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UFO tourism gaining foothold in West Virginia county
S F Chronicle ^
| March 2, 2019 8:49 a.m.
| BEN CALWELL,
Posted on 03/03/2019 8:00:03 AM PST by BenLurkin
The Flatwoods Monster legend, which dates to Sept. 12, 1952, is gaining attention again, thanks to a new History Channel TV series, a video game and documentary.
And now there is a museum in nearby Sutton that's drawing visitors eager to learn about the bizarre event that happened on a Flatwoods hilltop.
As a way to nurture the Flatwoods legend, the Flatwoods Monster Museum opened in October 2017 at 208 Main St. in Sutton, sharing space with the Braxton County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Museum visitors can learn about the Flatwoods Monster, as described by the witnesses. Based on their descriptions, early artists' renderings depicted the Flatwoods object as about 12 feet tall with an Ace of Spades-shaped head, glowing, red eyes and claw-like hands.
Despite the monster-like illustrations at the time, at least one eyewitness said it appeared to be mechanical in nature — a structured machine of some type — rather than a flesh-and-blood creature.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: flatwoodsmonster
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:00:03 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
This is an actual place which I keep telling myself to visit one of these days.
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:01:25 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:03:48 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: KC_Lion
oops. #2 was supposed to ping you to you, FRiend
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:05:08 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:05:12 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: BenLurkin
When we were out west we stopped at a local brewery in the general area of Roswell. Had an excellent craft beer.
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:06:21 AM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
To: gaijin; BenLurkin
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:06:54 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: BenLurkin
lol :)
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:08:39 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: KC_Lion; All
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:09:59 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
You see strange things in WV when you’re moon doggin’ after your cousin and all likkered up on the rheumatism medicine.
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:15:17 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.)
To: KC_Lion
Where’s my settlement, too.
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:20:12 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I’ll mark it on your map.
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:28:24 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: BenLurkin
Sounds like swamp gas.
I have seen swamp gas up close and personal and its unnatural appearance could cause kids to see all sorts of things (out of sheer hysteria).
My date at the time climbed up on top of my shoulders...and I was driving at the time. It still scares her some 53 years later (I spoke with her about this event just a few years ago).
The strong smell of sulfur and methane (and other swampy types of gases) is prominent in such a sighting.
As an aside, my experience was the Cogdell light in Cogdell, GA.
To: KC_Lion
omg, wow..!
I have been there..!
I vaguely recall.
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posted on
03/03/2019 8:49:41 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/03/2019 9:34:03 AM PST
by
Keyhopper
(Indians had bad immigration laws)
To: BenLurkin
Fyffe, Alabama still has UFO Days, even though it’s been many years since the “sightings” there.
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posted on
03/03/2019 7:29:33 PM PST
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
03/03/2019 7:33:29 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(I gotta see the candy first, then I get in the van. IÂ’m not stupid.)
To: KC_Lion; BenLurkin; gaijin
I knew that looked familiar...
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posted on
03/03/2019 7:35:42 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(I gotta see the candy first, then I get in the van. IÂ’m not stupid.)
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