Amendment On the Ozark Howler | arkansasjoe's Blog

Okay, I said that Frank Wall's site was the only ozark howler site I trusted, but I just found another local site at the RoundRock Journal, with some people making comments there about their firsthand sightings.  I'd have to say that's another good on the ground site.

Nancy, a reader there, makes the following report of an ozark howler in Oregon County, Missouri:

"Don’t be too fast to scoff. A friend of mine got up very early in the morning, about 4:30 am, and when he went outside he noticed his livestock were very frightened and had huddled in a cluster in the corner of the fence by his house. He had some binoculars, so he took a look in the direction from which they had run. He said what he saw looked like a big, black panther. He quickly changed his mind when he began walking down to his field and saw the thing running along his fence line. He said it had very long ears, or horns, and was black with thick fur. It had a long tail like a cat, but looked like a mix between a cat and a dog. It was broad and about as big as a great dane, and it had eerie reddish eyes that gave him chills. There is no reason for him to make up such a story, and he was very shaken up after the sighting. This was in Oregon County, MO."

Like I said, I don't know if the creature is real.  The point is that the ozark howler has been talked about by us who live here for decades, if not longer.