YEAR: 2008

SEASON: Fall

MONTH: October

DATE: 3rd or 4th?

STATE: Missouri

COUNTY: Taney County

NEAREST TOWN: kirbyville

NEAREST ROAD: t hwy

OBSERVED: I let my dog out about 11 pm oct 3rd or 4th. It was pretty cool that night so he didnt go too far.across from my home in rural taney county there is thousands of acres bordering taneycomo and bull shoals lake. It was from there I heard stomping and my dog got scared. There is a street sign and a telephone pole across the road that when this thing passed showed to be about 8 ft tall in only a few seconds it was gone. my brother seen the same thing 2 days before.

OTHER WITNESSES: 2

TIME AND CONDITIONS: about 11 pm

ENVIRONMENT: cold and quiet

Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Ron Boles:

Talked to witness and he stated there is also a neighbor who seen an animal fitting the profile. Also, a reoccurring peacock-like scream is heard in the neighboring woods. A street lamp is in the area of the sighting but not in the immediate location of where the animal walked in front the street sign. The figure of the animal was so large that it totally blocked the street sign while passing by.

About BFRO Investigator Ron Boles:

BFRO Investigator for the Ozarks
Attended and organized numerous BFRO Expeditions starting in 2007. In the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Ron is an avid student of the outdoors, ecology, folklore and regional history.