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Flatwoods Monster

Creature

West Virginia youths saw a towering figure after a fiery object landed, becoming local legend

Witnesses — West Virginia youths

Disclosure Rating — 3/10

  Strange figure in the woods

Children in Flatwoods reported a burning craft on a nearby hill. When adults investigated, they described a ten-foot creature with glowing eyes and a pungent mist.123

  Legacy and tourism

The event drew national press and later inspired festivals and museum exhibits. Skeptics attribute the sighting to a meteor and a barn owl.45

  References

  1. en.wikipedia.org

  2. archive.wvculture.org

  3. bluebookarchive.org

  4. braxtonwv.org

  5. skepticalinquirer.org

Occured on September 12, 1952

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