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]
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'nuff said.
Never any video proof of any of this shit. ever.
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.
Strange that stuff like this never happens now that everyone has a camera.
I keep thinking of Majora’s Mask farm aliens
Mothman energy.
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
Fallout 76, which is based in Virginia, has a lot of Cryptozoology