Van Meter Remembers 1903 Visit From Winged Monster

[kamalktk]

In 1903, townsfolk in Van Meter, Ia. say they saw a winged giant monster. More than a century later, the mystery remains unsolved.

desmoinesregister.com/article/20130503/LIFE/305030075/Van-Meter-remembers-1903-visit-from-winged-monster?Frontpage&nclick_check=1
Link is dead. This May 2013 article has been updated multiple times, and the current version can be accessed at:

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...bers-1903-visit-from-winged-monster/29583469/

"an eight-foot winged creature with a forehead horn that cast a beam of light"

 

[AlysounRI]

Thanks for posting that!!

The modern sketch makes it look like a Pterodactyl!!

~Allison

 

[lordmongrove]

Bedtime Stories The Van Meter Visitor.

 

[EnolaGaia]

Here is a newspaper story from the time of the 1903 sightings. It's datelined 10 October and was published in the St. Paul Globe (Minnesota) on 11 October.

 

[EnolaGaia]

Here is a newspaper story from the time of the 1903 sightings. It's datelined 10 October and was published in the St. Paul Globe (Minnesota) on 11 October.

The same text was published in The World (New York City) on 5 October 1903. It is datelined 4 October.

https://web.archive.org/web/2011061...-winged-creatures-terrorize-iowa-hamlet-1903/

This version misidentified the town as "Van Meier" rather than "Van Meter."