Today we have for you a good old fashioned investigation of a monster sighting that seems

to defy explanation.

In 1952, seven witnesses saw a huge, frightful creature in West Virginia.

Was it some kind of beast, or perhaps even an alien?

Well we can't know for sure, but what we can do is give them the benefit of the doubt

that their report was an honest one and see where the evidence takes us.

The Braxton County Monster is today on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Ryan Halp for Skeptoid.com.

The Braxton County Monster.

Today we tackle a terrifying tale of an alien encounter that goes by many names.

The Braxton County Monster, the Sutton Monster, the Green Monster, and the Phantom of

Flatwoods, just to name a few.

Growing up as I did in nearby Canaw County, I had always heard the tale told using the

Braxton County Monster moniker, so that's what I'll keep using here to avoid confusion.

The story goes that in the evening of September 12, 1952, seven witnesses saw a light from

the sky land in the hills outside the town of Flatwoods, West Virginia.

And when they went to investigate, they came upon a being which frightened them to their

very core.

So, was the Braxton County Monster a true case of an alien encounter in the hills of

West Virginia?

Or, did a confluence of unlikely events lead to a group getting the fright of their lives?

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