North America · Extraterrestrial
Flatwoods Monster
also called Braxton County Monster, Green Monster
A hooded metallic entity encountered after a fireball fell in 1952.
The Account
Seven witnesses in Flatwoods, West Virginia saw a three-metre figure with a spade-shaped head, glowing eyes, and a hissing gas that sickened them for days. The Air Force blamed a meteor and an owl. The witnesses never agreed.
Origin
Flatwoods WV
First Sighting
12 September 1952
From the Public Record
The Flatwoods monster, also known as the Braxton County monster, Braxie, or the Phantom of Flatwoods, is an alleged humanoid reportedly sighted in Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, on September 12, 1952. The encounter followed the appearance of a bright light moving across the night sky. In 2000, paranormal investigator Joe Nickell suggested that the light was a meteor, while the creature may have been a barn owl perched in a tree whose shadows made it appear as a large humanoid figure.
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