Momo: The Strange Case of the Missouri Monster by Lyle Blackburn

Author:Lyle Blackburn [Blackburn, Lyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LegendScape Publishing
Published: 2019-02-25T23:00:00+00:00

On the set of Shipping Wars – the “Iceman” is in the trailer

Left to Right: John Attaway, Ken Gerhard, Chris Buntenbah, Steve Busti, Lyle Blackburn

(Photo by Lloyd Sutton)

We’re driving a bit far off the Momo track now, but a brief foray into the Iceman mystery was necessary in order to evaluate whether Judy Gustin saw a version of the famed Minnesota Iceman or whether she saw something completely different. In trying to sort out the possibilities, I asked her if she was sure about the date of 1964. According to records, the famous Iceman didn’t appear on the scene until 1967. Could she be confused about the date? I questioned her about this several times, but Ms. Gustin was absolutely certain of the 1964 date due to where she was living and her age at the time. Ms. Gustin is a college educated woman who comes across as very intelligent and meticulous, and even though I quizzed her to be certain, I was confident she was recalling solid facts.

And there were other details which suggested she did in fact see a different exhibit. In all its incarnations, the Minnesota Iceman is posed in a distinct position with its left arm raised over its head. Judy was positive the thing she had seen had both arms positioned down so that its hands essentially covered its crotch area. She also distinctly recalled the gunshot wound to the chest. The Iceman appeared to have a wound, but it was located on the face, not the chest. The Iceman had dark hair, while the thing she saw had lighter, reddish hair.

I spoke to Ms. Gustin on several occasions in an effort to make absolutely sure we could rule out the Minnesota specimen. In the process, her neighbor was able to show her photos of the Iceman on her smart phone. Once Judy saw these, she was certain.

“What I saw was completely different,” she told me. “The thing [Iceman] in those photos looked fake to me. What I saw was a dead animal.”

By that point I was convinced. But if it wasn’t the Minnesota Iceman, then what was it? The Iceman hadn’t been the only “missing link” type exhibit shown back in those days, but the others didn’t appear until the 1970s – well after 1964. Could this one have truly come from the woods of Missouri? Was it related to Momo, whether by hoax or by real flesh? Like the rest of the case, it’s a tendril of mystery that stretches into the twisting shadows of the Mississippi basin.

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