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Flatwoods Monster Museum

Sutton, West Virginia

Braxton 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.

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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

Same town · 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.Free5 mi · Roadside attraction · Flatwoods, WVFlatwoods Monster Chair TrailFive 10-foot chairs shaped like the 1952 monster are spread from Flatwoods through Sutton to Gassaway. Photograph all five for a "Free Braxxie" sticker.Free28 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, 202676 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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