06,429 --> 00:46:09,566
in what they were doin',
or it was a hoax, or joke.
664
00:46:09,599 --> 00:46:11,501
Following the Harrison sighting,
665
00:46:11,534 --> 00:46:13,703
a resident on River Road, I believe,
666
00:46:13,737 --> 00:46:14,704
reported a sighting.
667
00:46:14,738 --> 00:46:16,272
Are you familiar with that one?
668
00:46:16,306 --> 00:46:19,442
That's the Ellis Minor encounter.
669
00:46:20,777 --> 00:46:23,980
Old character who lived down
there on the River Road,
670
00:46:24,014 --> 00:46:26,883
along a treeline.
671
00:46:26,916 --> 00:46:29,853
One evening,
about a week and a half or so
672
00:46:29,886 --> 00:46:34,257
after the initial encounters,
he was sittin' on his porch.
673
00:46:34,290 --> 00:46:41,698
His dog alerted him to something
moving in the darkness along the road.
674
00:46:41,731 --> 00:46:42,932
He got his flashlight,
675
00:46:42,966 --> 00:46:45,235
shined the flashlight over to the road
676
00:46:45,268 --> 00:46:49,205
and he saw Momo.
677
00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:56,046
Some sort of large, dark,
hairy, man like creature.
678
00:46:56,079 --> 00:46:58,748
I guess it got scared away by
his light
679
00:46:58,782 --> 00:47:01,284
and proceeded to scurry off
680
00:47:02,252 --> 00:47:03,353
into the trees.
681
00:47:03,386 --> 00:47:07,290
He seems to think it was on
its way to the river.
682
00:47:07,323 --> 00:47:11,561
Momo was surprised just as
much as Ellis Minor that night
683
00:47:11,594 --> 00:47:12,729
and his dog.
684
00:47:12,762 --> 00:47:15,899
You know there were quite a
few people that claimed,
685
00:47:15,932 --> 00:47:17,300
I believe there were several families
686
00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:19,035
up on what we call River Road.
687
00:47:19,069 --> 00:47:21,604
It's a little road, runs right
along the river naturally,
688
00:47:21,638 --> 00:47:23,840
here just on the north end of town.
689
00:47:23,873 --> 00:47:25,775
I believe there was something.
690
00:47:25,809 --> 00:47:29,646
I'm fairly certain that some
of the people
691
00:47:29,679 --> 00:47:32,182
that reported seeing things
did see something.
692
00:47:32,215 --> 00:47:35,852
As far being a bigfoot type creature,
693
00:47:35,885 --> 00:47:37,554
I don't know if I'd go so far
as to say that.
694
00:47:37,587 --> 00:47:40,123
But there was something here,
something going on.
695
00:47:40,156 --> 00:47:42,092
There was a lot of people
came in,
696
00:47:43,426 --> 00:47:47,063
adventurers who had looked
for Momo.
697
00:47:47,097 --> 00:47:49,466
Yeti and..
The Yeti and all of those.
698
00:47:49,499 --> 00:47:53,470
There was all kinds of people
came to Louisiana lookin' for 'em.
699
00:48:00,643 --> 00:48:01,945
So at the time,
700
00:48:01,978 --> 00:48:05,115
I know you were young when
the Momo story came out,
701
00:48:06,015 --> 00:48:09,419
what's your recollections
about that whole thing?
702
00:48:10,954 --> 00:48:14,157
I remember it was a big,
big deal around here.
703
00:48:17,727 --> 00:48:20,130
Gail Suddarth, I'm from here, Louisiana.
704
00:48:25,435 --> 00:48:27,570
My mom was always real
nervous about it
705
00:48:27,604 --> 00:48:29,105
because we lived in the country
706
00:48:29,139 --> 00:48:30,340
and my dad worked shift work.
707
00:48:30,373 --> 00:48:33,343
So she was always kind of
real nervous about it,
708
00:48:33,376 --> 00:48:36,346
always thought she heard
things and things like that.
709
00:48:36,379 --> 00:48:40,583
So all the stores had Momo
sales and the Momo burger.
710
00:48:41,518 --> 00:48:44,354
It was a big thing for us, I guess.
711
00:48:44,387 --> 00:48:50,994
This town became monster central for
a number of weeks and even months.
712
00:48:52,262 --> 00:48:54,697
The press from all over the
world came here,
713
00:48:54,731 --> 00:48:58,001
newspapers, television,
foreign press.
714
00:48:58,034 --> 00:49:02,405
I think there were people
from Japan here studying Momo
715
00:49:02,439 --> 00:49:03,606
and seeing what it was.
716
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,643
Of course, it was reflective
of the culture of the times.
717
00:49:06,676 --> 00:49:10,046
I used to cut through on
Eighth Street
718
00:49:10,079 --> 00:49:11,481
and there's a bridge now,
719
00:49:11,514 --> 00:49:14,317
it used to be just a crossing
through the creek,
720
00:49:14,350 --> 00:49:15,351
and you went up Eighth Street
721
00:49:15,385 --> 00:49:17,587
and I was in my pickup
headin' up to my folks,
722
00:49:17,620 --> 00:49:21,758
I still lived at home at the
time and there was something.
723
00:49:23,660 --> 00:49:25,428
There's a very steep hill,
724
00:49:25,461 --> 00:49:27,463
and there used to be a couple
of houses up there,
725
00:49:27,497 --> 00:49:30,567
and it went up the hill,
inbetween the houses
726
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:31,901
up onto the hill.
727
00:49:31,935 --> 00:49:34,304
I do know it stood upright.
728
00:49:34,337 --> 00:49:37,106
It looked around and it went
up the hill.
729
00:49:37,140 --> 00:49:39,909
And the hill's so steep,
it doesn't matter what you are,
730
00:49:39,943 --> 00:49:43,479
you're gonna use all fours to
go up the hill, even a person.
