One of the intriguing aspects of the Flatwoods incident is that those with a more sceptical mind will break down each individual
detail of the story and with rationally, explain them as a reasonable stand-alone point.
But when viewed as collection of instances, they imply a very strange and unusual event witnessed by several people who have
an invested interest in maintaining social-acceptance in their small community and we must assume that they would rationally evade
ridicule within that community.
The seven direct witnesses did see something unusual on the evening of 12th September 1952 and what we would deem equitable
law-enforcement were also involved to some extent. Could they all have been confused prey to singular commonplace experiences
and interpreted them into a storyline of flying saucers and an alien?
Those involved in the sighting of the alleged craft and the tall being that scared Kathleen May, her two sons Freddy and Edison and
friends -Tommy Hyer, Ronnie Shaver, Neil Nunley and an older boy Eugene Lemon, offered accounts that didn't quite align with each
others.
Verbal testimony has always been unreliable, but mistaking a fifteen-inch Barn owl for a ten-foot tall glowing creature with 'claw-like
hands' demands more than just poor oral dexterity!
The episode in the television series 'Project Bluebook' took some liberties with their version based on the encounter and cannot be
relied on, although the Barn owl-proposition was adhered to from the 'real-world' explanation.
Here's the outline of the Flatwoods Monster case.
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In the early-evening of September 12th 1952, Sheriff Robert Carr and his Deputy Burnell Long received a telephone call from several
unnamed witnesses that reported a bright and possibly burning object travelling west in the sky over the hills of Braxton County, West
Virginia.
One of the reports implied the object had crashed into the Elk river close to the small town of Gassaway, although no information about
an investigation of that suggestion has ever surfaced.
Around the same time, Freddy (12 years-old) and Edison May (13) were playing football near Flatwoods school with their friend Tommy
Hyer (10), when they observed a bright red-orange object fall from the sky and come to earth on -or near to, a ridge on a property owned
by a farmer Mr. G. Bailey Fisher.
The two brothers and their friend headed to the May's home and told Kathleen May of the strange sighting.
Kathleen accompanied the three boys up a hill to see if there's been some kind of accident and were joined by three boys that also wanted
to know what the bright light was. These were Neil Nunley (14 years-old), Ronnie Shaver (10) and Eugene Lemon (17), who was also a West
Virginia Guardsman.
It's reported that the older boy had brought a torch.
Eugene Lemon had also brought his dog that -when running ahead to the top of the ridge the party were aiming for, scurried back with his
tail between its legs. The dark evening was misty and Mrs. May later commented that there was an unusual metallic smell in the air that
"burned their eyes and noses".
Reaching the apex of the ridge, they noticed a pulsing red light on or near the ground approximately fifty feet to their right and moments
later, Eugene Lemon spotted two smaller lights at the base of a large oak tree. The glowing lights were separated around a foot apart.
Shining the torch towards the tree, Lemon and his company suddenly saw a large 'creature' that hissed and began to float towards the
terrified group. With that, they fled back down the hill to Mrs. May's home.
The description of what they said they saw was:
“A Man-like figure with a round, red face surrounded by a pointed, hood-like shape”.
Brightly lit red "eyes" bright red face, bright green clothing, a head which resembled the ace of spades, and clothing which, from the waist
down, hung in great folds."
Reaching her house, Kathleen May rang Sheriff Carr and before leaving the office, Sheriff Carr had contacted Reporter A. Lee Stewart, of
the Braxton Democrat newspaper and together they travelled to the May home. Arriving there, the two men discovered that the boys had
also used the telephone.
Now a large group of kids waited in the yard of Kathleen May in hope of seeing the 'Flatwoods Monster'!
The co-owner of the local newspaper interviewed the witnesses in a group and Stewart later stated that the observers were extremely
frightened by what they had encountered. Afterwards, Sheriff Carr and Mr. Stewart asked Eugene Lemon to take them to the exact spot
where the alleged 'alien' had been seen.
As the trio approached the location, they noticed a sickening, burnt, metallic odor still lingering in the air. As the Reporter later wrote:
("Metallic" being like the smell of a burned out vacuum tube in the back of an old-style TV set). But nothing unusual was observed.
