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paper presemea Eoaay ai me me promems: Iannual conference of the Ameri-' 'Aerospace.” their paper!Mothman HauntsOhio River AreaPOINT PLEASANT, W. Va. (AP) The mysterious moth-man of Mason County was still at large near this normally quiet Ohio River community, but the excitement he caused is dying down.Nobody has established defin-most as high as a man and has a wingspan of more than seven feet. He said the “red eyes” mentioned could be the large circles of bare reddish flesh around the Sandhill Crane's eves.He suggested the bird mav|lt;itelv the identity of the wierd tiaVe been migrating south andcreature that suddenly appeared may have followed migrating, to two couples near a wildlife geese to the bird sanctuarv at; preserve north of here on Nov. the McCiintic Station.’V most likelv explanation1 r T|'is f™' “‘“'iwas that given bv a West Vir- fd a Kl “r S1X **ys-, 1 the e were no siohtiii^s of thegima I mvers.lv professor who Cre Uu-suggested a rare species of. ' ”. '*crane seldom seen cast of the latest reports came this, Mississippi River wandered out ^en a Clarksburg, jof his way migrating south. oe salesman. TomThe excitement began on a rePorted a large white,chilly evening two weeks ago ^is car at 5’Pee(is 1when Mr, and Mrs. Roger Scar- 2,ve’ lt;0 miles an hour north of berry and Mr. and Mrs Steve Pom} P'casant. During the Mallett, all of Point Pleasant. }!', a Albans,spotted a large white apparition • som^ ^ miles to the following their car. It easily sou,h also claimed to have seen kept pace at speeds up to iOO a *ar3e ^’rc* al°n£ the Kanawiia. miles per hour, they said River. iThey told a deputy sheriff that it looked like “a flying man with 10-foot win?s.” They said it was about seven feet tall with largered eyes.These reports brought crowds of curious monster-watchers to the McCiintic Wildlife Station where the incident occurred,Volunteer fire department mem-hers had to help patrol the roads to keep traffic moving. ;During the following three days at least eight persons re-:ported seeing various similarh creatures, but by Nov. 18. two: volunteer firemen. Capt. Paul Yoder and Benjamin Enochs, said they spotted what definite j ly was a very large bird with. 1 lan'e red eyes. fDr. Robert L. Smith, associate tnrofossor of wildlife biology at tWVC, then came forward to offer his theory. He said the de-scriplions all fit the Sandhill lt;Cnne. the second largest of the I crane family in America. t Smith said this bird stands ai- (
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Salisbury Daily Times
Salisbury, Maryland, US
Wed, Nov 30, 1966
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