Ep 314: The Green Monster of Flatwoods

 
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“It made a hissing sound like frying bacon. Gene dropped the flashlight and screamed. He screamed so loud and fell back and stumbled over one of my boys, and took off running. It was a hideous sight and I wished I had not seen it.
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— From an interview with Kathleen May transcribed by Small Town Monsters from their documentary ‘The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear’
 

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On September 12th, 1952, in Flatwoods, West Virginia, five boys witnessed a fiery object slowly descend from the sky and land nearby, seemingly under intelligent control. What followed became one of the strangest UFO encounters in American history. Joined by a 32-year-old mother and a National Guard member, the group were allegedly pursued by a towering, mist-shrouded, humanoid figure that emitted strange lights and sounds. And with seven direct witnesses and reports from several states, this was no isolated event. With some eyewitness still speaking up as recently as 2018.Misunderstood and mythologized for decades, the Flatwoods Monster deserves a closer, more accurate look—and that’s exactly what we’re here to do.

 
 
 

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Episode 315: The Hatem Files – Case #2. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess. Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound. Music and Sound Design by Allen Carrescia. Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher. Ed Voccola, Technical Producer. Research Support from The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2025 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

 
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