this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Over 50 years later, some investigators have stated that they believe the light was a meteor and the creature was a barn owl perched in a tree with shadows making it appear to be a large humanoid.[4]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Descriptions varied

'nuff said.

[–] Deftdrummer 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never any video proof of any of this shit. ever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As I often say, if there was clear footage, this wiki page wouldn't exist because it would very clearly be an owl on a branch.

[–] Beinion1011 4 points 1 year ago

I keep thinking of Majora’s Mask farm aliens

[–] [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

[–] GlitzyArmrest 3 points 1 year ago

Mothman energy.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 0 points 1 year ago

Fallout 76, which is based in Virginia, has a lot of Cryptozoology