A German immigrant, Wilhelm, comes to a small town in Illinois to live with his uncle on his farm, only to be left mournful when his uncle suddenly dies. While grieving for his uncle and the recent population growth of his farm town, Wilhelm turns to a forbidden source of comfort and creates a beast that will help protect his family's legacy and property. The beast does so but Wilhelm is destroyed in the process. As the decades go by, the beast's reputation grows in local lore and escalates when a small family moves into the old farmhouse. The family's children have their lives turned upside-down by the Moo Moo Monster as well as by another familiar presence to the farm as well.
