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SUDDENLY THEY HEARD A HISSING SOUND,

AND THEN SAW THE OWL MAN

RISING UP INTO THE AIR IN FRONT OF THEM.

Sue Ann: IT WAS A DEMON.

OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS,

A STRING OF OTHER OWL MAN SIGHTINGS TOOK PLACE,

AND THE LEGEND WAS BORN.

Van Lear: I SAW A DEMON BEAST, A DEMON BEAST.

SOMETHING KNOCKED ME DOWN!

THERE ARE CREATURES SCIENCE REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE.

BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY MAKES US QUESTION WHAT IS REAL.

COME ON!

ENTER A REALM WHERE FACT MEETS FICTION...

LEAVE ME ALONE!

...SCIENCE MEETS LEGEND.

OH, MY GOD! OH, GOD!

JOLENE, HATE TO BREAK UP THE B-ROLL,

BUT YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A HAND WITH THIS, PLEASE?

GIVE ME THE HEAVY STUFF, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE IT.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S RIGHT THERE.

AS A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR, PETER GREY WAS ACCUSTOMED

TO DOCUMENTING MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA

LIKE GHOSTS AND OTHERWORLDLY ENTITIES.

HE VIDEOTAPED HIS CASES FOR BOTH SERIOUS STUDY

AND POPULAR TELEVISION.

KNOWN FOR HIS STEADY NERVES,

HE AND HIS RESEARCH PARTNER, JOLENE SHARROCK,

WERE SUMMONED TO A SMALL CALIFORNIA TOWN IN 2007

TO INVESTIGATE WHAT WAS BEING REPORTED AS DEMONIC ACTIVITY.

WITNESSES BELIEVED A MYSTERIOUS WINGED CREATURE

WAS HAUNTING THE LOCAL CHURCH AND ITS PARISHIONERS.

WHAT ULTIMATELY PROVED TO BE THEIR FINAL CASE TOGETHER

WAS FILMED, BUT NEVER AIRED UNTIL NOW.

HEY, PETER, HAVE YOU MET THIS RECTOR YET?

UH, NO. JUST SPOKE ON THE PHONE.

WHAT'D YOU THINK ABOUT HIM?

UH, HE SOUNDED ANXIOUS.

HUH.

YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE HOW I FEEL.

WOW.

YOU WISH.

HELLO?!

I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

PETER!

YOU MUST NOT BE HERE. NO ONE-- NO ONE'S SAFE.

DID YOU SEE SOMETHING?

YES. I SAW A DEMON BEAST.

HAZEL.

THE SUMMER OF 1976 WAS A VERY STRANGE ONE

IN ENGLAND AS A WHOLE.

THERE WERE UFO SIGHTINGS.

THERE WERE SIGHTINGS OF A SEA MONSTER.

THE WHOLE COUNTY,

OR AT LEAST THE AREA AROUND FALMOUTH AND SOUTHERN CORNWALL,

SEEMED TO GO MAD.

THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, THE OWL MAN APPEARED.

JUST GO AND CALM DOWN, HAZEL.

THANK YOU.

OH. HELLO. I'M GRAHAM BOLTING.

HI. PETER GREY. WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

YES. NICE TO MEET YOU.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.

GRAHAM BOLTING INTERVIEW, MARKER.

SPECIFICALLY, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE

ABOUT THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING.

UM, YES.

UM, WELL, I'VE SORT OF HAD TO

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ON THIS ONE,

BECAUSE WE REALLY CAN'T PURSUE THIS

THROUGH NORMAL CHURCH CHANNELS.

GENERALLY, OUR CONGREGATION HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERING

WHAT THEY'VE DESCRIBED AS A DEMONIC PRESENCE

FOR MANY YEARS NOW.

AND THEY'VE DESCRIBED IT AS A LARGE, WINGED CREATURE

THE SIZE OF A MAN, WITH POINTED EARS

AND RED, GLOWING EYES.

AND USUALLY WHEN THEY'VE SEEN IT,

IT'S BEEN HOVERING OVER THE CHURCH,

OR THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED IT ALSO

IN THE FOREST OUTSIDE THE CHURCH.

HAZEL, WHO YOU MET EARLIER, IS ONE SUCH EXAMPLE.

SHE'S QUITE FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED.

SUDDENLY, HE WAS THERE.

A-AND I-I...

PETER'S INTERVIEW WITH HAZEL VAN LEAR

WAS FILLED WITH DISTURBING MOMENTS.

AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF MAWNAN AND CORNWALL

SOME 30 YEARS PRIOR,

SHE EXPERIENCED HER OWN HARROWING ENCOUNTER.

