Cryptid Creatures in Jackson County, Missouri

 

By Margie Kay

 
Most Cryptid sightings occur in the woods or countryside, but apparently, these creatures have invaded Independence and East Jackson County, Missouri in recent years. I’ve received reports from several people, and even had my own encounters in this area, including a sighting just four weeks ago. The questions are where are these creatures living, what is their food source, and why aren’t more people seeing or reporting them?

CHUPACABRA

A woman who wishes to remain anonymous sent the following to me via email: “My BFF saw a cryptid cross over Little Blue Parkway not far from Centerpoint Hospital. This is what she wrote about it: "It walked on both - two and four legs. Some people call it a chupacabra.”

She goes on to say, “My son and his friend saw one in Odessa, Missouri over by the lake near our old house. They said it crawled on all fours and then stood up on two legs and jumped over the fence. It had spikes along the back and large fangs.They both thought they saw a demon. Scared them terribly. My son doesn't like to talk about it." There was an article about this sighting in Missouri Conservationist, which explained that the creature must have been a coyote with mange, but the witness said, “Coyotes don’t stand up on two hind legs.”

WRAITH

Four weeks ago, I had my own sighting of a strange creature while driving south on Crysler just past Truman Road in Independence after dark. A creepy-looking thin man wearing a hoodie crouched down on all fours and crawled across the road, then suddenly, he flew backward through the air to the middle of the road in a second and crawled once again to the other side.

This happened a third time, and finally, as I was driving past, he stood up. I could not see his face, but his arms were unusually long. I kept driving as I knew that this was not a normal human being. It was as if a movie played back three times. I couldn't believe what I was seeing and still don't today. 

GIANT DOG

In the fall of 2012, my daughter and her husband were driving westbound on 23^rd Street near Spot Not car wash in Independence when they saw something running towards them in the other lane. It looked like a white cloud shaped like a dog as tall as the roof of their car and as long as the car. It ran like a dog on all fours and ran past their vehicle. The couple looked in the mirrors and turned around to look out the back window, but the creature was no longer visible. My daughter said that the creature looked like a monstrous Borzoi, a large Russian Sighthound. She still can't believe what she saw. 

LARGE BLACK CATS

From 2009 to 2023 I received several reports of a very large panther-sized black cat in Raytown, Missouri, which is just south of Independence. One witness said she was sitting on her front porch and noticed that the neighbor's across the street had a new large black cat ornament in their yard - until it walked away. She got up and went back in the house and won't sit outside any longer. 

Other people witnessed a large black cat that they saw walking, then dissolve into thin air. 

A man who lives near 63rd Street said he saw a huge black cat running across the busy street late at night. He called the Missouri Department of Conservation, and they told him that there couldn't be any panthers in that area. As far as he knows, they did not investigate. 

Is it possible that a real black panther is living in Raytown or is this a supernatural creature? 

These sightings, combined with the large cryptid winged creatures, Sasquatch, and pterodactyls that have been seen in the area are concerning. (See my previous posts) Does East Jackson County have a portal to another dimension that is allowing these types of creatures to come and go at will?  This needs further investigation. 

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Margie Kay is an investigator and writer. Her website is www.margiekay.com