In 1909 and again in 1932 a large dragon-like creature was spotted from Maryland to Ohio. Was the Snallygaster real or just something made up to sell papers?

www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/

www.phantomsandmonsters.com/search/label/snallygaster

WikiPedia article about Thomas Chalmers Harbaugh

In 1903 the small mining town of Van Meter Iowa was terrorized for a full week by an eight foot winged monster that came from the depths of their own mine. They called it the Van Meter Visitor.

www.amazon.com/Van-Meter-Visitor-Mysterious-Encounter/dp/0982431465/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549396306&sr=8-1&keywords=van+meter+visitor

www.backroadslore.com

cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Van_Meter_Visitor

Local Headlines

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/mystery-vibrations-shake-canton-homes-windows?fbclid=IwAR3tsurMgFB8jn9AtOpH2-Ah-bNEIa0_eZo4wM-beHzPKlwZMXgahJEajpo

www.rdrnews.com/2019/02/06/site-of-alleged-1947-ufo-crash-changes-hands/?fbclid=IwAR2…rdCk

mountainreporter.com/man-claims-extraterrestrials-are-to-blame-in-highway-18-rollover-accident/

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