Investigating the site the next day, Mr. Stewart found two lengthy tracks on the ground, gouges and traces of a thick, black liquid on
tree leaves and on the soil around the location. He then proceeded to interview the witnesses singularly.
In the days ahead, several of the group became ill with Eugene Lemon seemingly the sickest.
The young man exhibited ike the others, nose and throat irritations. But Eugene also experienced vomiting and convulsions and his
throat difficulties continued for weeks.
On the same day the Reporter of the Braxton Democrat was searching for clues on the hillside, a couple in an automobile near
Frametown, West Virginia reported a direct encounter with an alien being that seemed to be moving about near a landed UFO.
The unnamed man found that his automobile engine had died and got out of the car to examine the problem.
After noticing the light in the woods, he made an attempt to get closer but felt strange physical effects the closer he came.
A sickening smell began to dominate. Forced to abandon the attempt, he made it back to his car just before a weird creature
showed up.
While inside the automobile trying to seek protection, the couple saw the being come up to the car. It seemed to be standing
inside a bucket-shaped apparatus as in Flatwoods but with the top section removed exposing the humanoid entity.
The being eventually retreated and the couple reported seeing the UFO lift off and head out of sight.
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Eugene Lemon and Kathleen May. Freddie May today.
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So what happened? Single instances that can be manipulated into a continuous account of meeting an angry space-alien or
just a collective wild imagination brought on by being in a 'spooky' situation at an unusual hour?
Lots of people saw a light in the sky.
A few observed a pulsing light on the ridge of the hill, which was later suggested was a hazard-light for aircraft. But wouldn't
the residents of Flatwoods already have known that?!
Some saw a ten foot-tall Barn owl with glowing -greenish eyes, claw-like hands, a blood-red face and no beak. It's true that
when suddenly frightened, a person can 'enhance' the size of the object causing the fear. But from fifteen inches to ten feet tall...?
The strange aroma would have been identified as something mundane by those living in the area, but wasn't.
What was the thick-black 'goo' found on the leaves and ground...? Is it something standard for that area of West Virginia?
What caused the ailments of the West Virginia Guardsman and a couple of his co-witnesses and why on that particular evening?
......................................................
So many questions unanswered.
detail of the story and with rationally, explain them as a reasonable stand-alone point.
But when viewed as collection of instances, they imply a very strange and unusual event witnessed by several people who have
an invested interest in maintaining social-acceptance in their small community and we must assume that they would rationally evade
ridicule within that community.
The seven direct witnesses did see something unusual on the evening of 12th September 1952 and what we would deem equitable
law-enforcement were also involved to some extent. Could they all have been confused prey to singular commonplace experiences
and interpreted them into a storyline of flying saucers and an alien?
Those involved in the sighting of the alleged craft and the tall being that scared Kathleen May, her two sons Freddy and Edison and
friends -Tommy Hyer, Ronnie Shaver, Neil Nunley and an older boy Eugene Lemon, offered accounts that didn't quite align with each
others.
Verbal testimony has always been unreliable, but mistaking a fifteen-inch Barn owl for a ten-foot tall glowing creature with 'claw-like
hands' demands more than just poor oral dexterity!
The episode in the television series 'Project Bluebook' took some liberties with their version based on the encounter and cannot be
relied on, although the Barn owl-proposition was adhered to from the 'real-world' explanation.
Here's the outline of the Flatwoods Monster case.
......................................................
In the early-evening of September 12th 1952, Sheriff Robert Carr and his Deputy Burnell Long received a telephone call from several
unnamed witnesses that reported a bright and possibly burning object travelling west in the sky over the hills of Braxton County, West
Virginia.
One of the reports implied the object had crashed into the Elk river close to the small town of Gassaway, although no information about
an investigation of that suggestion has ever surfaced.
Around the same time, Freddy (12 years-old) and Edison May (13) were playing football near Flatwoods school with their friend Tommy
Hyer (10), when they observed a bright red-orange object fall from the sky and come to earth on -or near to, a ridge on a property owned
by a farmer Mr. G. Bailey Fisher.
The two brothers and their friend headed to the May's home and told Kathleen May of the strange sighting.