731
00:49:43,513 --> 00:49:45,982
What I saw kind of resembled
a small bear,
732
00:49:46,015 --> 00:49:49,419
or maybe even like a monkey
type thing, I don't know.
733
00:49:49,452 --> 00:49:53,923
It was just small, stood upright,
kind of a dark tan color
734
00:49:53,957 --> 00:49:54,891
and ran up the hill.
735
00:49:54,924 --> 00:49:55,792
I know you said
736
00:49:55,825 --> 00:49:58,595
your mother might have seen something.
737
00:49:58,628 --> 00:50:00,697
Yeah, my mother did.
738
00:50:00,730 --> 00:50:02,265
Again my dad worked shift work
739
00:50:02,298 --> 00:50:04,500
so she was like alone with
four kids.
740
00:50:04,534 --> 00:50:05,935
She was sure that one night,
741
00:50:07,170 --> 00:50:08,538
she said she was doing exercises
742
00:50:08,571 --> 00:50:11,040
and when she looked out the window,
743
00:50:11,074 --> 00:50:12,709
he was starin' in the window
at her.
744
00:50:12,742 --> 00:50:15,011
She pretty much described it
just the same
745
00:50:15,044 --> 00:50:17,013
as everybody else did.
746
00:50:17,046 --> 00:50:20,450
Tall, she said kind of a
shadowy form,
747
00:50:20,483 --> 00:50:22,719
but she said it had to be big
748
00:50:22,752 --> 00:50:25,355
because she could see like shoulders
749
00:50:25,388 --> 00:50:29,092
and torso above our back door,
which had no steps,
750
00:50:29,125 --> 00:50:30,226
it was just like an extra door
751
00:50:30,260 --> 00:50:31,728
that had no back steps back there.
752
00:50:31,761 --> 00:50:33,997
So she could see it standing
above that.
753
00:50:34,030 --> 00:50:35,565
So she was sure she saw something
754
00:50:35,598 --> 00:50:37,333
and I'm sure she did see something,
755
00:50:37,367 --> 00:50:39,202
but I don't know what it was.
756
00:50:39,235 --> 00:50:41,404
You know, you heard about
this one lady went
757
00:50:41,437 --> 00:50:43,406
to open her gate,
she had a heart attack.
758
00:50:43,439 --> 00:50:46,142
Or some other people down the road,
759
00:50:46,175 --> 00:50:48,011
they smelled this god awful smell
760
00:50:48,044 --> 00:50:52,615
and were extremely upset
about it.
761
00:50:52,649 --> 00:50:54,083
I think that's normal, though.
762
00:50:54,117 --> 00:50:57,086
That came about because of
seeing something
763
00:50:57,120 --> 00:51:02,125
that they couldn't identify,
it's gonna create panic.
764
00:51:02,492 --> 00:51:04,394
Approximately a year earlier,
765
00:51:04,427 --> 00:51:07,497
there was the Mills Ryan encounter.
766
00:51:07,530 --> 00:51:11,567
A couple of local ladies were
having a picnic
767
00:51:11,601 --> 00:51:14,604
off of one of the highways here,
I think it was 79
768
00:51:14,637 --> 00:51:17,840
and they smelled something,
something awful,
769
00:51:17,874 --> 00:51:22,011
something pungent, something putrid.
770
00:51:22,045 --> 00:51:25,014
What came out of the woods
certainly was some kind of animal
771
00:51:25,048 --> 00:51:29,118
but it wasn't an animal that
they were familiar with.
772
00:51:29,152 --> 00:51:32,555
It was some sort of hairy,
ape like creature is
773
00:51:32,588 --> 00:51:33,957
what they described.
774
00:51:33,990 --> 00:51:36,059
Hung around the periphery of
the treeline
775
00:51:36,092 --> 00:51:39,262
and it frightened these women.
776
00:51:39,295 --> 00:51:42,932
They ran to their car,
they left their picnic.
777
00:51:42,966 --> 00:51:44,133
They even left their keys.
778
00:51:44,167 --> 00:51:48,037
I think they had to honk their
horn to scare the creature off...
779
00:51:48,071 --> 00:51:49,772
And by that time he had ran off
780
00:51:49,806 --> 00:51:53,376
with their peanut butter sandwiches.
781
00:51:53,409 --> 00:51:57,880
You know, they were sort of
shrugged off and dismissed
782
00:51:57,914 --> 00:51:59,182
until the following year
783
00:51:59,215 --> 00:52:02,151
when literally dozens of
other people were saying
784
00:52:02,185 --> 00:52:05,388
that same sort of thing
around this area.
785
00:53:40,083 --> 00:53:42,351
So tell me again how you
found this track, Ms. Suddarth?
786
00:53:42,385 --> 00:53:44,387
It was actually Bill who found it.
787
00:53:44,420 --> 00:53:47,557
Last night we heard the most
mournful howl coming
788
00:53:47,590 --> 00:53:48,991
from the woods.
789
00:53:49,025 --> 00:53:51,894
We hadn't heard anything like
that in all the years
790
00:53:51,928 --> 00:53:53,496
we've lived here.
791
00:53:53,529 --> 00:53:55,765
So he came out, looked around
792
00:53:55,798 --> 00:53:58,301
and that's when he found these.
793
00:53:58,334 --> 00:53:59,869
He was frightened
794
00:53:59,902 --> 00:54:02,672
so he called Clyde,
Clyde came out
795
00:54:02,705 --> 00:54:04,941
and well, both guys were confused.
796
00:54:04,974 --> 00:54:06,976
So that's when we called you.
797
00:54:13,950 --> 00:54:15,351
What do you think, Edgar?
798
00:54:17,987 --> 00:54:20,056
What do I think?
799
00:54:20,089 --> 00:54:21,357
I think I'm confused.
800
00:54:22,692 --> 00:54:24,093
I think I'm scared.
