Flatwoods, West Virginia
LocationFlatwoods, West Virginia
LocationSept 12, 1952 - Flatwoods, WV. 7 witnesses followed a fireball to a hill and reported a 10ft figure with a glowing red face and spade-shaped hood that hissed and glided toward them. They ran and reported nausea for hours from a metallic smell - deputies who searched later that night reported the same smell. Official explanation became meteor + barn owl. I covered the full timeline of that night from the fireball to the hill encounter in the video. What do you make of the nausea/smell part? Th...

I’ve been fascinated by the story of six young boys, a dog, a mother, and a young National Guardsman who claimed to have encountered something unknown in the hills of Flatwoods, West Virginia. With spooky season approaching, and the incident now 74 years old, I wanted to finally give this strange encounter its own post. I’ve always been fascinated by UFO and alien encounter stories, but the Flatwoods Monster has stuck with me more than most. I first learned about it in junior high, and the in...
