Case: GG-2026-096
Status: Historic
Documentation rating: B
Location: Van Meter, Iowa
The Van Meter Visitor is one of the most unusual cryptid and paranormal cases in Midwestern folklore. During several nights in September and October 1903, residents of Van Meter, Iowa reported encounters with a large winged creature possessing a glowing horn or light projecting from its forehead. Multiple witnesses, including local businessmen and townspeople, allegedly pursued the creature with firearms. No definitive explanation was ever established.
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