801
00:54:24,127 --> 00:54:25,862
I think I'm terrified.
802
00:54:25,895 --> 00:54:29,599
Something, something's
killing our animals.
803
00:54:29,632 --> 00:54:33,269
Something's, something's
stalking our children.
804
00:54:33,302 --> 00:54:37,073
Somebody's got to do something!
805
00:54:43,513 --> 00:54:46,549
Were you aware that tracks were found?
806
00:54:46,582 --> 00:54:51,020
No, not until later, way later.
807
00:54:51,053 --> 00:54:52,188
I wasn't aware of that.
808
00:54:52,221 --> 00:54:54,190
There were tracks that were found.
809
00:54:54,223 --> 00:54:59,128
They were different than other
Bigfoot type tracks.
810
00:54:59,162 --> 00:55:01,964
They were three toed which is
sort of different
811
00:55:01,998 --> 00:55:05,434
than what you would expect
from some sort of primate
812
00:55:05,468 --> 00:55:06,936
that we would be familiar with,
813
00:55:06,969 --> 00:55:10,039
or what people attribute to a bigfoot.
814
00:55:10,072 --> 00:55:11,607
Did you hear anything
815
00:55:11,641 --> 00:55:13,976
about tracks being hoaxed?
816
00:55:14,010 --> 00:55:15,411
Now I don't know about that.
817
00:55:15,444 --> 00:55:18,948
I do know that there were some
handmade feet put in prints
818
00:55:20,116 --> 00:55:21,484
and dust...
819
00:55:21,517 --> 00:55:25,154
And someone had cut out the
shape of a foot
820
00:55:25,188 --> 00:55:27,557
and went out across the
ground with 'em on.
821
00:55:27,590 --> 00:55:31,727
So walk me through the day
that you decided
822
00:55:31,761 --> 00:55:33,863
to add to the Momo legend,
if you will.
823
00:55:33,896 --> 00:55:37,133
Okay, I went out to pick
tomatoes out of the garden,
824
00:55:37,166 --> 00:55:38,601
it was fairly early in the morning,
825
00:55:38,634 --> 00:55:40,336
I'm not really sure what time
it was or anything.
826
00:55:40,369 --> 00:55:42,405
So I walked down there and
it was kind of,
827
00:55:42,438 --> 00:55:44,473
you know, not really muddy out,
828
00:55:44,507 --> 00:55:45,808
but it was damp and everything.
829
00:55:45,841 --> 00:55:49,078
So I thought, "Well, I'll just
make a little footprint here
830
00:55:49,111 --> 00:55:51,614
"And then I'll go in and tell my
mom and dad I found a footprint."
831
00:55:51,647 --> 00:55:54,517
And so I did that, I took my heel
832
00:55:54,550 --> 00:55:56,786
and just made impressions in
the dirt.
833
00:55:56,819 --> 00:55:58,854
When I went back in,
I think I really didn't expect
834
00:55:58,888 --> 00:56:00,056
that they would believe me,
835
00:56:00,089 --> 00:56:02,959
they would just kind of go
along with it for a few minutes
836
00:56:02,992 --> 00:56:05,061
and then it would kind of be
over with.
837
00:56:05,094 --> 00:56:08,297
And I made the impression and
I went back in the house
838
00:56:08,331 --> 00:56:10,266
and I said, "Oh, look what I found!"
839
00:56:10,299 --> 00:56:11,500
So they came out and looked.
840
00:56:11,534 --> 00:56:12,935
My dad called Clyde Penrod,
841
00:56:12,969 --> 00:56:14,837
which was kind of a relative
of ours,
842
00:56:14,870 --> 00:56:16,939
and then they came out and
did a plaster cast of it.
843
00:56:16,973 --> 00:56:18,574
And then like over the next
few days,
844
00:56:18,608 --> 00:56:21,010
several different people came out
845
00:56:21,043 --> 00:56:23,246
and they had some, like an,
I don't know,
846
00:56:23,279 --> 00:56:25,848
anthropologist, or somebody
came out
847
00:56:25,881 --> 00:56:27,083
and authenticated the footprints.
848
00:56:27,116 --> 00:56:28,684
Said, "Oh, yeah, it's
definitely from an animal
849
00:56:28,718 --> 00:56:30,319
"Because it has animal hair."
850
00:56:30,353 --> 00:56:33,856
And due to the depths of the
impressions and everything,
851
00:56:33,889 --> 00:56:36,726
they determined its weight
and its height.
852
00:56:36,759 --> 00:56:38,794
So by that time I was really
too afraid
853
00:56:38,828 --> 00:56:40,496
to say anything different,
so I just didn't.
854
00:56:40,529 --> 00:56:41,964
I just kept my mouth shut
855
00:56:41,998 --> 00:56:43,232
and I just let everybody think
856
00:56:43,266 --> 00:56:46,402
that whatever had happened
was out there.
857
00:56:46,435 --> 00:56:47,770
And I don't know how they explained
858
00:56:47,803 --> 00:56:49,171
that there was only one footprint,
859
00:56:49,205 --> 00:56:50,539
it was something to do with,
860
00:56:50,573 --> 00:56:53,075
because of his stride or something.
861
00:56:53,109 --> 00:56:55,578
There was only one footprint,
because that's all I made.
862
00:56:55,611 --> 00:56:57,713
So that was the story of the footprint.
863
00:56:57,747 --> 00:56:59,215
That's how it happened.
864
00:56:59,248 --> 00:57:01,651
And my mom, after that of course,
865
00:57:01,684 --> 00:57:05,955
was really sure that Momo was
lurking around out there.
866
00:57:05,988 --> 00:57:07,757
My dad never really said a
whole lot about it,
867
00:57:07,790 --> 00:57:11,327
but I think after a while,
I'm pretty sure he was suspicious
868
00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:12,461
but he never said anything to me.
