SIGHTING: JOPLIN, MISSOURI (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"My 12 year old son, his friend, and I were traveling South on Rangeline Rd. It was raining. We were just outside of Saginaw near McCutcheon Dr. We had been shopping at the mall and were taking my sons friend home before going home. Suddenly a loud noise was heard within the car, causing the speakers to also emit a strange noise that we had never experienced before. There was also a loud thump. All three of us were immediately disoriented. The display on the car, including the clock, the radio, and dashlights all turned off. Then turned back on. Everything had set back to the factory presets. There were no other cars around. I checked because at first I thought we had been hit by another car. We dropped his friend off and when we glanced up and to the right, there was a huge owl sitting, unmoving, in the middle of the day, on a powerline. It looked stoic and fake. Very out of place. My son and I both felt weird, had headaches, and went home and went to bed early. The next day my husband had to reset all the radio stations in the car. The clock too. Our car was brand new in 2012. We had never had this happen before, and it has not happened since. "