Recent Bigfoot Sighting in Independence, Missouri

 

On or about August 11, 2022, at approximately ten O’Clock pm James P. and his wife, Angela were driving on a road in Independence, Missouri near a wooded area when they were shocked to see a seven- to nine-foot-tall Sasquatch cross the road in front of them.

“We had been visiting friends and were on our way home when we saw the Bigfoot. The creature crossed the entire road in just three huge steps, which is something a human being could not do,” said Angela. “We stopped the car and just watched in utter amazement.”

The two witnesses estimated the height of the creature to be between seven and nine feet, with a massive chest and arms. It was all black, but it was dark out so they couldn’t say what the exact color of the creature was. It just kept looking straight ahead and did not turn to look at the vehicle.

The Sasquatch then disappeared into the woods.

There have been other sightings in the area going back to the 1970’s when people reported seeing bigfoot and hearing strange calls and yells at Monkey Mountain, east of Blue Springs. The calls were recorded and later analyzed by Scott Nelson, who said that the calls could not be identified as any human or known animal.

In more recent years the sightings have been centered around the Missouri River (see map). 

Sasquatch sightings in the greater Kansas City area

On June 7, 2020 a man in Kansas City saw and heard a Bigfoot near his house on 79th St. and 71 Highway in KC MO. It threw rocks, growled, and snorted. This happened on or about June 7. It was after dark, but the witness could see the creature standing behind a tree, and it kept peeking around the tree. The back yard is wooded but this is in a suburban area.

The witness was outside in his back yard when a rock came flying by, almost hitting him but it hit the side of the house instead. He turned to see where the rock had come from, and he heard a snort coming from a wooded area behind his house. He was astonished to see an eight-foot-tall Bigfoot standing next to and partially behind a large tree. The creature growled and threw another rock. The witness said that the creature had large shoulders and a large conical shaped head. The witness immediately went back inside his house and did not go back outside until the next morning.

Note: This area is known for unusual events, Mothman and UFO sightings, but to my knowledge it is the first time a Bigfoot has been reported.

The same witness reported a sighting of a winged humanoid just a short distance away from this site. Nearby is Swope Park which is a heavily wooded area, and the Little Blue River.

There is certainly good habitat in the area for any type of animal to survive. As you can see in the map, the area has multiple water sources and heavily wooded areas. 

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Margie Kay is taking reports of bigfoot sightings in the Midwest and will investigate a site if there is physical evidence. Contact her at margiekay.com to share your sighting. 

 

Sasquatch Sighting in Sugar Creek, Missouri

By Margie Kay

My son-in-law, Rick, told me about a sighting he had in 2013 at a creek in Sugar Creek, Missouri. This site is very close to the Missouri River and a creek runs through it with woods surrounding the area. 

Rick and his two cousins went fishing at this location one late afternoon in the summer of 2013. The three had been on site for a couple of hours and were standing silently as they watched their fishing lines in the creek when suddenly, a large, hairy bi-pedal creature walked out of the treeline and over to the creek. The men were approximately 100 feet from the creature, and said that there was no mistaking what they were looking at -- a Sasquatch. 

None of them said a word and stood frozen in place. They did not want to alert the creature to their location for fear that he might harm them. 

The Sasquatch appeared to be a large male at least 8' in height with broad shoulders a conical head. It had long black hair all over except for the face. It was staring into the creek and looked back and forth, as if looking for something (fish, perhaps?). It stayed for about 10 minutes, then turned away and walked back into the woods, apparently unaware of the men's presence. 

The three men then grabbed their fishing gear and ran back to their vehicle without saying a word. They left and refuse to go back to that location again because they know what is nearby. 

Coincidentally, Valerie Hoover lives in Sugar Creek, and she and investigator Jean Walker with MUFON have heard loud, deep calls that they can only identify as Bigfoot. They listened to sounds of Bigfoot calls on the internet and determined that they are very similar to what they heard. Valerie's house is only about a mile from the Conservation Area, so one can assume that what the women heard was a Sasquatch. 

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Margie Kay is the Editor-in-Chief of UnX News Magazine and host of UnX News Radio/Podcast. www.unxmedia.com

Is there a Mothman in Kansas City Again?

