Historical Witness · Research Profile

Doris Harrison

Historical witness profile documenting a reported encounter in Missouri during 1972, with source provenance and connected research records.

Missouri1972Provisional research profile
Location archiveMissouri
Media & documentation

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Source document

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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

Summary

large dark hair-covered creature near home

Background & context

Teen rural resident; outdoor experience: Moderate. The profile preserves what the entered sources document and does not infer missing biographical or encounter details.

Only public, encounter-relevant context is shown. Private contact details and precise residential information are not published.

Events

Encounter record

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.

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Reported observations

LOC-0004

Source-linked observations — LOC-0004

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

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Media & source material

Watch, listen & read

Interviews, reports and transcripts are gathered at the research layer and displayed here when the source and rights state permit it. The original provider is always preserved.

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.

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Research details
DisplayInline playback is not verified; original-source link is preserved.
Rightsexternal-link-only
Locator14:02 — 1972 clipping read aloud
Statement historyNot yet compared
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Indexed source passages

Concise research summaries point to exact source locations when available; long third-party transcript passages are not reproduced.

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.

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Provenance

Source history

A chronological record of where this testimony appears. Media above is presented for reading or playback; this timeline preserves source order and provenance.

1972-07

Local newspaper text preserved in Missouri Dept. of Conservation transcript

MoMo / Louisiana, Missouri yard sighting

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Consistency & changes over time

Stable / recurrent

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

Added later

None coded in the current record.

Changed / contradicted

None coded in the current record.

Unresolved

  • Broader MoMo hoax context
  • Recover original clipping facsimile
Controls

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.

Research assessment

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.
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Connections

MoMo / Marzolf Hill 1972Open connected record →MoMo 1972 — Doris Harrison Newspaper AccountOpen connected record →MoMo 1972 — Doris Harrison Newspaper AccountOpen connected record →LOC-0004 — exact source locatorOpen connected record →

Related reporting & research

Later detail accretion must remain chronologically separatedRead related research →
Public record reference

Record identifier

Witness ID
WIT-PUB-0004

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