"The witness yelled at the figure and it suddenly stood up revealing itself to be a tall human-like creature with dark, bat-like wings that had been folded around its torso."

The following information was provided by an investigator in the St. Louis, Missouri area:

Overland, Missouri - June 1982 - 11:30 pm local time

The witness heard his Border Collie barking and whining at something in the garden behind the barn. The witness set out with a flashlight to investigate the disturbance. As he turned the corner of the barn, he nearly stumbled over his dog, which was cowering and shivering next to the building. Thinking that the dog had been hurt, he knelt briefly beside his dog, checked quickly for any injury then stood up and directed the beam of the flashlight toward the sounds of movement in the garden.

At first, he saw a figure that he thought was human with a blanket wrapped around it, bending over and eating a melon. The witness yelled at the figure and 

The terrified witness dropped the flashlight and slid down to the ground. The humanoid then emitted a terrible screeching sound and lifted off into the night sky. "Its wings made a sharp, leathery slapping sound as it flew away."

NOTE: I have received other winged humanoid sighting reports from the St. Louis, Missouri area in the past. Many of these were nearer to the Mississippi River. Lon