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3-The Charleston Gazette Tuesday, Sept. 23, 19a2The “Braxton County Monster” has been described by a local insurance man and amateur astronomer as an illusion created by the remains of a gaseous meteor.He is Earl Stephens of nearby Belle, whose theory is one of the best offered here on the origin of “the thing” that scared the daylights out. of a Braxton County family.t:mory whs advanced after Kathleen May and Gene Lrm-a meteoric stream on Aug- 14. He: believes the gaseous body may have-•been ripped from Bielas Cometj I which has been splitting up during j ^recent years, showering the earth; iwith its fragments.! During the same period several: I local residents observed a strange j : luminous body that was believed to ; have fallen within a 50-mile radius; of Charleston.His gaseous theory is further 1 bolstered by the stories of two residents of rural St. Albans, who de-! clared they saw a lighted object ■ float lazily to the ground and dis-i - ■■ ■ ..The meeting was addressed by: = Richard D. Bugbep, the pcsl.*s representative to Mountaineer Bovs1
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Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Tue, Sep 23, 1952
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