Children see creature emerging from abandoned barn near Caruthersville witnessed in Pemiscot County, Missouri

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I was sitting on the front porch of the house into which my family had just moved. The porch faced the state highway which was about 100 metes to the east. The dirt road from the highway to the house was lined to the south with trees. The house into which we had just moved seemed quite old. However, between our house and the highway there was a ranch style brick house toward the north of the dirt road. 50 meters to the south of our house stood a barn with a hog pen in front. The house had a full, flat porch facing the east with four pillars, three steps to the ground and no rail. My 6 year old sister was closest to the barn. My 4 year old brother was sitting on the steps. I was standing next to the steps toward the north. I heard my sister scream and start crying. I looked to the barn as a large creature stood there. It stood a foot taller than the opening of the barn door. It turned toward the east, its' right, and taking long strides steped easily over the hog pen fence. When it got ...