by Kevin Candela
Hell may be the right word here. Look at the drawings. Consider the testimonials. What we’re talking about here is no extinct primate. This is a true monster, and I thank the brilliant Monsters and Mysteries in America for enlightening us as to this local legend’s existence.
Let’s start with the locale, because it’s a great one: Turkey Creek, Missouri, is not all that far from the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers and the National Scenic Riverways park that contains them. This is the Ozarks, pure and simple, and if you’ve been there, you know there’s plenty of woodlands, caves, water—in short, everything a man-sized creature would need to survive and live a private life. In fact there could be a bunch of these things in a place as remote as that part of the country.
