Bigfoot · Joplin, Missouri · 1975
MO-1975ID case-65d1cca81aAdded to map Nov 10, 2026
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- Sep 25, 1975to the day
- Where
- Joplin, Missourito town level
- Reports
- 2 documents1 independent
The account
[name] reported an ape-like creature loomed in front of his car, forcing him into a ditch, and described it as having red glowing eyes and an odor like rotten eggs.
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Details
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- Where
- Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States
mapped to town level · from the report's own words - When
- Sep 25, 1975
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
- Added to map
- Nov 10, 2026
- Case id
- case-65d1cca81a
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Source trail (2)
Down the rabbit hole → 2 documents, and how they connect
Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.
- Griffin daily news, 1975-09-27
newspaper_ga · 1975-09-27
Earliest found, not necessarily the original. - Rushville Republican, 1975-09-29
newspaper_ia · 1975-09-29
Further reading
- Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us, John Green (1978)
Newspaper-publisher's file of Pacific Northwest reports.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Sasquatch, Don Hunter with Rene Dahinden (1975)
Casebook from a long-time field investigator.
Borrow on Internet Archive - On the Track of Bigfoot, Marian T. Place (1974)
1970s account of reports and searches.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America, Loren Coleman (2003)
Coleman's history and case survey.
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