869
00:57:12,495 --> 00:57:14,830
But he just never really said
too much about it,
870
00:57:14,864 --> 00:57:17,566
he just kind of laughed it
off after a while.
871
00:57:21,304 --> 00:57:23,105
A lot was said about it.
872
00:57:24,340 --> 00:57:28,778
I was on the street carrying
mail mainly then
873
00:57:28,811 --> 00:57:33,316
and what I remember,
there was a group of people
874
00:57:33,349 --> 00:57:36,552
that went on Star Hill hunting Momo
875
00:57:36,585 --> 00:57:40,189
and the conservation agent
here was livid.
876
00:57:40,222 --> 00:57:42,591
And he told the city marshal
877
00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:46,929
that if it's not in the game
book, it's illegal
878
00:57:46,962 --> 00:57:51,500
and he'll arrest anybody that
shoots Momo.
879
00:57:51,534 --> 00:57:54,804
Hysteria maybe, hysterical, no.
880
00:57:54,837 --> 00:57:57,573
Definitely a lot of
excitement in town.
881
00:57:57,606 --> 00:58:02,011
Like I said, the people were
goin' out and carrying guns.
882
00:58:02,044 --> 00:58:05,314
Supposedly, some people even
shot at this thing
883
00:58:05,348 --> 00:58:07,583
off the highway, north of town.
884
00:58:07,616 --> 00:58:11,620
It put a lot of fear in parents
for their children's safety
885
00:58:11,654 --> 00:58:14,090
and even some of them,
for their own safety.
886
00:58:14,123 --> 00:58:15,891
Because if you were out
around the woods
887
00:58:15,925 --> 00:58:18,627
or somethin' somewhere and
somebody caught a glimpse of ya,
888
00:58:18,661 --> 00:58:19,929
they might take a shot at you.
889
00:58:19,962 --> 00:58:22,932
I mean it was not a smart
time to be paradin' around
890
00:58:22,965 --> 00:58:23,999
in the dark.
891
00:58:24,033 --> 00:58:25,067
Shortly thereafter,
892
00:58:25,101 --> 00:58:28,003
he organized a search party
to go up on Marzolf.
893
00:58:28,037 --> 00:58:29,205
Yes.
894
00:58:29,238 --> 00:58:32,074
Like I said,
Daddy was an amazing person
895
00:58:32,108 --> 00:58:34,009
and he loved the people in Louisiana
896
00:58:34,043 --> 00:58:36,245
and he did his damnedest to
protect them.
897
00:58:36,278 --> 00:58:38,214
Well we call Star Hill,
Marzolf Hill,
898
00:58:38,247 --> 00:58:40,716
where Momo was sighted originally
899
00:58:40,750 --> 00:58:43,853
and seen quite often,
or whatever was there.
900
00:58:43,886 --> 00:58:45,654
It was kind of a playground.
901
00:58:45,688 --> 00:58:49,024
You know, I grew up a couple
blocks down the hill from it
902
00:58:49,058 --> 00:58:52,828
and the parents just wouldn't
let their kids go up.
903
00:58:52,862 --> 00:58:54,230
As time went on along,
904
00:58:54,263 --> 00:58:58,200
I mean there were groups of
905
00:58:58,234 --> 00:59:02,538
very serious adult men
that were goin' up armed.
906
00:59:02,571 --> 00:59:06,142
There was a few hundred people
went up there off and on,
907
00:59:06,175 --> 00:59:07,476
just not one time.
908
00:59:07,510 --> 00:59:10,946
But there was several people,
like I say, went up
909
00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:14,383
and we searched the hills and
tried to find something.
910
00:59:14,417 --> 00:59:18,053
They would go in groups,
a couple of times with 30 and 40,
911
00:59:18,087 --> 00:59:22,825
led by city police officials
and tryin' to comb this hill
912
00:59:22,858 --> 00:59:24,126
and find this thing.
913
00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:25,327
People camped out.
914
00:59:25,361 --> 00:59:29,865
Mr. Harrison camped out,
I believe, for three weeks
915
00:59:29,899 --> 00:59:31,934
while his family stayed elsewhere.
916
00:59:31,967 --> 00:59:34,336
He camped out lookin' for
this creature.
917
00:59:34,370 --> 00:59:39,475
The police went on multiple
raids up to the top of the hill
918
00:59:39,508 --> 00:59:42,812
to try to find out what was
going on.
919
00:59:55,057 --> 00:59:59,095
(Muttering)
920
00:59:59,128 --> 01:00:01,096
All right, Men,
we're about ready to do somethin'
921
01:00:01,130 --> 01:00:03,899
that's never been done before
in the history of Pike County
922
01:00:03,933 --> 01:00:06,469
and somethin' that we'll never
hopefully have to do again.
923
01:00:06,502 --> 01:00:09,805
We're gonna go out and try to flush
out this creature they call Momo
924
01:00:09,839 --> 01:00:11,740
and end this mystery once and
for all.
925
01:00:12,608 --> 01:00:13,876
I heard that thing ran off
926
01:00:13,909 --> 01:00:16,679
with one of Charlie Pierce's
prized shows.
927
01:00:16,712 --> 01:00:18,647
What kind of thing could take
a 100 pound hog
928
01:00:18,681 --> 01:00:19,849
and just walk away with it?
929
01:00:19,882 --> 01:00:22,184
Now obviously, safety's the
most important thing here,
930
01:00:22,218 --> 01:00:23,919
but if you get a clean shot
on this thing
931
01:00:23,953 --> 01:00:25,955
you are authorized to take it.
932
01:00:25,988 --> 01:00:28,023
We have the community to
think about.
933
01:00:28,057 --> 01:00:29,625
We're gonna split off into
two groups.
934
01:00:29,658 --> 01:00:30,559
I'm gonna take one
935
01:00:30,593 --> 01:00:32,595
and Edgar Harrison's gonna
take the other.
