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Winged, Red liyed ‘Thing Climes Point Couples Across CountrysideBy MARY IIYR E Point Pleasant CorrespondentPOINT PLEASANT — What stands six feet tall, has wings, two big red eyes six inches apart and glides along behind an auto at 100 miles an hour?Don’t know? Well, neither do four Point Pleasant residents who Mere chased by a weird “man-like thing” Tuesday night.Two young Mason County married couples today told of being chased by the “strange creature” around midnight Tuesday.Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mailette, 3505 Jackson Ave., and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Scarberry, 809^ 30th St., described their hair-raising experiences, which began in the TNT area.The two couples wjere riding in a car and as the auto crested a hill, an object loomed in front of them. The object wasin the form of a man, about six feet tall with wings on its back.Becoming frightened, t h e couples drove away. As they approached a traffic circle nearMeteor Shower Due In Skies TonightCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -A meteor shower after midnight tonight may produce one of the most spectacular sky shows in more than a century.The Leonid meteors may flash through the skies about 2 a m, (EST), toward the east and a little south. Weather, however, could obscure the show .F IV f: DA \ Kill KI ASTr*■ imp6ra\11re-h Thuralt;i*»y thi 011.■ t Monday will average 4-S above normal. Rcpn -entailv« normal highs and lows: Cleveland 47-.: 1. Columbu* 49 31, Cincinnati 51-33. N'd much temp* r tture change until weekend. whin it should turn cooler I Teci p i U\ f i o n will t ot a I .1 to 3 inch as rain or shower* about end of week.Route 62, they said the thing loomed tn front of the car again.Mailette, 20, said they drove toward Point Pleasant on Route 62 at 100 miles an hour, with the strange creature drifting along behind the carThe couples said the thing seemed to avoid lights. When they turned into the C. C. Lewis farm, the creature was again in front of the car. What appeared to be a large dead dog was lying on the road.Later, the couples and police returned to the farm, but the dog had vanished. Deputy Sheriff Millard Halstead searched the TNT area. The deputy said the “thing” was gone, but he found “a strange pile of dust.”Scarberry, 18, said, “Believe me if you ever saw it, you'd be a believer.” The men said they might go looking for the thing tonight, but indicated they were afraid they might find it.
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Wed, Nov 16, 1966
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