#441: Flatwoods Monster Redux Part 3: Enter The Green Monster

Summary

In the third installment of their deep dive into the Flatwoods Monster, the hosts of The Cryptonaut Podcast shift their focus to the legendary September 12, 1952, incident in Braxton County, West Virginia. While the event is often remembered as a single, isolated sighting, the hosts argue that it was actually the centerpiece of a much larger wave of unexplained aerial activity throughout the region. The episode reconstructs the timeline leading up to the encounter, detailing how local eyewitnesses reported a fleet of flaming, maneuverable objects in the sky. The narrative centers on a group of young boys playing football near a school, who witnessed a glowing, ovoid craft execute a controlled, noisy landing on a nearby ridge. Driven by a mixture of curiosity and concern for potential crash survivors, a small group—including the teenagers Eugene Lemmon and Neil Nunley, alongside local mother Kathy May—set out to investigate. The hosts analyze the atmospheric, high-strangeness atmosphere of the event, discussing the eerie, pulsating light of the object and the palpable terror it inspired in the community’s animals. This episode sets the stage for the climactic face-to-face encounter that would forever define the legend of the Green Monster.

Updated Jul 6, 2026