Bigfoot sighting at Table Rock?
I had a strange experience a few days ago. In last week’s column I mentioned that this week I was going to report on a missing time case that had occurred in Kansas during the 1980s. In the interim, I received a follow-up email stating that his wife, who was with him when it occurred, was furious about him reporting it and requesting that I not use the account. This is the first time I have ever had this happen. In the interim I received an excellent Bigfoot sighting account and will report on it instead.
During my ongoing research into the many Bigfoot encounters that have occurred in the Taney County area over the years, I posted a request for information on the timeline of a Facebook group called “Taney County, Missouri History, Landmarks and Vintage Photography.” I was seeking information on “booger” place names and received a message from Darla — pseudonym — concerning “Booger Knob” near Rockaway Beach.
Then to my surprise she added, “I saw something a few years ago but I couldn’t really explain what it was and my ex-husband couldn’t either. It definitely wasn’t any kind of animal either of us had ever seen but when we stopped and turned around it was gone. Just took it as something we couldn’t explain and never really thought too much about it.”
I immediately responded with a request for additional information. She soon responded, “It was probably about 8 ft. tall, kind of dark grey with a little brown. Had a mane kind of like a male lion but shorter hair around the body and legs. Was walking upright on back legs but once we got close in our car it got on all fours and took off extremely fast. We slowed down and stopped to turn around immediately and drove back and forth a few times trying to see what it was but it was completely gone or hiding. Never saw it again.”
I inquired concerning when it occurred and was told, “Probably close to 5 years ago now (2012) and was right before dark; looked like it was coming out of the woods towards the lake. No odd smells or sounds but we were in a car going about 25 mph around a corner.”
I asked about the time of year and got, “It was during the summer, I’d say probably July or August because we had our windows up and the air on.”
Her final comment on the sighting was, “I’m not saying what I saw was Bigfoot but I know I’m not crazy. My ex and I both saw something neither of us had ever seen before in our lives. I can’t explain it. I spend a lot of time in the woods and that was definitely a first.”
She now lives approximately a half-mile from where the sighting took place. I proceeded to provide her with a rundown on some of the things to listen for, especially during the evening or at night: “Listen for sounds such as a tree being struck loudly with a wooden club, sounds like two rocks being clacked against each other, or any animal calls you do not recognize. All of these are common signs of Bigfoot activity.”
This was an excellent sighting and was well reported by the witness. There were two elements of the description that I found especially interesting. The first was the “mane” reminiscent of a male lion, and the other was the fact that the creature dropped to all fours to make his escape. My immediate thought concerning the latter was that by being lower to the ground it would be concealed more quickly by the brush and undergrowth, which is virtually always much thicker than the trees in a forest.
The entire southwest Missouri/northeast Arkansas has been a hotbed of Bigfoot activity for more than a century, and remains so to this day. I have no doubts that you will be hearing more from this region in the future.
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