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Momo, the Missouri Monster

Documented folklore from the Club 49 map, told straight and sourced.

The story

In the summer of 1972 the town of Louisiana, Missouri, on the Mississippi, was gripped by reports of a tall, dark, foul-smelling hairy creature on Marzolf Hill, seen by children and then by dozens of others, its name a contraction of “Missouri Monster.” Search parties combed the bluffs. It was the peak of a nationwide Bigfoot wave, and no evidence ever supported a creature, but the 1972 flap was entirely real and made national news, and the town remembers it with good humor.

The ground it haunts

Louisiana (Pike County, Missouri). Source: A real, documented 1972 monster panic on the Mississippi bluffs. The Club 49 map pins this legend at its documented country, beside the real mines, active claims, land status and modeled honey holes of the same ground. Open the free map and go stand in the story.

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