Close Encounter
Flatwoods Monster
A group of local residents who went to investigate a bright object in the sky reported encountering a tall figure with a glowing face on a hilltop farm.
- Date
- 12 September 1952
- Location
- Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia · United States
- Witnesses
- Civilian, Multiple
- Evidence
- None
What was reported
After boys saw a light cross the sky and apparently land, a small group climbed the hill and reported a pulsing light, a pungent mist, and a tall creature with a spade-shaped head that moved toward them before they fled.
Official and public statements
Investigator Joe Nickell of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry stated that the light was a meteor seen across several states that evening, the pulsing light a flashing aircraft beacon, and the figure a barn owl.
References
Source: Wikipedia