Screaming or howling in Cooper County, Missouri

I'm submitting this because I just read a report from someone near Prairie Home in Missouri and wanted to share what happened to us. My younger sister, my Mom and myself were visiting my Uncle and Aunt who lived on a farm near Prairie Home in Missouri. It was during June, sometime between 1973-1976. I only know the month for certain as we were on summer vacation and we always took it at the same time. My Uncle had gone into town for a farm meeting so at the house was me, my sister, my Mom and two Aunts. It was around 10 pm at night. It was very hot and humid and all the doors and windows were open (My Uncle did not like air conditioning). My sister and I were getting ready for bed and the head of the bed was up against the window, which was open and had a sheer curtain hanging from it. My Mom and Aunts were in the living room watching T.V. which was right across from where we were sleeping. The front door was open which faced the living room as were two very large picture windows also open. All of a sudden there was a loud screaming coming from outside it sounded like a woman/man/animal, certainly not human sounding, the noise made the hair on your arms stand up. The screaming was coming from up the hill from the house and you could hear it getting closer to the door of the house. My Aunt being born on the farm was not at all scared and she came running into the bedroom grabbed her shotgun and was actually going to go outside and confront what ever it was. My Aunt told my Mom that she had never heard anything like that ever, and she was over 70 years old born and raised on the farm. My other Aunt and Mom started screaming for her not to go out and my Mom shut the front door and yelled for us to get up and come into the living room. As we were going into the living room the screaming at this point was coming from outside the front door. My Aunt screamed she was going to shoot what ever it was thru the front door. It was then that the "thing" crossed over in front of the picture windows. What we saw was the shape/outline of a man about 7 foot tall or taller very large frame it appeared to be hunched over as it walked so as not to hit its head on the roof overhang maybe? It was dark outside and that is all we could see thru the sheer curtains that were hanging up. The "thing" kept walking and began to beat on the house several times. My Aunt and Mom opened the front door as my Mom turned she saw the leg of the thing. She said it was a very hairy large mans leg. My Aunt at first thought it was her Grandson playing a joke trying to scare us, until my Mom screamed and when that happened the thing screamed also. The thing went around the corner of the house and was gone. When my Uncle and his grandson got home they went out looking for this thing but nothing was ever located. The smell it left behind was a burning skunk smell. We have talked about this for many, many, years. My Mom when she recanted the story was always shook up over it. My Aunt (not the one who lived on the farm) would not talk about it. I remember what happened that night very clearly and will never forget it or the sound it made. Am I a believer, heck yes!