Two Months of Terror

In the summer of 1972, something came to Louisiana, Missouri. The Harrison children saw it first—a towering, smelly creature carrying a dead dog. For two months, Momo stalked the small town, leaving tracks and traumatizing witnesses before disappearing forever.

The Harrison Sighting

July 11, 1972:

• Terry and Wally Harrison
• Playing in yard
• Marzolf Hill
• Creature appeared
• Carrying dead dog

What They Saw

The creature:

• Seven feet tall
• Hair covered
• Pumpkin-shaped head
• No visible neck
• Black or dark brown

The Dog

Disturbing detail:

• Dead dog
• Under arm
• Casually carried
• Like trophy
• Made children scream

The Smell

Momo’s signature:

• Overwhelming stench
• Rotting flesh
• Preceded sightings
• Made people sick
• Lingered

Edgar Harrison

Father’s encounter:

• Heard screams
• Investigated
• Also saw creature
• At property edge
• Adult confirmation

Police Response

Law enforcement:

• Took seriously
• Investigated scenes
• Found evidence
• Searched area
• Filed reports

The Tracks

Physical evidence:

• Three-toed prints
• Large size
• Multiple locations
• Cast by police
• Documented

The Howls

Night sounds:

• Screaming calls
• Throughout area
• Multiple nights
• Terrifying
• Woke residents

Additional Sightings

Others saw:

• Neighbors
• Passing motorists
• Different locations
• Same description
• Two-month period

The Searches

Who looked:

• Police
• Media
• Researchers
• Citizens
• Armed groups

Marzolf Hill

Focus area:

• Wooded terrain
• Primary sighting zone
• Searched repeatedly
• Creature’s territory
• Above town

The Theories

What was Momo:

• Unknown primate
• Bigfoot variant
• Escaped animal
• Elaborate hoax
• Mass hysteria

August 1972

The ending:

• Sightings stopped
• Creature gone
• No capture
• No explanation
• Simply vanished

Bigfoot Connection

Regional pattern:

• Similar sightings
• Midwest Bigfoot
• Smelly variants
• Same family
• Regional population?

The Investigation

Who documented:

• Hayden Hewes
• UFO investigator
• Full report
• Preserved accounts
• Research published

Lasting Impact

On town:

• Local legend
• Some trauma
• Some pride
• Annual remembrance
• Part of history

Significance

A two-month concentrated creature wave with police investigation, physical evidence, and multiple witnesses.

Legacy

Momo proved that Bigfoot-type creatures can focus on single locations—terrorizing a small Missouri town for two months before disappearing as mysteriously as they arrived.