AND THE EVENT HAD LEFT A PROFOUND IMPRESSION ON HER.

SHE WAS CONVINCED

THE CREATURE HAD SOMEHOW FOLLOWED HER TO THE STATES.

I THINK HE'S GOING TO APPEAR!

BASICALLY, ALL THE WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE OWL MAN

AS BEING HALF MAN, HALF OWL,

BETWEEN 4 AND 5 FEET TALL, COVERED IN GRAY FEATHERS,

AND BASICALLY MANLIKE IN SHAPE.

I RUN THE COAST PATH QUITE A LOT DOWN HERE,

AND SOMETIMES IN THE EVENINGS

I'VE HEARD SOME QUITE UNUSUAL NOISES

COMING FROM UP IN THE CANOPY.

SO I, YOU KNOW, CAN SEE HOW IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE.

I THINK PROBABLY

PEOPLE WERE JUST TRIPPING OR SOMETHING AT THE TIME

AND HALLUCINATING OR SOMETHING.

OR-- I DON'T KNOW--

IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE URBAN LEGENDS, YOU KNOW?

REMIND ME AGAIN WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

WELL, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, IT'S JUST A REALLY BIG OWL.

HE SAID HE SAW IT HOVERING AROUND THE CHURCH.

OWLS LIVE IN BELFRIES.

THERE YOU GO.

OH, GOD, IT STINKS UP HERE.

LOOK AT ALL THIS-- UGH!

THAT'S SO DISGUSTING.

GET ANYTHING ON THAT?

OH, GOD. EW.

WHAT IS IT?

IT'S A DEAD BIRD.

OH, LOVELY.

IT'S A DEAD BIRD.

OH, LOVELY.

WHAT WAS THAT, PETER?

UH...JUST PIGEONS, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.

OH, GOD. OH, GOD.

COME ON.

ARE WE ALMOST THERE?

I THINK SO.

HEY, COME HERE. LET'S CHECK THIS OUT.

OH, MY GOD. WHAT IS THAT?

LOOKS LIKE A, UM... GIANT OWL PELLET.

THE OWL WILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB

ALL OF THE MUSCLE AND THE SOFT MATERIAL.

HOWEVER, THE HAIR AND BONES ARE INDIGESTIBLE,

AND THE OWLS WILL THEN REGURGITATE THEM

IN THE FORM OF OWL PELLETS.

OFTENTIMES, THE ENTIRE SKULLS OF THEIR VICTIMS

ARE PRESERVED IN THE PELLET,

AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF PREY THEY WERE EATING.

THAT'S GROSS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I THINK WE BETTER SEE WHAT'S INSIDE, RIGHT?

OH, I THINK THAT'S A, UH, RAT SKULL.

OHH.

OH, GOD.

WHAT?

I THINK THERE'S TEETH IN HERE.

LIKE ANOTHER RAT?

EW!

OH, MY GOD.

OH! THAT-- THAT'S...

OH, THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

YOU GETTING THAT?

YEAH, I GOT IT.

PETER AND JOLENE

TURN THEIR FINDINGS OVER TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES

AS POTENTIAL EVIDENCE OF A CRIME OR MISSING-PERSONS CASE.

THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR INVESTIGATION

WAS TO INTERVIEW THE FAMILY OF SUE ANN MILLS,

A LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD ALSO WITNESSED

THE MYSTERIOUS CREATURE.

HEY, PETER.

CHECK THIS OUT.

SHE HASN'T BEEN THE SAME EVER SINCE THAT NIGHT.

SHE'S NOT SLEEPING.

WHEN SHE SLEEPS, SHE HAS NIGHTMARES.

THAT'S NOT MY SUE ANN.

SHE USED TO BE REALLY HAPPY.

I BELIEVE THAT ALL THESE THINGS

WILL ONE DAY BE EXPLAINED BY LAWS OF SCIENCE.

THEY ARE JUST LAWS OF SCIENCE WE DON'T KNOW YET.

SUE ANN?

HI. MY NAME'S PETER.

CAN WE SPEAK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT?

SUE ANN MILLS INTERVIEW.

WOULD YOU TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW

IN THE WOODS THE OTHER NIGHT?

I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

IT WAS A DEMON.

WELL, WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?

BY THE WAY IT MADE ME FEEL.

DO YOU THINK YOU COULD TELL ME HOW IT MADE YOU FEEL?

HOT...

AND SCARED.

IT WAS CHASING ME.

IT WANTED TO GET ME.

IT STILL WANTS TO GET ME.

