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 

 

Spooklights in Independence, Missouri

Rendering of lights in Independence, MO by Margie Kay

Several areas across the United States are known for Spook lights, with the Joplin Spook Light and the Marfa Lights in Texas being the most popular, however, several lesser-known sites have consistent reports of unexplained lights, and Independence, Missouri is one of those places. 

Last October, I was outside at around midnight when I noticed two dull circular lights slowly come into view across the RR tracks about 100 feet behind my house. They were in front of trees, and they were not well-defined circles, with amorphous edges and a white/blue hue. These lights did not fit into the category of house lights, flashlights or anything I am familiar with. There was no beam projecting them. After watching these objects for a few minutes they slowly began to move downward, towards the tracks, which were about 20 feet below. Then the moved down the tracks to the east and out of sight. 

On June 6, 2023, the lights reappeared in nearly the same place they did previously and again at midnight. I checked the lights on houses across the tracks, and also on my side and could not find a source. I contemplated going inside to get my cell phone, but the objects would have been gone by the time I returned. 

Strange phenomena have occurred on these tracks for years, including two sightings of an old-time ghost train, complete with smoke billowing out of the stack. I was lucky enough to see one of those trains, which then disappeared as if through a portal. The railroad cut and tracks were installed during the Civil War, and not a mile from this location was a Civil War battle, across the cut. At one house near the cut, the owners complain of ghostly apparitions and poltergeist activity.

Perhaps these eerie lights are spirits from a bygone era. 

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Margie Kay is the author of 14 books on paranormal subjects and the owner of the KUNX Digital Broadcasting Network. She has investigated paranormal phenomena for over 40 years. www.margiekay.com. 

New giant bird sighting in KC makes number 19

Giant bird sighting report number 19 was received in my office on August 4, 2019. A man by the name of Alex was driving on 291 Highway in Independence, Missouri on Monday, July 29 at 5:00 pm when he noticed a very large bird circling high overhead. He pulled over to get a better look at the dark-colored creature because the size was so amazing. Alex said that it was similar to the shape of an Eagle, but way too large to be a bird of that type, and that it must have been something else. He was unable to get a photograph.

291 Highway is located on the east side of Independence, Missouri. Many similar reports have been made (see my articles posted earlier). 

Two Witnesses See Mothman or Giant Bird on June 20 in Independence, Missouri

Two independent witnesses in Sugar Creek and Independence, Missouri reported seeing a Mothman or giant bird on the same day. 

Sugar Creek, MO
6/20/2019
4:00 pm

Valerie Hoover was outside in her back yard when she heard a small plane flying overhead.  She looked up and saw a small plane flying from the Southeast to the northwest, but she wasn't prepared to see a bird nearly the same size as the plane.  An extremely large black bird was flying above the plane in a circular pattern. She watched it for five minutes as it flew downward, then up again, then it flew off to the Northeast and out of sight. 

She was shocked to see that the bird’s wings were as wide as the plane's. Valerie speculates that it could have been a moth man due to the size. The creature was too far away for her to  see any features, but it did not look like a turkey buzzard, eagle, hawk or any other large bird that she has seen before. “It certainly was much larger than any bird I’ve ever seen, and perhaps it wasn't a bird at all - it may have been a mothman,” said Valerie.

1976 Cessna 172N Skyhawk
Photo: FlugKerl2 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

Although Valerie could not identify the type of plane she saw she did recognize that it was a small engine plane. The most popular small engine four -passenger craft is the Cessna 172N Skyhawk with a 36' wingspan and 27' body length. If the bird was the same size, that is one very large creature. 

Second sighting: 

Independence, Missouri
6/20/2019

6:30 pm

Later that evening at approximately 6:30 pm, another witness saw a giant bird. Terre T. lives in east Independence, Missouri. She heard the birds outside her home suddenly get very agitated and start squawking and screeching, so she ran outside to see what was going on. Her first thought was that there may have been a hawk chasing a small animal, but what she saw stopped her dead in her tracks. 

