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Flatwoods monster - An entity reported to have been sighted in the town of West Virginia on September 12, 1952 after a bright object crossed the night sky (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

https://youtu.be/6tRUvtyAMOg?si=J2eB_S3nz3ZmhIYX

^ this dude has a theory that the monster was likely a barn owl feeling threatened by the witnesses. I thought it was pretty plausible and cool. He has a longer video about it too

Disclaimer: idk anything about his qualifications but as someone in a tangentially related field to anthropology/history he seems to know what he's talking about