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West Virginia
Stories and accounts connected to west virginia.
UFOs & Encounters
The Flatwoods Monster: What Did They Encounter on the Hill in 1952?
On September 12, 1952, a group of children in Flatwoods, West Virginia, watched a brilliant object cross the evening sky and appear to descend onto a nearby hill. When they climbed the hill with two adults, they encountered a towering figure with a glowing face, strange eyes, and a dark hood-like shape. They ran. Within days, the Braxton County Monster became national news.
Folklore & Legends
Mothman: The Winged Creature That Haunted Point Pleasant
In November 1966, two young couples near Point Pleasant, West Virginia, reported a towering winged figure with glowing red eyes beside an abandoned World War II munitions plant. Over the next thirteen months came more sightings, UFO reports, strange phone calls, Men in Black stories, and warnings of disaster. Then the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River, killing 46 people. The creature became known as Mothman.