YEAR: 1976

SEASON: Summer

MONTH: September

STATE: Missouri

COUNTY: Montgomery County

LOCATION DETAILS: Near Middletown on a county road North of blacktop A.

OBSERVED: The sighting was related to me by my father.(the witness) A large Bigfoot type creature was seen in field. My father was driving to work on a county road when he noticed a large dark shape in a hayfield/pasture. There was no livestock in the field at that time and thats what made him notice the dark figure. As he got closer he noticed it was human shaped, between 7 and 9 ft. tall and covered with black hair! The creature soon noticed the vehicle and made its way to the cover of a nearby creek.(Coon Creek) It moved quickly but didnt seem to be paniced. Both my father and I returned to the spot shortly after to look for clues but nothing was found. We told the property owner we wanted to get some sand from the creek. If he only knew! At his closest point he was maybe 100 yards from the creature.

ALSO NOTICED: A couple years prior, a human shaped figure was observed at night from the light of a burning brush pile. Dad was a skeptic at that time and blew it off. He thought his eyes were playing tricks on him. It may have been the same or similar creature.

OTHER WITNESSES: My father was driving to work at the time of the incident.

ENVIRONMENT: The incident occurred in a rural area of maybe 60% crop and pasture land 40% hardwood forest.