Kathleen accompanied the three boys up a hill to see if there's been some kind of accident and were joined by three boys that also wanted
to know what the bright light was. These were Neil Nunley (14 years-old), Ronnie Shaver (10) and Eugene Lemon (17), who was also a West
Virginia Guardsman.
It's reported that the older boy had brought a torch.
Eugene Lemon had also brought his dog that -when running ahead to the top of the ridge the party were aiming for, scurried back with his
tail between its legs. The dark evening was misty and Mrs. May later commented that there was an unusual metallic smell in the air that
"burned their eyes and noses".
Reaching the apex of the ridge, they noticed a pulsing red light on or near the ground approximately fifty feet to their right and moments
later, Eugene Lemon spotted two smaller lights at the base of a large oak tree. The glowing lights were separated around a foot apart.
Shining the torch towards the tree, Lemon and his company suddenly saw a large 'creature' that hissed and began to float towards the
terrified group. With that, they fled back down the hill to Mrs. May's home.
The description of what they said they saw was:
“A Man-like figure with a round, red face surrounded by a pointed, hood-like shape”.
Brightly lit red "eyes" bright red face, bright green clothing, a head which resembled the ace of spades, and clothing which, from the waist
down, hung in great folds."
Reaching her house, Kathleen May rang Sheriff Carr and before leaving the office, Sheriff Carr had contacted Reporter A. Lee Stewart, of
the Braxton Democrat newspaper and together they travelled to the May home. Arriving there, the two men discovered that the boys had
also used the telephone.
Now a large group of kids waited in the yard of Kathleen May in hope of seeing the 'Flatwoods Monster'!
The co-owner of the local newspaper interviewed the witnesses in a group and Stewart later stated that the observers were extremely
frightened by what they had encountered. Afterwards, Sheriff Carr and Mr. Stewart asked Eugene Lemon to take them to the exact spot
where the alleged 'alien' had been seen.
As the trio approached the location, they noticed a sickening, burnt, metallic odor still lingering in the air. As the Reporter later wrote:
("Metallic" being like the smell of a burned out vacuum tube in the back of an old-style TV set). But nothing unusual was observed.
Investigating the site the next day, Mr. Stewart found two lengthy tracks on the ground, gouges and traces of a thick, black liquid on
tree leaves and on the soil around the location. He then proceeded to interview the witnesses singularly.
In the days ahead, several of the group became ill with Eugene Lemon seemingly the sickest.
The young man exhibited ike the others, nose and throat irritations. But Eugene also experienced vomiting and convulsions and his
throat difficulties continued for weeks.
On the same day the Reporter of the Braxton Democrat was searching for clues on the hillside, a couple in an automobile near
Frametown, West Virginia reported a direct encounter with an alien being that seemed to be moving about near a landed UFO.
The unnamed man found that his automobile engine had died and got out of the car to examine the problem.
After noticing the light in the woods, he made an attempt to get closer but felt strange physical effects the closer he came.
A sickening smell began to dominate. Forced to abandon the attempt, he made it back to his car just before a weird creature
showed up.
While inside the automobile trying to seek protection, the couple saw the being come up to the car. It seemed to be standing
inside a bucket-shaped apparatus as in Flatwoods but with the top section removed exposing the humanoid entity.
The being eventually retreated and the couple reported seeing the UFO lift off and head out of sight.
Eugene Lemon and Kathleen May. Freddie May today.
......................................................
So what happened? Single instances that can be manipulated into a continuous account of meeting an angry space-alien or
just a collective wild imagination brought on by being in a 'spooky' situation at an unusual hour?
Lots of people saw a light in the sky.
A few observed a pulsing light on the ridge of the hill, which was later suggested was a hazard-light for aircraft. But wouldn't
the residents of Flatwoods already have known that?!
Some saw a ten foot-tall Barn owl with glowing -greenish eyes, claw-like hands, a blood-red face and no beak. It's true that
when suddenly frightened, a person can 'enhance' the size of the object causing the fear. But from fifteen inches to ten feet tall...?
The strange aroma would have been identified as something mundane by those living in the area, but wasn't.
What was the thick-black 'goo' found on the leaves and ground...? Is it something standard for that area of West Virginia?
What caused the ailments of the West Virginia Guardsman and a couple of his co-witnesses and why on that particular evening?
......................................................
So many questions unanswered.
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