WEST VIRGINIA MONSTERS 'LIVE' AGAIN

(05/30/2008)

A two-day conference has been slated for September 12-13 at the Alban Art Center in St. Albans for two of West Virginia's most famous creatures - Mothman and the Flatwood's (Braxton County) Monster. Mothman was the subject of numerous alleged sightings in the Point Pleasant area for about a year beginning in November 1966. Witnesses described a giant, winged creature with glowing red eyes. Mothman has been the subject of hundreds of magazine articles, books and a 2002 feature film. On September 12, 1952, near Flatwoods, a group of adults and youth reported seeing a 12-foot-tall metallic oddity that smelled like sulfur. West Virginia's curator of fantasy and weirdness, Gray Barker, will receive little recognition for his contributions to the myths. Barker, a resident of Weston, died penniless, although his outlandish creatures and flying saucers have made millions of dollars for others. BRAXTON CO. MONSTER COULD BE FILM STAR GRAY BARKER MASTER HOAXER SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - America's Like Loud Bang BRAXTON MONSTER TURNS 50

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