Flatwoods Monster

The Flatwoods Monster was an alien that was sighted on September 12, 1952 in Flatwoods, West Virginia, USA.

Biology
The monster is a 3 meters tall, quasi-humanoid beast with a glowing red face surrounded by a strange hood-like structure. It makes hissing vocalizations and is also capable of gliding. Some descriptions mention it having no arms, while others did mention arms. It is a cryptid, and believed to be extraterrestrial in origin, as a bright UFO was sighted landing on the forest in the same night and region. Some have suggested that the UFO was actually a meteor and that the creature was more likely an owl, although many still claim it to be an actual alien. Most notably, the creature has been consistently described as emanating a pungent, repulsive odour, which went as far as to provoke nausea in some witnesses.

In popular culture

 * The Monster is featured in the second episode of the History series Project Blue Book.
 * "They" appear to be based on the Flatwoods Monster.
 * A boss in Fallout 76 is a much more biomechanical version of the monster.
 * The Flatwoods Monster also appears with the same physical appearance in the Chocovader franchise, but with black pupils and a black body.