I have a question mark after the title of this article title because I honestly don't know what the heck I saw last night. I was meditating while sitting in my hot tub last night at 10:30 pm August 9, 2021 some very strange things occurred. There are two streetlights which sit diagonally from the corners of my house about 75 feet away. I had my eyes closed, but heard a noise which made me open my eyes. I sensed that something was nearby. Then I saw a shadow on my deck, and a very clear outline of a wing, which then closed. I immediately looked in the direction of the streetlight but there was nothing there. The shadow was about 3.5' in height so whatever made it was big, but I did not get a look at it. 

Next, I heard a car move into my gravel driveway, except there was no engine sound. I

assumed it must have been an electric vehicle. Then a car door shut. At that point, I jumped up and went to the end of my deck to see who the heck was in my driveway at that time of night - only to see nothing there. No car, no person, nothing. Since we have the only gravel driveway nearby, it had to be my driveway and no one else's.  I wondered several things then - was this a car in another dimension? And were was the person who got out of the vehicle? 

I then went inside the house and texted Jean Walker (another investigator) about this and she and I were discussing it when something flew by the second streetlight, blocking it out completely. Whatever it was had to be big. I opened the front door and looked around and saw nothing, but again, sensed that something was there. And it "felt" like a Mothman. Whatever that means. Its difficult to describe but that is what I got. 

Then Jean told me that she saw a huge winged shadow on the road in front of her as she was driving from North Kansas City to Raytown earlier the same day. At first she thought it was a plane, but she could seen no plane and nothing else. She wonders if it was a Mothman.

Its very odd but since Jean and I have been working together on UFO and cryptid cases, the same things seem to happen to both of us at or around the same time - even when we are not together. 

I've taken over 100 case reports of winged creatures to date, and placed them on Google Maps under Winged Cryptid Sightings, and many are in my book Winged Aliens. Most of the Mothman reports are from the Greater Kansas City area. 

So is there a Mothman once again flying around the Kansas City area?  Only time will tell. Keep your eyes peeled and your camera ready!

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Margie Kay is a veteran UFO and paranormal investigator. She is the publisher of UnX News Magazine, and editor at UnX Media. She hosts UnX News Podcast. www.unxmedia.com

Giant Bird Mystery in Kansas City in the 1950s

1955-56: Kansas City, Missouri- Giant Birds Sighted by Multiple Witnesses

In locations near 47th & Denver close to the limestone quarry and KC Zoo/Swope Park area multiple sightings of large, winged creatures were seen by a number of persons over a two-year period. James Bair is a retired schoolteacher and Field Investigator and section director for Missouri MUFON. James and his family and neighbors saw these winged creatures over a two-year span. James was eight and nine years old at the time. In one instance his father called him outside and said excitedly, "Take a look at that great big eagle on top of the garage!" Then, he thought better of it and said it was a huge owl. But neither of them knew what it actually was, and it scared them because it was just too big to be a known bird. The creatures had feathers, a white head with oval egg -shaped black bodies.

James and his friends used to play along Brush Creek and would sometimes see these big birds. He believes that some of the creatures were short and stocky, while others were taller and thinner. None had a long tail. They also struggled to get off the ground when starting to fly. In the 50’s eagles were in decline, so it was not common to see eagles at that time.

                                                  Map of recent sightings

James said that he saw several of these creatures standing next to the banks of Brush Creek. "They stood about 5' 8" tall, about the same height as my dad, and they never made a sound," James said. The neighbors and other family members saw these unknown creatures on multiple occasions, sometimes flying in the air, sitting in trees, or standing on the ground on two legs. James would be super -vigilant when he and his friends went to the creek, keeping watch for these large creatures, which scared him.

The birds seemed to make appearances after dusk but not during the day. James surmises that they may have been hiding out in the caves at the quarry during the day, and came out at night to eat, presumably fish from the creek or chickens and other animals that many people had in those days. James and his family lived between Brush Creek and the Blue River. The Blue river runs past mines and a police pistol range. It was undeveloped in that area and was mostly forest, where any type of creature could live. Today James says that he could not rule out that the creatures were pterodactyls. 

Then, the sightings mysteriously stopped, and the birds were not seen by the group of friends again. James still lives in the same area and has not spotted one of these creatures since the 1950s. 

I have taken a number of reports of sightings of giant winged humanoids in and around the Swope Park area in recent years. Swope Park is a place where any type of animal could easily live.

Source: James Bair, Field Investigator for Missouri MUFON.

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Report taken by Margie Kay, director of Quest Investigation Group. www.margiekay.com

Two UFO Sightings at KCI Airport November 25 and 27

Tony Degn was working on the evening of November 27, 2020 when he saw a strange object appear in the sky over Kansas City International Airport. Tony works as an Uber driver. He had his car parked at a location near the airport when he noticed something shoot down from the sky and hover near the control tower. "It was a gold colored round orb and looked metallic," said Tony. It hovered near the tower for approximately one minute, then shot back up and disappeared. Tony was unable to get his cell phone in time to get a picture or video of the object. 

Two nights prior, on November 25 Tony saw a low-flying metallic object near the airport. It was hoovering but it was too low to get a good look at it. "It just didn't look like a plane or helicopter," said Degn. 

A person who wishes to remain anonymous works at the airport stated that he has seen a number of UFOs at this site but that when this happens they are not to report it or talk about it. 

Missouri MUFON has received several reports of UFOs by pilots flying in or out of KCI airport in the past 10 years. 

Tony is ex-military and has been driving for Uber for several years. He has seen multiple airplanes fly in and out of the airport, and says that these two objects did not resemble conventional aircraft.

A check with Flight Radar 24 flight history showed no aircraft in the area on November 27 at that time.  

Tony Degn is ex-military and ex-law enforcement. He has reported several UFO sightings to MUFON and is a credible witness.

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Margie Kay is the Assistant State Director for Missouri MUFON, a writer, and private investigator. 

Daytime Sighting of Giant Humanoid August 5, 2020

                                            Photo: Cryptomundo.com from another sighting

I received a report today from a man who drives for Uber. He was driving a client west on Interstate 70 at the Oak Grove, Missouri exit at approximately 2:00 pm when he spotted a very large winged creature with a human body flying across the road. The shadow on the highway was at least 20' across, according to the witness. The humanoid was flying from north to south, then went out of sight as the witness continued to drive West. He was driving at approximately 70 MPH.  The client was sitting in the back seat and did not see the creature. 

The photo above was taken from cryptomundo.com and is from a different witness, but it is representative of what the witness saw in this instance. 

The skies were partly cloudy, there was no wind, and the temperature was 78 degrees. Oak Grove is a small town 20 miles east of Kansas City, Missouri.

More information will be added once I continue to interview the witness. 

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Margie Kay is a professional paranormal investigator. Contact her at www.margiekay.com

Huge UFO Spotted over KC February 6, 2020

Drawing of UFO

PRESS RELEASE A huge unidentified flying object was spotted over Kansas City, Missouri at 7:45 pm on February 6, 2020.  Close up Missouri MUFON Assistant State Director Margie Kay went out for a few minutes at 7:45 pm and noticed a huge craft west of her position at 23rd Street and Noland Road in Independence. It appeared like the object was only a mile away and larger than a 747. There were brilliant white lights all over the craft and one red light on the left side. The lights were reflecting off of shiny silver metal which appeared to be in a cigar shape. At first, Kay thought it was a plane landing at the Downtown Kansas City airport, and it would have needed to turn in order to do so, but soon realized that it was flying very low - at approximately 2,000 feet or lower and slow-moving from North to South at it was gigantic. It did not turn in the direction (west) it would have needed to land. The object then either disappeared or turned all of its lights out before Kay could obtain video. Margie immediately called Jean Walker, KC Section Director for Missouri MUFON, and found that she had just seen the same object in the western skies from her position at 57th and Sterling Avenue, which is two miles closer to the object. Both women observed the object for 20-30 seconds. With this information from the two locations, the investigators have determined that the object was approximately three miles from 23rd and Noland Rd in Independence, making it absolutely huge - perhaps four or five times the size of a commercial airliner. Other witnesses: Two other witnesses from Blue Springs, including a MUFON investigator, and one witness from Sugar Creek also reported seeing the same object on the same night at approximately the same time. Another witness who was at 40 Hwy and Sterling saw an object of the exact same description and location on Monday, February 10.  The witness in Sugar Creek also heard a horrible loud mechanical noise on February 11 and went outside to see what it was. She found many of her neighbors outside looking up but no one could see anything. The sound continued for several minutes. We don't know if there is any connection to the February 6 and 10 sightings.  PLEASE FILE A REPORT IF YOU SAW THIS UFO OR ANY OTHERS. Kansas City MUFON is investigating this case and would like to hear from other persons who may have seen this object. Please contact Margie Kay at 816-833-1602 or momufonasd@gmail.com or Jean Walker at jmwblondie@hotmail.com. Missouri MUFON is a chapter of the International Mutual UFO Network www.missourimufon.org

Two independent witnesses see a giant winged creature

01/31/20 Kansas City, Missouri. As she was driving north on Wornall Road in Kansas City, Missouri at 7:50 pm Marlene A. saw a gigantic dark flying bird that looked similar to a pterodactyl. It had a huge beak, long legs with feet, and a wingspan that would have been as wide as the street. The creature flapped its wings several times, then Marlene lost sight of it.

