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5 min readThe Ozark Snow Beast
One night in the Ozarks of Missouri, a twenty-two-year-old man was doing pull-ups in his detached garage when a howl erupted from his own yard—less than fifty feet away. It vibrated his bones like standing next to a huge engine. He dropped off the bar, stared into the darkness, and did something he'd never done before: he closed the garage door. That was the first time he admitted to himself that maybe being a coward was the smart thing.
The Setup
The narrator, Alfred Yew, was living with his parents and four-year-old brother Leo on a semi-rural property where neighborhoods turned into woods. Their house sat on four acres, with a forest stretching behind them farther than he'd ever walked. The garage had become his man cave—a gym he'd been building since high school, with a bench, squat rack, and his grandfather's old dumbbells. He worked out every day after his warehouse job, always leaving the door open even in winter. The cold air kept him from overheating, and he loved the silence after a snowfall.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (03:00) **Setting the Scene: Ozarks Winter & The Garage Gym** - Alfred Yew, 22, lives with his parents and 4-year-old brother Leo on four semi-rural acres in the Missouri Ozarks, and establishes his daily routine of lifting in the detached garage.
- 2 (07:09) **First Contact: An Unnatural Howl** - While resting between sets, Alfred hears a sound from the tree line that is far deeper and longer than any coyote or dog, and it silences the birds.
- 3 (08:53) **Visual Sighting: A Horse-Sized Black Shape** - A few days later, Alfred sees a massive, dense black creature sprint across the snowy yard, leaving a single plowed furrow instead of footprints.
- 4 (11:47) **The Blank Canvas & A Growing Unease** - The next morning, fresh snow has erased all evidence, but Alfred’s mind is not erased, and he begins listening for the howl during his workouts.
- 5 (15:56) **The Perimeter Breached: Howl in the Yard** - The howl comes from inside the yard, less than 50 feet away, vibrating his bones and forcing him to close the garage door for the first time.
- 6 (18:15) **The First Bloody Message: The Gutted Raccoon** - Alfred’s mom finds a raccoon near the mailbox that has been completely gutted and left uneaten, a kill made for reasons other than hunger.
- 7 (21:06) **Escalation: The Beaver Viscera Graffiti** - A week later, a beaver—an animal that shouldn’t be in the snowy yard—is found torn to shreds, with its insides smeared up the side of the house and onto the roof.
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Show Notes
A family in Missouri is stalked by a strange, jet-black creature that comes during a record snowfall and practically strands them in their home.
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