IT KNOWS YOU'RE HERE TO STOP IT.

IT'S COMING BACK TO STOP YOU.

THE ENIGMATIC OWL MAN

IS OFTEN COMPARED TO ANOTHER INFAMOUS WINGED CREATURE

FROM THE FILES OF CRYPTOZOOLOGY.

DISCOVER THE IDENTITY

OF THE OWL MAN'S MYSTERIOUS DOPPELGANGER NEXT.

THE OWL MAN AND WEST VIRGINIA'S MOTHMAN

ARE TWO OF CRYPTOZOOLOGY'S MOST ENDURING MYSTERIES.

AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS REPORT EERILY SIMILAR QUALITIES.

BOTH ARE REPORTED TO BE WINGED, BIRDLIKE HUMANOIDS

5 TO 7 FEET TALL, WITH WINGSPANS OF ABOUT 10 FEET.

EACH HAVE LARGE, GLOWING RED EYES

AND ARE TYPICALLY SIGHTED IN COMMUNITIES NEAR WOODED AREAS.

BOTH HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

AND UFO CONSPIRACY,

AND THE ORIGINS OF BOTH CREATURES REMAIN UNKNOWN.

IT KNOWS YOU'RE HERE TO STOP IT.

IT'S COMING BACK TO STOP YOU.

DESPITE GRAVE CONCERNS FOR THE WELFARE OF HIS CLIENTS,

PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR PETER GREY

DETERMINED THE BEST CHANCE FOR TRACKING THE CREATURE

WAS TO RETURN SUE ANN

TO THE SITE OF HER ORIGINAL ENCOUNTER.

DO YOU THINK SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY?

I THINK WE GOT TO CHECK OUT WHAT SHE, UH, SAYS THAT SHE SAW.

THE FACT IS, SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS WHERE THIS SPOT IS.

THOUGH SHE WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOTHER,

PETER MADE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE LITTLE GIRL'S SAFETY.

WE HAVE AN ASSORTMENT OF GEAR WITH US.

WE'LL BE USING AN I.R. CAMERA,

WHICH WILL HELP US CAPTURE IMAGES IN THE DARK.

AND I WILL ALSO BE BRINGING ALONG A THERMAL CAMERA,

WHICH WILL HELP US DETECT ANY TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL BE RUNNING DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDERS,

WHICH WILL HELP US CAPTURE ANY EVP.

OKAY, GUYS, ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS?

LET'S GO.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS IT?

WHAT'S WRONG?

I DON'T KNOW. I JUST... FEEL KIND OF STRANGE.

- WHAT'S UP? - I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST, LIKE...

I'M, LIKE, LIGHT-HEADED OR SOMETHING.

YOU GONNA BE ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, I'M NOT SCARED. IT JUST FEELS WEIRD.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S KEEP MOVING. COME ON.

THIS IS WHERE I SAW IT. THIS IS IT.

HERE?

THAT'S THE TREE IT WAS IN OVER THERE.

I'M NOT PICKING ANYTHING UP ON THE I.R.

WHAT ABOUT ON YOUR THERMAL?

YEAH, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.

ALL RIGHT. NOTHING.

SUE ANN, YOU FEELING OKAY?

YEAH, I'M FINE, JUST-- JUST A LITTLE HOT.

SHE'S RED-HOT.

SO ARE YOU.

WHAT WAS THAT? OH, MY GOD.

ANYBODY SEE IT?

THAT'S THE-- THAT'S THE THING!

THAT'S THE THING! THAT'S THE THING I HEARD!

I GOT NOTHING HERE.

I DON'T SEE IT. I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THIS THING.

JOLENE, LET'S GET SOME AUDIO OF THIS, PLEASE.

OKAY, LET ME GRAB YOUR--

- JOLENE. - SOMETHING KNOCKED ME DOWN.

WHERE? I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

SOMETHING KNOCKED ME DOWN!

THERE'S NOTHING THERE!

I'M TELLING YOU, SOMETHING KNOCKED ME DOWN!

JOLENE, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

LOOK!

SUE ANN! SUE ANN?

SUE ANN, WHERE ARE YOU? SUE ANN?!

WHERE'D SHE GO?

SHE WAS RIGHT HERE. WHERE'D SHE GO?!

SHE WAS HOLDING MY HAND. SUE ANN!

SUE ANN!

SUE ANN?

DO YOU HEAR HER?

PETER GREY'S EFFORTS

TO STUDY THE MYSTERIOUS OWL CREATURE

HAD DISSOLVED INTO A VERITABLE NIGHTMARE IN THE WOODS.