936
01:00:32,628 --> 01:00:34,129
Any questions?
937
01:00:34,163 --> 01:00:35,965
Yeah, anyone want any fur coats
938
01:00:35,998 --> 01:00:39,435
once I bag this critter?
939
01:00:39,468 --> 01:00:40,669
Yeah!
940
01:01:24,446 --> 01:01:26,182
Chief, you suppose that could
just be a kid
941
01:01:26,215 --> 01:01:28,350
in a monkey suit goofin' around?
942
01:01:28,384 --> 01:01:29,418
It'd have to be a pretty dumb kid,
943
01:01:29,451 --> 01:01:31,453
runnin' around like it's
Halloween like that,
944
01:01:31,487 --> 01:01:33,489
liable to get his head blown off.
945
01:01:33,522 --> 01:01:36,225
Speakin' of which.
Oh, sorry about that.
946
01:01:38,427 --> 01:01:41,297
I'm not even sure there's
anything out here to shoot.
947
01:01:41,330 --> 01:01:42,331
At least nothin' like that.
948
01:01:42,364 --> 01:01:43,198
I mean.
949
01:01:45,534 --> 01:01:47,403
Ooh, that's gross!
950
01:01:47,436 --> 01:01:48,871
That's the smell of death!
951
01:01:54,610 --> 01:01:55,978
What did you do?
952
01:01:56,011 --> 01:01:58,180
There's somethin' on the hill!
953
01:01:58,213 --> 01:02:01,183
Kill it!
954
01:02:12,294 --> 01:02:15,197
(Murmuring)
955
01:02:34,350 --> 01:02:40,956
Stay out of my woods!
956
01:02:44,426 --> 01:02:46,695
Whoever said that better step
out right now,
957
01:02:46,729 --> 01:02:48,397
I'm done playing games!
958
01:02:48,430 --> 01:02:50,399
This ends tonight!
959
01:02:55,270 --> 01:02:57,973
I've never seen somethin'
like this before!
960
01:02:58,874 --> 01:03:00,609
It's like a lean to or something.
961
01:03:13,355 --> 01:03:15,024
All right, Boys, with the other
tracks we found back there,
962
01:03:15,057 --> 01:03:17,126
we may as well check this
thing for hair.
963
01:03:27,269 --> 01:03:29,304
Is that it, is that the creature?
964
01:03:29,338 --> 01:03:30,839
It's time to find out!
965
01:03:32,641 --> 01:03:34,543
Edgar, wait!
966
01:04:18,654 --> 01:04:20,189
Ow!
967
01:04:47,282 --> 01:04:49,985
Gerald, is that you?
968
01:05:15,711 --> 01:05:17,613
I'm telling you exactly what happened.
969
01:05:17,646 --> 01:05:20,349
I followed it into its lair,
I shot it between the eyes.
970
01:05:20,382 --> 01:05:21,950
I sent this thing back to hell.
971
01:05:21,984 --> 01:05:23,185
Don't go jumpin' to conclusions,
972
01:05:23,218 --> 01:05:25,888
you don't know what you shot or
if you shot anything at all.
973
01:05:25,921 --> 01:05:27,656
You might have shot a deer.
Right!
974
01:05:27,689 --> 01:05:29,625
Or you might have shot your
own shadow for all we know.
975
01:05:29,658 --> 01:05:31,960
The point is that you're tired,
I'm tired
976
01:05:31,994 --> 01:05:33,395
and we saw stuff out in the
woods, too.
977
01:05:33,428 --> 01:05:35,497
Lights.
Don't forget the voice!
978
01:05:35,531 --> 01:05:36,999
Right, right, but the point is
979
01:05:37,032 --> 01:05:38,467
you're tired and we're tired.
980
01:05:38,500 --> 01:05:41,170
Whatever was out there is not
there now, we drove it off.
981
01:05:41,203 --> 01:05:43,939
I did more than flush it out,
I shot it between the eyes!
982
01:05:43,972 --> 01:05:45,107
I believe you, Edgar,
983
01:05:45,140 --> 01:05:46,175
but we're here to keep the peace
984
01:05:46,208 --> 01:05:47,509
and right now keepin' the
peace means
985
01:05:47,543 --> 01:05:49,444
that you didn't shoot
anything at all.
986
01:05:49,478 --> 01:05:52,748
But maybe you did, maybe you
saved everyone in Louisiana.
987
01:05:52,781 --> 01:05:55,050
Go on home, get some rest, Ed.
988
01:05:55,083 --> 01:05:56,952
Look, we're all upright and
we're all breathin'
989
01:05:56,985 --> 01:05:59,154
and for me that means it was
a successful night.
990
01:05:59,188 --> 01:06:00,455
Go home and get some rest.
991
01:06:33,188 --> 01:06:36,592
Strange voices in the woods,
lights in the sky,
992
01:06:36,625 --> 01:06:39,761
a hairy, scary beast hanging
out on Marzolf Hill,
993
01:06:39,795 --> 01:06:42,931
it has all the trappings of a
made for drive in movie,
994
01:06:42,965 --> 01:06:44,967
but it really did happen.
995
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:46,768
Members of the posse did claim
996
01:06:46,802 --> 01:06:49,738
to hear a mysterious
disembodied voice in the woods
997
01:06:49,771 --> 01:06:52,674
and numerous people saw
strange lights in the sky,
998
01:06:52,708 --> 01:06:55,711
not to mention those who
claimed to have seen the creature.
999
01:06:57,012 --> 01:06:58,947
Was there really a Momo there?
1000
01:06:58,981 --> 01:07:01,550
The bones can be chalked up
to artistic license,
1001
01:07:01,583 --> 01:07:03,886
but there really was an
abandoned building located
1002
01:07:03,919 --> 01:07:06,321
up on Marzolf Hill,
which could have been used
1003
01:07:06,355 --> 01:07:09,691
as a hideaway for a large
animal or an unknown creature.
