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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 11d

The people of Van Meter, Iowa would find themselves terrorized over several nights by a 7 foot tall, winged monstrosity. The tale of the Van Meter Visitor was finally coming to an end, and it ends like many monster stories - with an armed mob, but destroying the creature was easier said than done!

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 11d

The Van Meter Visitor week continues! Part 4
#vanmeter #vanmeteriowa #vanmetervistor #cryptids #cryptozoology #unknown #paranormal #weird #bizarre #scary #creepy #spookyseason #supernatural #livingdinosaur #mothman #illustration #art #cryptidart #creaturedesign #darkart #pterasaur #history #mystery

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 12d

The creature that eventually would be dubbed the Van Meter Visitor would terrorize the tiny town of Van Meter, Iowa over the course of several consecutive nights in 1903. But the story wasn't over just yet!

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 12d

Less than 24 hours after bank cashier, Clarence "Peter" Dunn, blasted out the front window of the Van Meter Bank while firing a shotgun at the winged monstrosity lurking outside, (See our last post, part 2) the bizarre beast returned!

Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 12d

Van Meter Week Continues! PART 3
#vanmeter #vanmeteriowa #vanmetervistor #cryptids #cryptozoology #unknown #paranormal #weird #bizarre #scary #creepy #spookyseason #supernatural #livingdinosaur #mothman #illustration #creaturedesign #monsterdesign #darkart #pteranodon #pterasaur #history #mystery

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 13d

As the story of Dr. Alcott’s confrontation with a winged monster began to swirl about town (see yesterday's post) a paranoia starts to grip the town. While some look to the sky for a monster, others look for more earthly explanations. What came next would only complicate matters further.

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 13d

Van Meter Visitor week continues! 122 Years ago today!

#vanmeter #vanmetervisitor #iowa #weirdiowa #history #mystery #unknown #paranormal #cryptids #cryptozoology #monsterdesign #creaturedesign #livingdinoasaur #mothman #illustraion #darkart #cryptidart #weird #scary #creepy #creepyart

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 14d

The VAN METER VISITOR WEEK HAS BEGUN! Did you miss the Van Meter Visitor Festival on Saturday? Well we have you covered! Join us this week as we bring you plenty of creepy Van Meter coolness!

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 14d

122 years ago today the Van Meter Visitor made its first appearance in Van Meter, Iowa! Keep it Creepy!

#vanmeter #iowa #paranormal #unknown #cryptozoology #ufo #cryptids #illustration #monsterdesign #darkart #cryptidart #history #mystery #weirdhistory #vanmeter #VanMeterVisitor #creaturedesign

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 23d

Whatever the case may be, some researchers and even some park rangers believe that the entity known as Old Green Eyes still haunts the area of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park that stands today where the Battle of Chickamauga took place during the America's Civil War.

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 23d

Still others claim that whatever Old Green Eyes is, it has always lived in that area, but remained undiscovered until humans began to encroach on its domain.

Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 23d

Some claim Old Green Eyes is the ghost of a soldier decapitated by a canon at the Battle of Chickamauga, doomed to forever search for his lost head, others claim it is something darker. They claim it is a dark entity drawn to the bloodshed that has soaked into Chickamauga Creek.

Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 23d

The perfect story for kicking off Spooky Season, and starting a fight with Civil War re-enactors!

#oldgreeneyes #greeneyes #cryptids #ghoul #undead #ghost #civilwarghost #paranormal #illustration #art #artwork #crytidart #history #mystery #darkart #civilwar #chickamauga #battleofchickamagu

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 23d

While some claim it is a simple case of misidentification, there just is no known snake, eel, or oarfish that measures even close to the 80 foot monster that has been reportedly seen.

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 23d

Found in the pages of author Nick Redfern's "Monster Files: A Look Inside Government Secrets and Classified Documents on Bizarre Creatures and Extraordinary Animals!" the Han River Horror, while rare, has been reported numerous times over the years.

Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · 23d

War has always been ripe for bizarre and terrifying stories.

#cryptids #cryptidart #creepy #paranormal #unknown #mystery #illustration #cryptidsighting #seaserpent #rivermonster #giantsnake #vietnam #history #vietnamwar #lakemonster #weird #danang #hanriver #hanriverhorror #darkart #cryptidart

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · Sep 13

The September 13, 1952 edition of the Charleston Daily Mail, reported, "Hundreds of West Virginians from Wheeling to Bluefield reported last night seeing strange meteor-like objects flashing through the sky". At the midpoint between these two locations, Wheeling and Bluefield, is Braxton County!

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · Sep 13

24 hours after the Flatwoods Monster sighting and 20 miles away, the Snitowsky family would have their own brush with the unknown! Some believe that the creature was the same entity seen in Flatwoods the night before minus portions of its environmental suit. It was dubbed The Framework Monster!

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · Sep 13

73 years ago today!

#flatwoodsmonster #cryptids #cryptozoology #ufo #paranormal #history #westvirginia #ufology #paranormal #unknown #mystery #Flatwoods #flatwoodswv #braxtoncountywv #darkart #illustration #cryptidart #ufosighting #creaturedesign #monsterart #cryptidsighting #frameworkmonster

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · Sep 12

One of the most famous UFO/creature encounters occurred in the tiny West Virginia town of Flatwoods. The story of the Flatwoods Monster, a.k.a. The Braxton County Monster, is considered a classic. Today you can visit the Flatwoods Monster Museum located in Sutton, WV! Happy Flatwoods Monster Day.

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · Sep 12

73 years ago today!

#flatwoodsmonster #cryptids #cryptozoology #ufo #paranormal #history #westvirginia #ufology #paranormal #unknown #creepy #mystery #Flatwoods #flatwoodswv #braxtoncountywv #braxtoncounty #darkart #illustration #cryptidart #ufosighting #creaturedesign #monsterart #cryptidsighting

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Crawfordsville Monster would be seen by some as a harbinger of doom. Others would speculate about great atmospheric beasts living high overhead. In the end, the skeptics would claim the visitor was nothing more than a flock of birds, an explanation authorities still use when dismissing UFOs.

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · Sep 5

106 years before the appearance of the now-infamous Phoenix lights appeared over Arizona, another U.S. city was terrorized by a seemingly otherworldly visitor that appeared in its skies in September of 1891.

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · Sep 5

134 years ago today!

#cryptids #cryptid #cryptozoology #atmosphericbeast #UFO #UAP #phoenixlights #Crawfordsville #crawfordsvilleindiana #spacewhale #purgill #creepy #scary #weird #bizarre #paranormal #unknown #mystery #history #illustartion #darkart #cryptidart #monsterart

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Creepy Acres @creepyacres.bsky.social · Sep 1

Victims would smell a strange odor soon followed by symptoms of coughing, nausea, vomiting, and even paralysis. Despite witnesses seeing a tall, thin man in black carrying a flit gun, s tool used to spray pesticides, police remained skeptical, believing it was nothing more than mass hysteria.

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