The Flatwood Monster
Did a space monster poison small-town witnesses?
4.7 (22)
34 mins
Explore the terrifying 1952 encounter in West Virginia where local boys and a guardsman tracked a crashed UFO into a mist-filled forest. Discover the horrifying ten-foot-tall entity with a spade-shaped head and glowing eyes that hissed and charged at the frightened witnesses. Learn about the severe physical illness that plagued the survivors for weeks and triggered a high-level Project Blue Book investigation.
Ep 1:
The Night the Monster Fell
In Cold War-stricken 1952, a fireball crashes near Flatwoods, West Virginia, and a group of neighbors climbs the hill with one flashlight—only to meet something waiting in a tree.
Ep 2:
Hysteria, Samples, and Silence
As police find nothing and witnesses fall ill, the story spreads nationally, mutating with every retelling, while Project Blue Book quietly logs an answer that doesn't quite explain the government's strange follow-up moves.
Ep 3:
Owls, Fear, and Flying Saucers
Investigators clash over what really perched in that oak tree, from true believers to a devastating barn owl theory—and the sci-fi-soaked psychology that may have shaped seven terrified witnesses' memories.
Ep 4:
The Thing That Won't Stay Buried
Decades of fabrications, a vanished Air Force jet, and a town turned tourist shrine collide as we ask what, if anything, can still be said for certain about that night.
Discussions (5)
Tim
Level 2 · 1 week agoBarn owls are 14-20 inches tops
Brayden
Level 4 · 1 week agoGovt erased those pilots records like they never existed
Julie
Level 7 · 1 week agoThe barn owl theory doesn't hold up. You can't get from a 14 inch bird to a 10 foot floating figure no matter how dark it was. That's a massive stretch.