1004
01:07:10,659 --> 01:07:12,494
I seem to recall a little somethin'
1005
01:07:12,527 --> 01:07:15,130
about they found like a brush
hut or something.
1006
01:07:15,163 --> 01:07:18,967
And then there was supposedly
like an abandoned,
1007
01:07:19,001 --> 01:07:21,069
derelict house or something
like that,
1008
01:07:21,103 --> 01:07:24,273
and they thought they'd found
a nest or something in there.
1009
01:07:24,306 --> 01:07:26,842
To answer your question,
I don't remember much about it.
1010
01:07:26,875 --> 01:07:30,245
As a young man, I just wanted
to see what this was,
1011
01:07:30,279 --> 01:07:34,116
if it was I wanted to get a
hold of him like everyone else.
1012
01:07:35,617 --> 01:07:40,222
But we never found nothing,
never saw nothing,
1013
01:07:41,390 --> 01:07:44,993
never smelled nothing and they
said he had a terrible odor,
1014
01:07:45,027 --> 01:07:47,796
but none of this came true,
on my part.
1015
01:07:47,829 --> 01:07:51,566
So when they were up there doing
their search did they find anything?
1016
01:07:51,600 --> 01:07:54,336
I don't remember if they did
or not, I don't know?
1017
01:07:54,369 --> 01:07:59,007
I mean, it was actually later,
maybe as years went passed,
1018
01:07:59,041 --> 01:08:01,109
well like this was found and
this was there,
1019
01:08:01,143 --> 01:08:02,010
that type of thing.
1020
01:08:02,044 --> 01:08:03,412
But at the time..
1021
01:08:04,279 --> 01:08:06,515
Did anybody claim to have
shot Momo
1022
01:08:06,548 --> 01:08:07,416
during that time?
1023
01:08:08,250 --> 01:08:09,985
Again, not that I'm aware of.
1024
01:08:10,852 --> 01:08:12,788
I personally don't believe
1025
01:08:12,821 --> 01:08:15,223
there was anything there to shoot.
1026
01:08:15,257 --> 01:08:18,226
I think some people saw something,
1027
01:08:18,260 --> 01:08:20,362
but as far as for being a Bigfoot,
1028
01:08:21,997 --> 01:08:25,467
you know,
I think that's a little extreme.
1029
01:08:25,500 --> 01:08:26,768
Maybe the strangest aspect
1030
01:08:26,802 --> 01:08:29,338
of this whole story is the
posse itself.
1031
01:08:29,371 --> 01:08:31,206
Whatever was going on in Louisiana
1032
01:08:31,239 --> 01:08:32,607
at the time was serious enough
1033
01:08:32,641 --> 01:08:35,377
that Chief Ward organized a
group of 20 men
1034
01:08:35,410 --> 01:08:37,679
and they really did go up on
Marzolf Hill
1035
01:08:37,713 --> 01:08:40,616
to hunt down the creature,
or whatever it was.
1036
01:08:45,587 --> 01:08:46,755
Hey, check it out!
1037
01:08:46,788 --> 01:08:49,157
We're getting word that a
search party went looking
1038
01:08:49,191 --> 01:08:51,960
for that old Missouri Monster tonight
1039
01:08:51,994 --> 01:08:55,831
in the general vicinity of
what we call Star Hill,
1040
01:08:55,864 --> 01:08:59,267
known as Marzolf Hill here in Louisiana.
1041
01:08:59,301 --> 01:09:00,435
Of course in recent days,
1042
01:09:00,469 --> 01:09:02,671
residents have reported
strange smells,
1043
01:09:02,704 --> 01:09:04,006
howls in the night
1044
01:09:04,039 --> 01:09:06,742
and even sightings of the
hairy beast itself.
1045
01:09:06,775 --> 01:09:08,810
The deputy sheriff we talked
to wanted
1046
01:09:08,844 --> 01:09:12,147
to assure the public that
there's nothing to worry about,
1047
01:09:12,180 --> 01:09:15,684
that's it probably best to keep
your pets inside after dark
1048
01:09:15,717 --> 01:09:17,452
for the time being.
1049
01:09:20,989 --> 01:09:22,190
Dad!
Daddy!
1050
01:09:29,264 --> 01:09:30,332
Mrs. Suddarth brought us home
1051
01:09:30,365 --> 01:09:31,900
the minute the reports came in.
1052
01:09:31,933 --> 01:09:33,435
What happened, Edgar?
1053
01:09:33,468 --> 01:09:34,503
I killed it, I think.
1054
01:09:34,536 --> 01:09:36,271
It was there one second,
I shot it and it was gone.
1055
01:09:36,304 --> 01:09:37,806
I think I killed it.
1056
01:09:37,839 --> 01:09:39,341
Groovy!
1057
01:09:39,374 --> 01:09:41,576
See, Dad,
you're a monster hunter now!
1058
01:09:41,610 --> 01:09:43,879
Wait 'til the rest of the kids
at school hear about this!
1059
01:09:43,912 --> 01:09:45,914
They won't be laughing at us anymore.
1060
01:10:00,128 --> 01:10:03,065
(Murmuring)
1061
01:10:13,375 --> 01:10:16,445
Fireflies?
Those aren't fireflies.
1062
01:10:18,980 --> 01:10:19,815
Edgar?
1063
01:11:13,502 --> 01:11:14,936
The Harrison family wasn't killed
1064
01:11:14,970 --> 01:11:16,505
by an angry, vicious monster.
1065
01:11:17,806 --> 01:11:19,508
Heck, even Momo itself didn't seem
1066
01:11:19,541 --> 01:11:22,844
all that angry or vicious,
perhaps just curious.
1067
01:11:23,745 --> 01:11:26,248
Maybe a little lost in its surroundings.
