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Braxton Monster |Left Skid Tracksj Where He Landed(Special to The Gazette's SUTTON. Sept. 14—The phantom of Flat woods:Left tracks from six to eightfeet apart.Wore a suit of green armor. Looked like a mechanical man. Was 18) feet tall, four feet wide, : Had a blood-red face.Sported a black, spade-like cowl which extended a foot or more above its head.It had claw-like toy’* hands, too. and orange-green eyes the size of half-dollars, according to Mrs. Kathleen May, a 32-year-old . beautician who saw the “thing’ Friday night on a hillside near : her home in nearby Flatwoods. ! Mrs. May’s two sons, Edward, 13, j and Theodore, 12. saw it, too. So; did Eugene Lemon, 17, Ronald; Shaver. 10. Theodore Neal, 13, and' Neal Nunley, 14. all of Flatwoods.;Todav. somewhat recovered from. the horror of their discovery Fri-: day night, Mrs. May and the six bo vs who said they saw the monster, re-told the strange story.This is the Way It Was Here's how it happened:The vounger boys were playing football’ at Flatwoods Friday night v hile Mrs. May and Lemo.n looked on It was almost, but not quite., dark. Then, a weird light flashed' through the skies of Braxton Countv like a flaming object of some kind which apnea red to the seven witnesses to -‘land on a nearby hhlside. Thev set out to investigate, it was dark when they reachedthe hillside, and Lemon produced a- ■(Please Turn to Page IS Col. 1) j
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Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Mon, Sep 15, 1952
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