6 Ways Missouri’s Mo-Mo Is Different From Bigfoot

I've spent a vast majority of my life in Missouri and I've heard every story of a Missouri monster that you could imagine. However, it's important that you understand that Mo-Mo is not Bigfoot. There are some big differences that prove we're dealing with a different creature here.

I remember one of my first Mo-Mo stories being told by my dad at a Boy Scout campout. Of course he waited until it was dark to speak of a creature that has lurked in the Missouri woods for generations. The tale he told was of a huge creature with that bears more than a passing resemblance to what the rest of America would call Bigfoot. Not the same creature, though. Here are 6 key differences:

• Bigfoot: Legends across North America, with much older Indigenous traditions
• Mo-Mo: Became famous from sightings near Louisiana, Missouri, in 1972
• Bigfoot: Generally described as 6–10 feet tall, humanlike and covered in dark hair
• Mo-Mo: Usually described as 7–8 feet tall, extremely hairy, with a large head
• Bigfoot: More humanlike face, often with pronounced brow and ape-like features
• Mo-Mo: Often reported as having a large, round head and glowing/bright eyes
• Bigfoot: Bigfoot reports frequently mention a strong, unpleasant smell
• Mo-Mo: Some Mo-Mo accounts emphasize a terrible odor
• Bigfoot: Bigfoot is generally portrayed as elusive, avoiding humans and disappearing into wilderness
• Mo-Mo: Mo-Mo's original reports involved strange encounters near homes, including frightening children and allegedly leaving large footprints
• Bigfoot: Associated with forests and wilderness throughout North America
• Mo-Mo: Specifically associated with northeast Missouri, particularly the Mississippi River area around Louisiana, but reports now prevalent in the Missouri Ozarks, too

Yes, there are similarities, but the key difference is Missouri's Mo-Mo has been known to lurk near where humans live while Bigfoot is known to be more elusive and reports normally derive from deep woods experiences. It also seems that the Missouri monster is slightly smaller than the beast known as Bigfoot. Finally, the reports of Mo-Mo especially in the Bowling Green/Louisiana area were mass sightings seen by many while Bigfoot reports are still primarily isolated to individuals.

The bottom line is there are too many strange reports in Missouri and other places of a strange creature that inhabits the woods that has not be previously recognized by science. Whether you want to call him/her/it Bigfoot or Mo-Mo is up to you, but something huge calls the woods home. All believers need now is concrete proof.