cryptozoology (the mud monster)

I found my article at http://www.webspawner.com/users/themurphysboromudmon/index.html.

My website was of a paranormal investigation report about an alleged "mud monster" in Murphysboro Illinois, which is in Southern Illinois. The report was made in February of 2000 but the actual sightings took place in the summer of 1973. The main sightings took place on June 25th 1973. It all started when a young couple had their car parked near the Big Muddy River that runs through Murphysboro. After a while they heard a strange shrieking noise. They then witnessed a huge creature walking toward their car. They described the creature as, "seven feet tall and covered with a matted, whitish hair. The "fur" was streaked liberally with mud from the river." The young couple quickly left the scene and reporting their finding to the police. Then, to make a long story short, the police came down to the river and chased the mud monster all around town. Severa other people claimed to have seen the mud monster as the police chased it into people's yards. One woman said she saw a
"muddy, white creature staring at them with glowing pink eyes". Also she said, "the creature probably weighed at least 350 pounds, stood seven feet tall, had a roundish head and long, ape-like arms." Anyways, the police ended up trcking the creature to an old abandon barn and even their German Shepard was scared to go in. They never caught the creature (or high school kid pulling a prank) that caused all this confusion.
The best part about this article is that in 1989, more than ten years after these sightings, the "mud monster" was a serious suspect in an attack that took place in a camp ground near by the river. I thought this was rediculous. Not only was the attack 16 years after these so called "sightings", but no one had any hard evidence that this "mud monster" actually existed. Also anyone who believes monsters are real are crazy. I'm not saying that the people of Murphysboro are outright liars, but I think they may be jumping to unrealistic conclusions.