1068
01:11:26,281 --> 01:11:29,184
Sort of like an outsider,
like so many of us are
1069
01:11:29,217 --> 01:11:31,987
in a world that won't seem to
slow down.
1070
01:11:32,020 --> 01:11:35,023
Bigfoot sightings in Missouri
continue to this day,
1071
01:11:35,056 --> 01:11:36,992
but the descriptions don't
exactly line up
1072
01:11:37,025 --> 01:11:40,562
with the hairy, scary,
Missouri Monster scene in 1972.
1073
01:11:41,496 --> 01:11:44,166
After the sightings stopped,
the town went back to normal.
1074
01:11:44,199 --> 01:11:45,600
And in the years to follow,
1075
01:11:45,634 --> 01:11:48,336
Louisiana turned its back on
its local monster,
1076
01:11:48,370 --> 01:11:50,338
preferring to forget it ever existed.
1077
01:11:51,473 --> 01:11:53,241
If they did acknowledge the event,
1078
01:11:53,275 --> 01:11:56,111
it was under the caveat that
the whole thing was made up,
1079
01:11:56,144 --> 01:11:59,247
a hoax perpetrated by some
local kids.
1080
01:11:59,281 --> 01:12:01,183
The Harrison family and the
other witnesses,
1081
01:12:01,216 --> 01:12:03,919
however, would beg to differ.
1082
01:12:03,952 --> 01:12:06,321
They know what they saw.
1083
01:12:06,354 --> 01:12:09,524
What are your thoughts on the possibility
1084
01:12:09,558 --> 01:12:12,060
that there was something
behind this,
1085
01:12:12,093 --> 01:12:13,962
some sort of creature or anything?
1086
01:12:13,995 --> 01:12:15,797
I think some people truly believed
1087
01:12:15,830 --> 01:12:17,566
that they thought they saw something.
1088
01:12:17,599 --> 01:12:20,735
And I think a lot of it's just
because when you get wrapped up
1089
01:12:20,769 --> 01:12:23,038
in that kind of a story and everything,
1090
01:12:23,071 --> 01:12:25,307
I think you're always a little open
1091
01:12:25,340 --> 01:12:27,909
to more things than you
normally would be, I guess.
1092
01:12:29,544 --> 01:12:30,846
I don't think I ever fully
believed it.
1093
01:12:30,879 --> 01:12:33,915
Maybe as a kid, you know,
as a kid, but not after that.
1094
01:12:35,650 --> 01:12:37,018
I'd go back to hysteria
1095
01:12:38,386 --> 01:12:42,457
at first and then it began to
die down.
1096
01:12:42,490 --> 01:12:46,161
There was one theory that
maybe it was a black bear
1097
01:12:46,194 --> 01:12:47,229
that they saw.
1098
01:12:47,262 --> 01:12:51,233
But I really believe that
Harrisons believed
1099
01:12:51,266 --> 01:12:52,767
what they were sayin'.
1100
01:12:54,102 --> 01:12:58,240
I don't think it was a hoax,
they were sincere.
1101
01:12:58,273 --> 01:13:02,010
My thought was curiosity,
is it true?
1102
01:13:02,043 --> 01:13:04,946
And as time went on, I said,
"No, it's not true."
1103
01:13:04,980 --> 01:13:07,315
That was my personal opinion.
1104
01:13:07,349 --> 01:13:09,451
There was a story circulated
1105
01:13:11,019 --> 01:13:13,021
and the people that were
involved in it,
1106
01:13:13,054 --> 01:13:14,889
one of 'em's still alive and
one of 'em's dead now
1107
01:13:14,923 --> 01:13:17,192
and I'm not going to get into
who they were,
1108
01:13:17,225 --> 01:13:19,160
I'm not gonna do that,
1109
01:13:19,194 --> 01:13:22,597
but my understanding that
they were two businessmen
1110
01:13:22,631 --> 01:13:25,667
and that they put together a suit.
1111
01:13:26,701 --> 01:13:29,638
And that one of them wore it around
1112
01:13:29,671 --> 01:13:33,341
and it was even seen in their
business at the time
1113
01:13:33,375 --> 01:13:37,679
and that would promote the
idea of a hoax.
1114
01:13:37,712 --> 01:13:40,515
I will also say that that
happened a couple,
1115
01:13:40,548 --> 01:13:43,818
three weeks, after the original.
1116
01:13:43,852 --> 01:13:48,056
So if that was what Edgar and
them saw, I doubt it.
1117
01:13:48,089 --> 01:13:52,560
Some people thought it was
somethin' to stir Edgar up,
1118
01:13:55,130 --> 01:13:56,231
I don't know?
1119
01:13:56,264 --> 01:13:58,033
I'm not gonna say it didn't happen,
1120
01:13:58,066 --> 01:14:01,536
I was just not that involved.
1121
01:14:01,569 --> 01:14:03,872
I didn't read the paper about it.
1122
01:14:03,905 --> 01:14:06,141
It was just happening,
1123
01:14:06,174 --> 01:14:08,777
I'm not gonna say it didn't
involve me,
1124
01:14:08,810 --> 01:14:10,412
but my life went on.
1125
01:14:11,646 --> 01:14:13,515
I didn't live Momo.
1126
01:14:13,548 --> 01:14:15,116
I didn't look for Momo.
1127
01:14:16,217 --> 01:14:18,987
But I was not in the hub of Momo.
1128
01:14:19,020 --> 01:14:23,692
Maybe that's why I don't find
it so terribly important.
1129
01:14:23,725 --> 01:14:24,559
But
1130
01:14:26,828 --> 01:14:31,032
I don't deny that it is a
part of Louisiana's history.
1131
01:14:31,066 --> 01:14:33,068
Important history?
1132
01:14:33,101 --> 01:14:35,003
Not in my eyes,
1133
01:14:35,036 --> 01:14:36,571
but a piece of our history.
