Momo

Momo the Monster: The Hairy Beast of Louisiana, Missouri

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An 1869 bird's-eye view of Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, on the Mississippi River — the town where the Momo sightings were reported in 1971–72 (no photograph of the creature exists)

About 4 min readIn the summers of 1971 and 1972, a small Mississippi River town in Missouri was gripped by reports of a seven-foot, hair-covered creature with glowing eyes and a terrible smell. No photograph was ever taken, no specimen ever found — but the witnesses never backed down.