The Braxton County Men in Black
John Keel |
It is quite possible that the first recorded encounter with the Men in Black occurred right here in West Virginia! However, the location and the date might be a little…unexpected.
Those who study the strange and the unusual are probably very familiar with the period of high strangeness the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia faced throughout 1966 and 1967. Sightings of the legendary Mothman were also accompanied by tales of hauntings, sightings of other cryptid creatures, enhanced psychic abilities and ESP, and of course…encounters with UFOs and the Men in Black. For those not familiar with the Men in Black (MIB) in short, they are usually described as rather strange gentlemen, wearing dark suits and driving dark cars that often claim to be representatives from the government. They tend to harass UFO witnesses into thinking that what they saw was perfectly natural—and that there is no reason to question the matter further or report it. Many times, these MIBs are described as being rather small in stature and having Asian features, such as olive complexions and slanted eyes.
Researcher John Keel covered the weirdness of Point Pleasant extensively and wrote several books about or containing stories and theories about just what was happening in this small town by the river. He himself was harassed by the Men in Black, and his writings on them really were instrumental in bringing the phenomenon to the mainstream. But…these sightings in the mid-1960s weren’t the EARLIEST sightings of MIB in the Mountain State.
Those with an interest in UFO lore probably are also quite familiar with the 1952 Flatwoods Monster sighting, in which a group of kids, accompanied by the mother of two of the boys witnessed what many believe today to have been a downed UFO and/or its spooky inhabitant. While I’m personally not familiar with any Men in Black sightings associated with this case, the Braxton County UFO crash of 1952 is significant to this tale because…IT WASN’T THE FIRST TIME A UFO CRASHED IN BRAXTON COUNTY, WV!!
The following tale comes from John Keel’s 1978 book, The Cosmic Question. On pages 148-150, Keel relates the story told to him in 1967 from a retired newsman living in Weston, WV named John Cole. In May of 1924, John Cole was called in to investigate the site of a possible airplane crash near Gem, Braxton County, WV and had a run-in with what were probably early Men in Black. I’ve provided a link to the actual book, but here’s a condensed version as posted on Reddit:
Source: http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-braxton-county-men-in-black.html
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