01/31/20 4:30 pm. Pat D. Saw an all black winged bird flying overhead as she drove on College at 119^th Street in Overland Park, Kansas. The bird was at treetop level and it was gliding. Pat said that it did not flap its wings and that it looked similar to a raven except much larger. She could not estimate the size, except to say that it was the largest bird she's ever seen. 

Could these two sightings have been related? The two locations are just a few miles apart. 

50 Mothman/Giant Bird Reports in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois

Gigantic bird or Mothman sightings are on the increase in Missouri, Kansas and other states. To date, Un-X News has received 49 reports. Some reports were few and far between, but in 2019 we took at least 19 reports from witnesses who saw bird-like creatures with wing-spans of 10' to 36' and 2020 has been a busy year so far. 

Descriptions of these creatures include: 

• Mothman
• Humanoid
• Ptetrosaour
• Pterodactyl
• Bat-Man
• Thunderbird
• Winged-Creature

It is possible that people are seeing the same type of creature, but call it by different names. Some people have asked if the creature being seen is the Mothman and if it is a portent of a coming disaster. Of course, we don't know the answer to that question, but people still remember the Point Pleasant bridge disaster in West Virginia in the 1960's and the Mothman sightings for several months prior to that event. Since there have been so many sightings in Missouri and Illinois and other states, with no disasters, I'd say it is safe to assume that it doesn't have anything to do with a portent of doom.  

Photos by Tony Degn

One man was able to capture a couple of photos of one of these Mothman type beings in flight in 2014. It had the body of a man and gigantic black bat-like

wings. Tony Degn is an ex-police officer. He walked outside his home in Lee's Summit, Missouri one day when he noticed a helicopter flying and took some photos of a helicopter. When he looked at the photos later, he noticed a large humanoid type creature with legs and large wings flying next to the helicopter. This is the only photograph by a witness that I've been able to obtain to date.

Shortly after this encounter, Tony was out walking in the same neighborhood off of Woods Chapel Road and 291 Highway one day when he noticed a single low-level cloud measuring 30' feet in width at approximately 300 feet in altitude in the sky. He stopped to look at this unusual cloud when a humanoid with large wings emerged from the base of the cloud, flapping its wings. The creature, who was all black in color with bat-like wings with a 15-foot or larger wingspan, stared at Tony, then re-entered the cloud and did not re-emerge.

 In December of 2019, the same witness saw a humanoid creature with bat-like wings fly down near his vehicle as he drove on 291 Highway and 24 Highway in Independence. The creature stared menacingly at Tony, then flew off. It seemed to have trouble keeping its heavy body airborne and struggled under the weight (see my prior article about this encounter).  

A Compilation of Reports Taken by Un-X News and Other Investigators: 

• 1919: Camden, MO. A local radio producer reports that his 8th-grade teacher told him that when she was a child in the 1930's she and her family saw a gigantic bird with a human face circle them very close, scream at them, then fly off towards the hills. 
  
• 1955-56: Kansas City, Missouri near 47th & Denver close to the limestone quarry and KC Zoo/Swope Park. Giant birds: Multiple sightings of a very large winged creature: James Bair and his family and neighbors saw very large winged creatures over a two-year span. James was 8 and 9 years old at the time. In one instance his father called him outside and said excitedly, "Take a looks at that great big eagle on top of the garage!" Then, he thought better of it and said it was a huge owl. But neither of them knew what it actually was. James said that he saw several of these creatures standing next to the banks of Brush Creek, too. "They stood about 5' 8" tall, and they never made a sound," James said. The neighbors and other family members saw these unknown creatures on multiple occasions, sometimes flying in the air, sitting in trees, or standing on the ground on two legs. They seemed to make appearances after dusk and not during the day. James surmises that they may have been hiding out in the caves at the quarry during the day, and came out at night to eat, presumably fish from the creek or chickens and other animals that many people had in those days. 
• 1984:  Bat-Like Creature Sighted at Monkey Mountain near Blue Springs, MO (East of KC). A man and woman were hiking in the area at dusk and were shocked to see a 7' tall black humanoid creature standing next to a tree. It fluttered its wings but did not extend them. (See a previous article for details)
• 1985: Pterosaur. St. Louis MO -  as reported by Jonathan David Witcomb in his book and blog "Live Pterosaurs in America," a witness and her father were at a family barbeque when they heard a horrific screech and looked up to see a real live Pterosaur that was the size of a small aircraft. The wings were line bat wings, and it had a long beak with razor-line white teeth. They got a good look at the creature because it was only about 50 feet above them.  See the full article here: https://www.livepterosaurs.com/inamerica/blog/?p=1543
• Early 1990's: Thunderbird, Maryville, Missouri.  From thecryptocrew.com:  A family saw a huge, monstrous dark gray bird apparently stuck in the mud on a river bank with its wings flailing violently.  The witnesses said that the bird had a least a 20-foot wingspan. 
• 1996: St. Louis, MO. Pterodactyl. A man and his brother and cousin were fishing in a river west of St. Louis, Missouri when they looked up to see a huge dark brown pterodactyl-like creature fly 300' overhead. They all dropped their fishing poles. The witness said that the creature was gigantic, and it never flapped its wings but seemed to be gliding on air currents. They could not identify it as anything other than a pterodactyl.
  
• 2000: Kansas City, MO Humanoid with wings near Swope Park. A couple saw a gigantic black humanoid bird with a human face and a beak near Swope Park in Kansas City. They were so stunned that they ran inside the house, dropping their groceries on the way. 
• 2000: Independence, MO. Frank K. from NE Independence, Missouri suddenly had an inexplicable feeling to look up, and when he did he saw a gigantic pterodactyl-like dark brown creature flying high overhead. It floated on the currents and never flapped its wings during the duration of the sighting which lasted for two to three minutes. 
• 2004: St. Louis, Missouri:  As reported by Jonathan David Witcomb in his book and blog "Live Pterosaurs in America," "A man and his grandmother saw a large apparently smooth-skinned creature, on July 15, 2004, flying about a hundred feet above an Arby’s restaurant in St. Louis . . .  it did have the diamond-shaped tail end and its wings were at least 20 feet wide."
• August 2005: Kansas City, MO. As reported by Ken Gerhard in his book "Encounters With Flying Humanoids," Investigator Lon Strickler reported that two sisters in the Swope Park area of Kansas City heard a loud noise and looked up to see a gigantic bird with a 12' -18' wingspan hopping from tree branch to tree branch. It had leathery skin and batlike wings, a curved beak, with dark eyes. The two women ran inside the house and one of them fainted. 
• 2011: KC MO near Swope Park (continued from the above report from the year 2000) The same creature returned in the evening and made a sound like a dog being choked, then cavorted among the street lights. 
• 2011: KC MO near Swope Park. (continued from the above report) A cousin saw the same creature when he left their house one evening. It hopped behind the taillights of his car. It had gigantic wings and a fat body. 
• May, 2011: Independence, MO. Huge Strange Bird: A woman and her two children saw a gigantic dark brown bird with a long tail and a puff at the end of it fly over their house in Independence, MO during the afternoon. It was the size of a small plane and made no sound. (Note: this is the only report I've received of its kind)
• September, 2012: Independence, MO. Unknown Giant Bird. Three people were standing in a yard in Independence, Missouri during the day when they saw a very large black bird with a large beak fly at approximately 800 feet overhead. They got three photos photo and tried to identify it comparing it to known birds, but could find nothing that matched. the witnesses estimated the wing span to be at least 12' in width. See the photo below:
  

• 2012: Lake Jacomo. Humanoid with wings: A woman and her husband were driving near Lake Jacomo in the evening when they saw a black or dark 7' tall +  humanoid creature standing 25' feet from their vehicle. It appeared to have wings and a human-type male body. 
• 2014: Lee's Summit, MO. Mothman: Tony Degn captured a photo of a humanoid creature with bat-like wings in Lee's Summit, MO. (see description above)
• June 28, 2015: Eminence, MO Bat-like creature: As reported to Missouri MUFON:  A woman witnessed a strange bat-like tall creature while driving on a road near Eminence, MO, near Blue Springs on June 28, 2015. According to the witness the creature had leather-like wings which were folded at its side and large cat-like eyes. She was unable to go back to get a better look at the creature.
• Nov. 2016: West Alton, MO. Mothman: A woman and her son saw a strange giant bird/man-creature with legs on a river bank then watched it dive into the river as if it were catching fish. (See my article in this blog: Mothman Sighting in West Alton, MO in 2016) 
• November 2017: Salem, MO: Three giant bird sightings: Investigator Emmett Reary from Salem, Missouri said that he has had a number of giant bird sightings reported to him from the Dent County area.  Two witnesses saw birds with the wingspan of the house it flew over.  Several other witnesses east of Salem, MO saw a giant black bird that swept down on them while they were having a barbecue at dusk. 
• May 2018: Independence, MO: Supernatural creature? A woman left work one evening in Independence, MO and heard footsteps coming after her from behind, so she quickly jumped into her car. Gigantic black wings encircled her Dodge Charger and covered all the windows from the back forward, including the windshield, then it dissipated and disappeared. She thought it must have been something supernatural. 
• May 2018: Independence, MO. My own giant bird sighting: I was outside on my side deck when movement caught my eye - I saw a gigantic set of dark grey wings approximately 25-30 feet in width and stretched out in the trees approximately 150 feet away. As my eyes adjusted to the dark, I could see a central figure standing on a big branch. Something made a noise in a tree near me and I looked in that direction to see three smaller (24" tall) gray birds in the tree, then looked back at the large creature but it was no longer there. I can't explain it. 
• Summer, 2018: West of St. Louis: Creature with a human head. Michael R. was driving near his rural property 50 miles west of St. Louis when he saw a giant winged creature with a human head flying on the highway in front of him. It was being chased and attacked by drones. (Video is being analyzed). This was reported in January of 2020. 
• November 2018: Blue Springs, MO. A woman saw a gigantic black, winged creature swoop down over her car in Blue Springs, Missouri. Its wingspan was as big as the length of the car. 
• July 29, 2019: Independence, MO. Giant Bird. A man by the name of Alex was driving on 291 Highway in Independence, Missouri on Monday 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 and crosses the Missouri River. 
• 2019: Overland Park, KS (near KCMO) Giant Bird. A woman and her husband were driving in Overland Park, Kansas when they saw a huge black bird with a 15' - 18' wingspan fly down to the ground and into some brush. The couple could not identify the type of bird and were unable to stop due to traffic. 
• 2019: KC MO. Giant Bird. A man and his son were driving near the downtown airport (near the Missouri River) during the day when they noticed a large black bird with huge wings flying overhead. They stopped the car in a parking lot and got out to watch the creature floating on the air currents. They both thought it looked like a pterodactyl with a huge wingspan. It had no feathers and very large beak. 
• June 20, 2019: Thunderbird? Sugar Creek, MO. Valerie H. saw a huge black bird with bat-like wings flying above a small aircraft over her house in Sugar Creek, MO near the Missouri River. It never flapped its wings or made a sound. She said that the creature was the size of the small-engine plane (approx 36' wingspan). It was flying too high to see details. Note: this location is the site of multiple UFO sightings.  
• June 20, 2019: Blue Springs, MO. Huge Bird. Terri T. heard birds screeching outside her house in Blue Springs, Missouri and thought a hawk was after them. She ran outside and was astonished to see a huge unidentifiable black bird with a 10'-12' wingspan flying away. She could not identify the bird even though she is an outdoorswoman. The other birds kept squawking for a couple of minutes. 
• November, 2019:Independence, MO. Hawk drone? I saw a hawk-like creature with a normal wingspan fly down over my car, and swoop close over my windshield and hood. Oddly, it had a humming mechanical sound like a drone.Could this have been a UFO?  
• December 2019: Independence, MO. Mothman. While driving south on 291 Highway in Independence, MO Tony Degn saw a humanoid with gigantic bat-like wings fly towards his vehicle, stare at him, then fly away. (see above description)
• December 2019: Trucker sees a seven foot tall humanoid with wings at O'Hare Airport: https://alien-ufo-sightings.com/2019/12/trucker-reports-seven-foot-tall-person-with-wings-near-ohare-international-airport/
• December 31, 2019: Kansas City, Missouri. Giant Bird: As she was driving north on Wornall Road in Kansas City, Missouri at 7:50 pm Marlene A. saw a gigantic dark flying bird that looked similar to a pterodactyl. It had a huge beak, long legs with feet, and a wingspan that would have been as wide as the street. The creature flapped its wings several times, then Marlene lost sight of it as she drove.
• December 31, 2019 4:30 pm. Overland Park, Kansas. Huge Bird. Pat D. Saw an all black winged bird flying overhead as she drove on College at 119^th Street in Overland Park, Kansas. The bird was at treetop level and it was gliding. Pat said that it did not flap its wings and that it looked similar to a raven except much larger. She could not estimate the size, except to say that it was the largest bird she's ever seen. 
• January 2020: East Jackson County. FOUR Sightings at an Undisclosed lake area in Jackson County. Pterodactyl: R.H. and her sisters have seen a giant bird four times since 2016. The first time it was sitting out on the ice and never moved. The next two times they saw it in flight and it looked like it was the size of a small plane but it flapped its wings like a Pterodactyl. The fourth time was in January of 2020 when the women were looking for eagles with binoculars and saw what they think is the same creature flying so high they couldn't see it with the naked eye. 
• February 11, 2020: Sugar Creek, MO. UFO/Bird. Valerie H. saw a hawk-like bird morph into a UFO and take off at incredible speed. See my article dated 2/16/2020 for more information.  
• February 1, 2020: A woman in Lee's Summit, Missouri reported seeing a very large black bird clinging to the top portion of a light pole near her house. It was a foggy night and she does not recall seeing details about the creature, only that it was unusually large and had wings that were not extended. 
• March 16, 2020: Seneca, MO.Alien/bat/bird: A man was camping in a rural area when he had the feeling that something was watching him. He looked up and saw a huge transparent winged creature with humanoid legs and bat-like face and ears standing on the ground just ten feet away from him. The creature seemed to be shocked that the man was able to see it and approached menacingly, then bit the man on the face, drawing blood. It then ran off and disappeared into the woods. The witness believes that the creature may have been an alien rather than a bird/man. 
  
