Picture yourself: it's the dark. 

Cuddle under your blankets and keep your head on a swivel for the first episode of our state cryptids series! Who knew Missouri had so many weird critters lurking about? We talk MoMo, the Missouri Monster, the Ozark Howler, Batsquatch, and so much more. 

Sources:

• Momo the Monster- wikipedia
• Missouri's mysterious monsters live on through generations of storytelling- VOX magazine
• Devil’s Promenade and the Hornet Spook Lights- Legends of America
• The Ozark Howler- Explore Southern History
• Creature feature: Missouri and Illinois beasts and why we love their stories- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• The Missouri Monster Momo is the Cryptid that Time Forgot- Vice
• Halloween Special: Batsquatch is Missouri’s latest monster mystery- The Salem News Online
• Missouri Men Encountered a Flying Humanoid in the Ozarks- Ultimate Unexplained
• MO town embraces Mo Mo the Monster 50 years after… St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Mountain Lion- MDC website
• Paul the Nixa Hellhound Facebook page
• Christan, Sara Brooke. “The Cryptid Tourist Gaze: Cryptid Tourism and Monster Hunting.” Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Proquest Dissertations, 2021.
• Missouri Urban Legends- Only In Your State
• Engel, Brent. “50 years later: ‘Mo Mo’ is a go-go,” Courier-Post, July 8, 2022.
• Hahn, Valerie Schremp. “Creature Feature: Missouri and Illinois Beasts and Why We love Their Stories,” Saint Louis Today, Oct 29, 2017.
• Weiser-Alexander, Kathy. “Momo—The Missouri Monster,” Legends of America, 2020. 

Music:

• ​Intro and outro: ​Underneath the Christmas Tree (Instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpiano.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng