| The tales about the "existence" of the Beaman | | | | all sorts of shotguns, to hunt the Beaman Monster. |
| Monster in Kansas City have been around for more | | | | Holman also remembers that during his childhood days, |
| than a century. However, until this very day, there are | | | | parents would use the legend of the Beaman Monster |
| still no proofs, not even one or two photographs, that | | | | to warn children when they do not conduct |
| would somehow verify such stories. Sedalia is only a | | | | themselves accordingly. |
| mile northeast of Beaman, where the monster was | | | | Most likely, many individuals would describe the |
| said to have originated. | | | | Beaman Monster as the likes of Bigfoot in North |
| Russell Holman, an 81-year old man from Sedalia, says | | | | American folklore. However, a 29-year old Sedalia |
| that the legend of the Beaman Monster can be traced | | | | native named Daemon Smith claimed to have seen |
| way back in the early 1900s. He further says that he | | | | the creature and described it as shaped like a coyote |
| has heard the story of this monster most of his life but | | | | or wolf. |
| has never actually seen it. | | | | Smith disclosed his sighting of this monster when he |
| As his father had told him, a circus train got wrecked in | | | | was around 10 years old. He was then riding in his |
| the year 1904. Several animals used in the circus | | | | uncle's pickup truck when a wolf-shaped creature |
| shows were aboard. During the train crash, these | | | | emerged from the woods and started running at the |
| animals had escaped but were immediately retrieved. | | | | sides of the vehicle. More disturbing incidents happened |
| Unfortunately, one of the biggest and most-feared | | | | at Smith's uncle's farm, like the time when they found a |
| animals, a 12-foot tall gorilla, had totally gotten away. | | | | pig attacked to death. There were no signs or tracks |
| Many people believe that the Beaman Monster was | | | | of any other animal that could have caused it, but they |
| really the offspring of the circus animal escapee. | | | | remember seeing a dark figure moving in the woods |
| Holman recalls that one of his uncles residing on Glenn | | | | before the horrible incident. |
| Road had told him about a certain tumult that | | | | Although there are no evidences yet, it is still very |
| happened in his cornfield during the late 1950s. His uncle | | | | much possible that something like the Beaman Monster |
| relayed that many people were out in the field, carrying | | | | does inexplicably exist. |