In the deep forests of Braxton County, West Virginia lies a cryptid story like no other. On September 12 in 1952, a family in Flatwoods said they were visited by an alien spacecraft. That mysterious night became national–and eventually international–news that put this tiny town on the map.

Alien or monster?  On this episode of Obsessed with the Palmers, we come face to face with the Backwoods monster.

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