1134
01:14:38,673 --> 01:14:40,642
It's an interesting sidelight.
1135
01:14:40,675 --> 01:14:43,945
I don't think anybody really
took it that serious.
1136
01:14:43,978 --> 01:14:49,084
Maybe at the time,
but not now, I don't believe.
1137
01:14:49,117 --> 01:14:50,986
Well, I'd forgotten part of it
1138
01:14:51,019 --> 01:14:54,022
until Martha Shoe called me
the other night,
1139
01:14:54,055 --> 01:14:56,324
I hadn't thought of Momo in
20 years.
1140
01:14:56,358 --> 01:14:58,560
It was somethin' that was here,
1141
01:14:58,593 --> 01:15:00,228
you talked about it and then
it died,
1142
01:15:00,261 --> 01:15:02,130
as far as I was concerned.
1143
01:15:02,163 --> 01:15:03,498
Well, to answer your question,
1144
01:15:03,531 --> 01:15:05,734
you really can't just
straightforward answer it,
1145
01:15:05,767 --> 01:15:07,736
it's more like a three part answer.
1146
01:15:07,769 --> 01:15:11,406
At the time, immediately,
I mean it made a big deal.
1147
01:15:11,439 --> 01:15:13,241
In the medium term,
and I'm talking about
1148
01:15:13,274 --> 01:15:16,644
for like the next five,
six years, seven years,
1149
01:15:16,678 --> 01:15:18,980
they had a Momo Day celebration,
1150
01:15:19,013 --> 01:15:22,417
Momo sales with the businesses
and so forth.
1151
01:15:22,450 --> 01:15:25,086
And people came to town and
shared in that
1152
01:15:25,120 --> 01:15:29,290
and did business in town and
it promoted the town.
1153
01:15:30,291 --> 01:15:34,796
In the long term,
let's say after 30 years,
1154
01:15:34,829 --> 01:15:36,498
we've had a lot of time passed,
1155
01:15:36,531 --> 01:15:37,932
it doesn't make any difference.
1156
01:15:37,966 --> 01:15:39,200
I mean you're the first people
1157
01:15:39,234 --> 01:15:42,270
I've heard talk about Momo in
years, that's it.
1158
01:15:42,303 --> 01:15:44,506
I mean it's just somethin' in
the paper, a little blurb,
1159
01:15:44,539 --> 01:15:47,675
"Remember Momo,"
and that's the extent of it.
1160
01:15:47,709 --> 01:15:50,445
Yes, I definitely think Momo
is an important part
1161
01:15:50,478 --> 01:15:52,213
of the Louisiana town history.
1162
01:15:52,247 --> 01:15:53,715
Whether you believe it or
whether you don't believe it,
1163
01:15:53,748 --> 01:15:56,384
I think it's an important
part of the history.
1164
01:15:56,418 --> 01:15:58,720
There's probably not anybody
you could ask
1165
01:15:58,753 --> 01:16:01,523
that wouldn't know about it,
so definitely.
1166
01:16:01,556 --> 01:16:03,358
Whether you're young or old,
1167
01:16:03,391 --> 01:16:06,895
as a youngster you may not
have been here,
1168
01:16:06,928 --> 01:16:09,864
you didn't see it,
but Grandma talks about it,
1169
01:16:09,898 --> 01:16:11,299
Grandpa talks about it.
1170
01:16:11,332 --> 01:16:14,035
Aunt and Uncle,
"Oh, yeah, I was there when."
1171
01:16:14,068 --> 01:16:17,372
And I think that's a part of
Louisiana history.
1172
01:16:17,405 --> 01:16:18,973
I don't think it'll ever die.
1173
01:16:19,007 --> 01:16:21,843
I mean, who knows,
Momo might come back to visit.
1174
01:16:29,317 --> 01:16:31,786
You might see a movie like
"The Legend of Boggy Creek"
1175
01:16:31,820 --> 01:16:33,254
or "Creature From Black Lake",
1176
01:16:33,288 --> 01:16:35,890
or even the never released,
"Momo the Missouri Monster",
1177
01:16:35,924 --> 01:16:38,460
as a silly,
stupid reflection of history,
1178
01:16:38,493 --> 01:16:41,196
an unreal take on the real events,
1179
01:16:41,229 --> 01:16:42,964
but that ain't the way I see it.
1180
01:16:42,997 --> 01:16:44,699
Movies are entertainment, sure,
1181
01:16:44,732 --> 01:16:47,435
sometimes silly,
sometimes over the top,
1182
01:16:47,469 --> 01:16:49,003
sometimes downright terrible.
1183
01:16:50,772 --> 01:16:53,942
But movies like this perpetuate
a significant story.
1184
01:16:53,975 --> 01:16:56,144
"Momo the Missouri Monster"
is important
1185
01:16:56,177 --> 01:16:59,247
because it's doing its own
small part to preserve an event
1186
01:16:59,280 --> 01:17:03,084
that the town itself is doing
its best to forget.
1187
01:17:03,117 --> 01:17:05,653
Is it factually accurate in
every detail?
1188
01:17:05,687 --> 01:17:09,657
Nah, but no retelling of any
story ever is.
1189
01:17:09,691 --> 01:17:12,227
The best that we can hope for
is that in time,
1190
01:17:12,260 --> 01:17:14,629
the legend of Momo isn't forgotten.
1191
01:17:14,662 --> 01:17:16,531
That the monster and the people
1192
01:17:16,564 --> 01:17:19,300
whose lives it affected, are remembered,
1193
01:17:19,334 --> 01:17:22,270
their experiences and stories
are preserved.
1194
01:17:25,106 --> 01:17:27,709
You might say it's just a
silly little monster movie
1195
01:17:28,610 --> 01:17:30,512
and maybe you're right,
1196
01:17:30,545 --> 01:17:33,882
but to some of us,
it's a whole lot more.
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