Historical Witness

Doris Harrison

Missouri1972
Location archiveMissouri
Profile overview

At a glance

Encounter period1972
RegionMissouri
Direct visualYes
Repeat / ongoingNo
Co-witness / corroborationYes – younger brothers
Primary sourceMissouri Department of Conservation
Exact locators1
Media / transcript records1
Encounter & observations

The encounter

Context

Teen rural resident; outdoor experience: Moderate.

1972-07 · Louisiana, Missouri

MoMo / Marzolf Hill 1972

A 1972 family sighting that triggered the Missouri Monster media wave; earliest clipping wording is kept separate from later embellishment.

Open case →

What the witness reported

LOC-0004

Source-linked observations — LOC-0004

  • ~50 ft viewing distance
  • ~7 ft
  • black
  • shaggy

Original source ↗ Open locator →

Media

Watch, listen & read

1 source record0 playable here0 transcripts located
Audio interview2024 transcript preserving 1972 clipping

MoMo 1972 — Doris Harrison Newspaper Account

Missouri Department of Conservation

A state-agency transcript preserves the wording of a 1972 local newspaper clipping about Doris Harrison and her younger brother.

Transcriptofficial transcript
Open original source ↗
Sources & changes

Key source passages

LOC-0004

Missouri Department of Conservation, NatureBoost Episode 57 transcript

Contemporary clipping as read in the transcript says Harrison saw, about 50 feet from the house, a black object about 7 feet tall; it was described as tall, black and shaggy.

Exact locator → Original source ↗

Source chronology

1972-07

Local newspaper text preserved in Missouri Dept. of Conservation transcript

MoMo / Louisiana, Missouri yard sighting

Open source/record ↗

Changes over time

Stable / recurrent

  • Stable early basic account
  • Multiple source layers are present; source-by-source comparison should remain chronological.

Unresolved

  • Broader MoMo hoax context
  • Recover original clipping facsimile
Research assessment

Research assessment

Corroboration & evidence

Reported co-witness / corroboration

Yes – younger brothers. This is not coded as independent testimony unless the co-witness's own source is recovered.

Evidence mentioned in source matrix

Immediate media attention; state historical treatment. Evidence authenticity and testimony are evaluated separately.

Documentary strengths

  • Already qualified for the Observatory's public baseline witness corpus.
  • Recoverable source URL is preserved.
  • 1 exact source locator record(s) currently recovered.
  • Multiple source layers are available for chronology comparison.
  • The source matrix codes a reported direct visual.

Limitations / controls

  • Reported co-witness information is not automatically independent corroboration.

What would improve the record

  • Recover the co-witness's own statement where possible.