A bizarre encounter happened at Flatwoods, West Virginia on September 12, 1952. Several boys were outside and saw a meteor pass overhead. When they decided to investigate, Mrs. Kathleen Hill, her sons and a seventeen-year-old National Guardsman named Gene Lemon also joined in the effort. When they arrived at the site of impact, they saw a large globe. It was "as big as a house". They attempted to move closer to the strange object. When they shined their flashlights into the trees, they saw a huge monstrous figure between 10-15 feet tall. It had glowing orange eyes and it was hovering a few feet off of the ground. It floated closer to them which frightened them away. The entire group ran down the hillside in a desperate attempt to flee the creature.

A search party was formed on the next day but no creature was found in the area. There were, however, signs that something had occurred there. There were