Down in beautiful Appalachia, we got creatures, we got features, we got aliens, we got giant glowing guys who love cars. This episode covers the FLATWOODS MONSTER, a fabled creature of much renown! Unless you’re normal, I guess, and don’t go down into the cryptid mines very much. A listener question from Dinah gets answered by Karen tonight and get ready— we got a dramatic reading!
Let’s start with the Braxton website where it tells the story of the Flatwoods Monster. There’s a lot of really great media on this page. There are videos, artworks, and the memes Karen shared!
This is a newspaper story from 1955 from Holt Byrne about his experiences with the Flatwoods Monster.
This page talks about Gray Barker, the guy who was one of the first to write about the Flatwoods Monster. He’s very famous for bringing the Men in Black into the public consciousness.
If you’re interested in reading something by Gray, here’s his Men in Black book that got these guys in the public sphere.
If you want to visit the Braxton museum and learn about the Flatwoods Monster, here’s their visiting hours page. There’s some videos on this page too! They seem like a very fun place.
This is the Flatwoods Chair! You should totally go sit in this chair if you ever find yourself in the area.
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