Quote from HauntedLineage on September 24, 2026, 3:05 PM

Down through the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks, hunters and campers have whispered about the Ozark Howler for over a century. Eyewitnesses describe a stocky, bear-sized beast with thick black shaggy hair and glowing eyes, making an unearthly wail that sounds like an elk bugle crossed with a wolf howl echoing off the bluffs.

Skeptics chalk most sightings up to oversized feral hogs or big cats, but the vocalizations people describe don't match any known predator in the region. If you've spent time deep in the Ozark timber or Mark Twain National Forest, have you ever heard that strange, blood-chilling cry echoing through the hills at night?