She heard a loud screeching coming from a very large black bird, which had just flown over her house. Terre did not recognize the bird as anything she's seen before. It was all black with fluffy feathers, not smooth and shiny like a crow's feathers. She estimates the size of the wingspan to be at least five to six feet, but can't be certain. The crows and other birds in the trees continued to squawk for several minutes after the giant bird was out of sight, so something agitated them. The creature was heading north and flew out of sight. Note: the Missouri River is north of this location) Terre also speculates that the creature is a Mothman or an unknown type of bird. 

California Condor flying over the Grand Canyon
Photo: By Silent Paws - Self-photographed, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2310679

According to Wikipedia, the California Condor is the largest bird in the United States. It has a wingspan of 9.5 feet. However, Condors do not live in the Midwest region, so that eliminates the Condor unless there is a rogue bird here. Even so, the wingspan is still not large enough to explain Valerie's sighting or some of the past sighting reports (see my earlier posts).  

These two sightings combined with the six reports already on file, make a total of eight giant bird or Mothman sightings in the same general area in Independence, Missouri in the past few years. (UPDATE:  As of 12/12/19 there have been 24 reports received by QPI). 

So what is this creature?  Photos received so far are not clear enough to see what it is. 

It is interesting to note that there was a mass UFO sighting in Kansas City on this same day. Is this a coincidence? 

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Margie Kay is a paranormal investigator living in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the director of Quest Paranormal Investigations. Contact Margie at margiekay06@yahoo.com. 

Gigantic Winged Creatures Sightings

1/31/18: In the past two weeks three witnesses have seen a creature with gigantic wings in Independence, Missouri – and one was my own. This, added to the three giant bird sightings already on file- makes SIX sighting reports in the same area. 

The first sighting was reported by a woman who was headed to her car after work on the evening of Friday, January 12, 2018. She heard sounds like something was flapping and running on the ground towards her from behind. She thought the flapping sound was a plastic tarp that was tied over a crate, but she thought the running sound was someone chasing her. She did not look back - but ran to the car door and jumped into the driver’s seat, then quickly closed and locked the door.

At that point, the woman noticed that there was something black in her rear-view mirror, then the entire car became enveloped in very large feathered black wings from the back around the side windows, and finally covering the front windshield. She was petrified. She could not see anything through the windows except blackness and could not see the body of whatever it was. Then, as quickly as it came, the creature disappeared. She did not see where it went. She was too afraid to get out of the car, so she called her son, who was still inside the building where they both worked.

A check of the security camera at the business showed nothing on camera during the time of the event, other than the woman running to her car and getting inside. Since there was no wind that night, the flapping sound could not have been the plastic tarp. What could have made sounds and be visible to this woman, and not show up on a security camera?

The next evening, I would see my own giant creature. I was outside on my deck sitting in my hot tub at about 11:30 pm when I heard a sound that drew my attention to the trees located on railroad property in the back of my house. These trees are on the opposite side of the tracks and they are about 100 feet away from where I was located. 

I was astonished to see a pair of gigantic wings spread out across the front of the trees as if a huge bird was sitting on a branch with its wings out. I could barely make out an indefinable body shape between the wings. It was dark out with the only light coming from the streetlights 300' feet away. Then movement caught my eye to the right in trees on my property. There were several undefined dark masses in these trees that were moving but silent. I turned back to look at the huge wings but they were gone. I noticed that there was no wind and it was dead calm, as it was the night before. I could not tell if the creature left, or if it may have brought its wings down and was still sitting in the trees, but I decided not to stay to find out. This was just too weird for me, so I went inside the house and locked the door.

A couple of days later I received a call from Jean Walker, a local investigator I often work with. She said that a woman saw a giant bird the size of a small plane flying over her house in Sugar Creek one evening this past week at about 11:00 p.m. This location is near the Missouri River and Independence. The witness often sees UFOs over her house, and at times has seen ET’s. Both Jean and I have seen and heard strange things at this person's house, but never a giant bird. 