HIS RESEARCH PARTNER WAS BEING AFFECTED BY AN UNSEEN FORCE,

AND THE LITTLE GIRL

HE WAS DETERMINED TO KEEP OUT OF HARM'S WAY

WAS NOW MISSING.

SUE ANN!

- SUE ANN! - SUE ANN!

SUE ANN!

SUE ANN, WHERE ARE YOU?

SUE ANN!

WHAT WAS THAT?

WHERE DID SHE LET GO OF YOUR HAND AT?

WHERE DID SHE LET GO OF YOUR HAND?!

SHE WAS RIGHT HERE. SUE ANN!

SUE ANN!

HERE. SHE'S HERE.

YOU GUYS FOUND HER.

OH, GOD.

SUE ANN, THANK GOD.

ARE YOU OKAY?

IT KNOWS YOU'RE HERE TO STOP IT.

WE HAVE TO GO. WE HAVE TO GO NOW!

I FEEL DIZZY.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON. LET'S MOVE.

BACK THIS WAY. JOLENE.

ALL RIGHT, SUE ANN, COME ON.

COME ON. YOU'RE OKAY.

LET'S GO. COME ON.

COME ON.

JOLENE, COME ON!

COME ON. NOW! MOVE!

Sue Ann: IT'S CHASING US!

IT'S CHASING US! RUN!

MOMMY! MOMMY.

GET UP, GET UP.

JOLENE, TAKE MY HAND.

COME ON. LET'S GO. COME ON!

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE OWL MAN

IS A MANIFESTATION OF A PHOENICIAN GOD.

THE PHOENICIANS USED TO PRACTICE HUMAN SACRIFICE OF CHILDREN.

GET THAT OPEN. COME ON.

GO! GO, GO!

GO. GO!

DIDN'T FOLLOW ME IN LAST TIME.

EVERYONE ALL RIGHT? SUE ANN, YOU OKAY? JANIS?

- PETER, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? - YEAH.

DID THAT DOOR CLOSE?

I THINK SO.

ALL RIGHT.

DIDN'T FOLLOW YOU IN HERE?

NO. WE'RE SAFE.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

WELL, I WARNED YOU! I WARNED YOU TO STAY AWAY!

STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY FROM US!

STAY AWAY FROM US!

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

WE JUST CAME FROM THE WOODS. WE SAW IT.

IT WAS THE CREATURE. IT WAS THERE.

HEAVENS, WHAT DOES IT WANT?

IT WANTS THE CHILD.

ANYBODY SEE IT? NO.

LET'S ALL TRY AND GET TO THE ALTAR.

IT'S THE HOLIEST PLACE IN THE CHURCH.

OKAY, COME ON! GO!

EVERYONE, EVERYONE, GET TO THE ALTAR.

COME ON!

ANYBODY SEE IT? AAH!

ALL RIGHT, WE SHOULD BE SAFE UP HERE.

EVERYONE ALL RIGHT? YEAH.

HAZEL!

HAZEL, GET UP HERE.

THE REASON THE CREATURE WANTS THE LITTLE GIRL

IS BECAUSE SHE'S YOUNG AND VULNERABLE.

AND SO IS AN OLD WOMAN.

HAZEL, WHERE YOU GOING? HAZEL.

HAZEL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? GET UP HERE.

PETER, NO!

OH, MY GOD!

OH, MY GOD! HAZEL!

THE FOLLOWING MORNING,

PETER GREY SURRENDERED HIS TAPES AND EVIDENCE

TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES

SO THAT THEY COULD COMPLETE THEIR OWN INQUIRY.

SHAKEN BY THE EXPERIENCE, PETER AND JOLENE HAVE SUSPENDED

ALL FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS INDEFINITELY.

HAZEL VAN LEAR HAS NOT BEEN SEEN AGAIN SINCE THAT NIGHT,

NOR HAS HER BODY BEEN LOCATED.

WHETHER OR NOT THIS STRANGE PHENOMENON

HAD INDEED FOLLOWED HERE FROM HER NATIVE CORNWALL

WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE ESTABLISHED.

SUE ANN MILLS HAS RECOVERED

AND IS NOW ENROLLED IN THE FIFTH GRADE.

THOUGH NO FURTHER SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN RECORDED

SINCE THIS INVESTIGATION,

UNIDENTIFIED SOUNDS ARE STILL REPORTED

FROM THE WOODS NEAR THE CHURCH--

GHOSTLY ECHOES

WHICH COULD BE FIGMENTS OF OUR COLLECTIVE IMAGINATIONS

OR EVIDENCE OF A LARGER MYSTERY.

DO THEY LIVE AMONG US?

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