Ozarks

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I've got good news and bad news if you've ever daydreamed about getting away from it all and living off-the-grid in Missouri. The good news is that a place just became available recently that is seriously hidden in the trees of the Mark Twain National Forest in the Ozarks and there are pics to prove it.

Missouri is known for mysterious creatures including Bigfoot, Mo-Mo, Sasquatch among others. But, did you know that the smelliest monster of them all exists somewhere in the Ozarks right across the Missouri border according to legends?

We've all been there. You hear a sound outside of your home at night. You go to look outside to see what's going on. That scenario played out for one Missouri family who were frozen in fear when they went to look out of a window to see what made a sound only to realize that something was staring right back at them.

No one knows exactly what it is or where it came from, but local legends agree that some sort of river monster really did lurk in the southern part of the Missouri Ozarks.

I am not a superstitious person. I'm actually the opposite of that, but perhaps you don't walk under ladders or are wary of black cats. If that's the case, you should know that the strangest superstition in Missouri will forever make you fear how you drink.

It's one thing to be a mythical creature hiding somewhere in the Missouri forest. It's yet another to be a mythical creature getting caught peeking in a bedroom window which is exactly what happened according to a story shared by a guy in Missouri recently.

It oversees the highest point in Missouri so that gives you an idea of exactly how far a lookout tower seems to climb the sky over 1,700 feet up in the air.

If you love log cabins and also enjoy bears, there's a log cabin you need to see in Missouri's Ozarks. It quite literally has bears in the ceiling, but there's no need to be afraid.

It's not often you get to brag about throwing food at celebrities, but in this case it's a real compliment. There is a Missouri restaurant that can accurately say they've thrown rolls at both Elvis and Jay Leno.