"(Those) are the most copied, most looked-at reports in the history of the department," he said. It set off a media frenzy after the initial reports on those two days, said former patrolman and retired Murphysboro police chief Ron Manwaring. It was later dubbed the Big Muddy Monster because of its indefinable features and mysterious presence. It was in those two evenings that reports came in of a loud, tall, white-haired creature caked with mud being spotted in the woods on the outskirts of town near the Big Muddy River. ![]() The two police reports dated June 25 and June 26 relate the sighting of an unknown creature. MURPHYSBORO - There are two dates from 1973 in Murphysboro that still leave some haunted - or at least curious.
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