• May 14, 2020: South Kansas City Giant Bat: R.L. was lying in bed and looking out his window at approximately 10:30 pm when he saw a huge black bat-like creature with bat-shaped wings and a 3' wingspan fly towards his window, then swoop away. The next night he saw a string of lights outside which broke into multiple colored lights. (Note: A check with MO Conservation indicates there are no bats that size in Missouri)
• May 14, 2020: South Kansas City, MO: Lerone P. was visiting a friend at 81st. near 71 Hwy when he noticed a strange shadow on the ground. He looked up and saw a man-sized humanoid creature with huge wings and a 3' long tail flying silently overhead and heading away from him. Lerone did not notice any features as the face and front were not visible. The creature was gliding and did not flap its wings. It flew low (approximately 80 feet or less from the ground) and out of sight. The witness stated that this area is known for UFO sightings and strange events.
• July 3, 2020: Waldo area of Kansas City, MO: A man and his friend spotted multiple bright white lights in the sky, then saw a gigantic bird the size of a Cessna airplane fly overhead from southwest to northeast.  See the article I posted on Jul 8, 2020 for more information. 
• August 5, 2020: Oak Grove, MO: A man driving for Uber saw a gigantic humanoid creature with wings fly across Interstate 70 at 2:00 pm as he drove west on the highway. The shadow on the road was at least 20' across.
  

Note that the June 20, 2019 sightings of winged creatures occurred on the same day as a mass UFO sighting over Kansas City. Perhaps the two events are connected (See my earlier article about the UFO sighting). During the Mothman scare in Point Pleasant, New Jersey people also saw UFOs, and were visited by Men in Black, and some speculate that there is a relationship. One has to wonder if these humanoid flying creatures are in fact from Earth or elsewhere. 

In doing research I've found that there are many reports of humanoid flying creatures and gigantic birds in Kansas City and Chicago, and a few in St. Louis. What is it about these two cities that the creature is attracted to? Perhaps it is water, which both cities have plenty of, but there is something else to consider. Most of the sightings have occurred in the Chicago area over the years. It may be possible that there is a larger colony of these creatures in the Chicago area, and they followed the Illinois River to the Mississippi River and the St. Louis area, then followed the Missouri River to the Kansas City area. This is just speculation of course, but large creatures such as these would certainly need a water source. Food sources nearby and in the rivers would be abundant as well. 

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Margie Kay is a paranormal researcher living in Independence, Missouri. She is the author of Gateway to the Dead, The Kansas City UFO Flap, Haunted Independence, The Sonoma County Phenomenon, and other books.