the Flatwoods Monster — a 10ft thing in a metal skirt that hissed (WV, 1952)

small-town West Virginia folklore but it's got real named witnesses and it predates most of the famous stuff. Flatwoods, Braxton County, Sept 12 1952, 7:15pm. some boys (the May brothers, Tommy Hyer, a couple others) see a fireball arc over and come down on the Fisher farm hilltop. they grab Mrs Kat……