Would You Trek to Find the “Snawfus” in the Missouri Wilds?

Seek out the Snawfus? The premise may be moot as the Snawfus will be seen if it wants to be seen, and by whom it wants to be seen. The legend is that the oversized albino stag can only be seen by the pure of heart.

Features of the mythical winged white stag of the Ozarks

You might think then that mind then that only children could possibly catch a glimpse of the Ozark Snawfus. That’s debatable. In the fall, when the Ozark hills of Missouri are shrouded in a bluish haze, that haze is supposed to have come from the Snawfus. Unlike other rural Missouri mythical creatures, Momo, the Ozark Howler or the Caragny, stories of the Snawfus aren’t supposed to be taken as literal truth.

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Some accounts have the Snawfus with Pegasus like wings. It is said that it can bound from the forest floor to the tree tops and perch like a squirrel on a wispy branch. There are stories of the Snawfus having antlers shaped like tree branches. Those tree branches have also been described as flowering dogwood trees.

Listen closely for the distinguished call of the Sanwfus

When in the winding hills and trails of the Missouri Ozarks and you hear “Halley-hoo! Halley-hoo!” you are hearing the Snawfus. Still others say the Snawfus sings like birds in the morning. While the former may be startling, and the latter comforting, the Snawfus is not dangerous, although it may be leading you into some larger adventure. Be encouraged because apparently you are pure of heart.