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WhereTheWaters MingleBy MARY HYREiWhat does a strange monster do to a town or a community? Or one might ask what happens at the news desk of a paper! Since the strange creature was sighted in this area this week it has brought more excitement than anything I have witnessed since I started working for The Messenger nearly 25 years ago.I always said nothing could compare with a flood hack in the davs when the town would becovered just about every year, but this has created more tur-it, others are afraid to leavetheir homes at night. Peoplewho have been to other citiesthis week say that is all you can hear.rI4tCOne lady said, This could on ly happen in Mason County,” I think it is a good county and maybe the monster\wIpicked agood one to come to, what ever it might be, a creature or aman from another planet.Fc(trmoil and fear for many.I don’t care where you go, you can hear it being asked: Wonder what the latest is on the thing that has been hovering over the area?”My phone rings constantly jj about this happening and if I could print all of it 1 would have to write a book. Some have someaPcute sayings while others are J f very serious and concerned.‘ Ft is ttie Gallipolis Blue Devil bfootball team, coming over to I tl While some are curious about j haunt the Big Blacks,” said one. iiwhile another said, “It’s only the tl Democrats coming back from | e Salt Creek with red eves.”nHumors Friday flooded*office saying, ‘ Why did they killthe I oelt;the eagle, why didn't they catch and put it on display so thati-dpeople could see it.”afntc21btThe Steve Mallette and Roger Searberry families w ho first, saw this creature don’t appre-31 ciate all the jokes that are being vysaid, and I don’t blame them.Tlt;The wife of a prominent businessman a few weeks ago during the day saw an object flying. She said it wasn’t an air-nttvfeHmplane, but resembled a butter- , fly, between 10 and 15 feet long. ftlShe said she was afraid to tellranyone fearing they might laugh at her.The traffic continued to grow' Friday night when a constant stream of cars, flowed into the TNT area.ccRlt;thw,*:Ed Brown, directorjof the West Virginia Security Service, a private detectiveconcern, is interested in contacting any person who may have seen the monster. He would like to talk withthe people, whose names will never be revealed, for research and evaluation. He mav bePIIIRreached by sending mail to Ed Brown, Charleston or phone 925-9851.MR(boThso
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Athens Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, Nov 20, 1966
Page 40
Full Page
Clipped by
Kevin S.
CA 11 Jan 2023
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