Monsters Of Folklore writes “The Murphysboro Mud Monster also known as the Big Muddy Monster is a mysterious large cryptid beast sighted at midnight in 1973, when a young couple was parked by a desolate riverside for a romantic interlude when they came face to face with a huge, wet, hairy, mud-slathered beast with a penchant for disturbing teenage lovers. During two harrowing weeks in the summer of 1973, the rural town of Murphysboro, Illinois became the epicenter of a terrifying series of encounters with a huge, albino beast, which would come to be known as the “Murphysboro Mud Monster” or the “Big Muddy Monster.”
The story of the Big Muddy Monster is one of the most well known legends of Southern Illinois, and it originated in Murphysboro. You can click here to read a story detailing the events surrounding the sightings and investigation of the Big Muddy Monster as published by The Southern Illinoisan in October of 2005.