In 2013 there was a giant bird sighting in east Independence by a local woman and her two sons. She said that this creature flew, or rather glided, silently over her house and was the size of a small plane. It had a long straight tail with a puff of feathers at the end of the tail. I did some research and could find no such bird listed anywhere. I then called the Missouri Department of Conservation and they knew of no gigantic birds like I described.

In 2015 my daughter, grandson, and I were standing in the front yard of my office in Independence at dusk when we noticed a very large bird flying overhead. It was flying very high (approx. 1,000 ft) and was extremely large. My grandson took a picture of it, then looked up the shape on an app. The closest thing he could find to match the shape was an albatross, which is not found in this area, but that does not explain the size. We don't know if there is any relation to the recent sightings. 

Is it possible that some type of gigantic winged creature is flying the skies over Independence and landing on cars?  If so, where is it hiding out? Perhaps in one of the many caves in the area or trees or bluffs along the Missouri River, which is just a few miles away from most of the sighting locations mentioned, and blocks away from the Sugar Creek sighting event.

It should be noted that a giant bird was reported along the Missouri River near St. Louis about 15 years ago. The witnesses said it looked like a Pterodactyl. We have no way of knowing if it was the same bird, or a species related to the same bird that is being seen in Independence, however, the Missouri River flows from the Independence area to St. Louis. The creature may be something that is navigating along the river. There are numerous caves and bluffs along the river areas where something big could hide. 

Several people have speculated that this creature is the Mothman, and is a portent to a coming disaster.

I submitted an inquiry to the Missouri Department of Conservation and here is what they said:

"The largest bird wingspan in Missouri is a bald eagle at 80” (just shy of 7 feet). A bald eagle would be fairly easily recognizable and would not perch on a car, but soar high above or seen perched at a distance. A turkey vulture would, however, perch on a car and has a wingspan of 67” (about 5.5 feet). Not large enough to cover an entire car, though.

No bird in Missouri has a 20-25 feet wingspan. The largest wingspan of any flying bird is the critically endangered California Condor, only found in tiny pockets in the far west."

I would like to hear from anyone who has seen similar creatures, no matter where you live.

Joshua P. Warren discussed these events on his podcast on February 18, 2018 

http://www.buzzsprout.com/127013/645529-joshua-p-warren-daily-when-mothman-flies-over-your-house

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Margie Kay is the director of Quest Investigation Group. Contact her at www.margiekay.com or margiekay06@yahoo.com. 

Strange Sounds in Independence may be Sasquatch

Strange howls and calls have been heard by several witnesses in Independence, Missouri, which to date are unexplained. A woman who has had a number of UFO sightings at her home near the Missouri River clost to 291 Highway and 24 Highway in northeast Independence has heard some strange howls that she and her husband cannot identify. An investigator went to the site and heard the sounds as well. The residents are both veteran farmers and are familiar with the usual coyote howls and other animal noises, but say that this is nothing like that.

Sasquatch drawing by Alexa Evans

"The sounds are more like very loud screams coming from one area, then another one answers from a long way away. It's very spooky to say the least," said the witness.

The investigator said she cannot explain the sounds, either. "I've heard coyotes, wolves, elk, and moose, and this is nothing like any of them. I'm completely stumped."

Both the witness and the investigator listened to Sasquatch recordings on the internet and say that is the closest sound to what they are hearing.

A Sasquatch was sighted not far from this location at a stream in Sugar Creek, located west of 291 Highway in 2012 (see my other blog post about that incident for more information). Perhaps this is the same creature, or one of several. In interviewing several witnesses who have Sasquatch on their property I've found that it appears that they travel in groups or clans.

If you live in the area, keep and ear and eye out for these elusive creatures.
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