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Flatwoods Monster Chair Trail

Flatwoods, West Virginia

Five 10-foot chairs shaped like the 1952 monster are spread from Flatwoods through Sutton to Gassaway. Photograph all five for a "Free Braxxie" sticker.

Directions

The creature

Flatwoods Monsteraka Braxton County Monster, Phantom of FlatwoodsA towering figure with a spade-shaped hood seen after a fiery object fell from the sky in 1952.

Nearby

5 mi · Museum · Sutton, WVFlatwoods Monster MuseumBraxton County's visitor centre doubles as a shrine to the 1952 Flatwoods Monster, with early sketches, an original 'Home of the Green Monster' sign and plenty of merch.Free5 mi · Museum · Sutton, WVWest Virginia Bigfoot MuseumA small family-run museum a few blocks from the Flatwoods Monster Museum, with local footprint casts, a full-size Bigfoot figure and a binder of West Virginia sightings.Free32 mi · Festival or event · Summersville, WVWest Virginia Bigfoot FestivalHosted by the West Virginia Bigfoot Museum. After years in Sutton it moved to Veterans Memorial Park in Summersville for 2026.Oct 9 to 11, 202678 mi · Roadside attraction · Point Pleasant, WVThe TNT Area (McClintic Wildlife Management Area)Old WWII explosives works north of town, still dotted with concrete igloos, where four young people first reported Mothman on November 15, 1966.Free

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